Changing the default bank account

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January 23, 2019
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I recently changed banks, set that new bank account up in Quickbooks, had to use the old one for a while until I set up everything that is involved when changing banks. I have now closed the old account, but it still comes up as the default bank account for all my transactions: payments, payroll, etc. How do I change the default bank account to my new one?

QuickBooks Desktop

Best answer by Rochelley

Edit --> Preferences --> Chequing --> Choose default account to use for Write Cheques, Pay Bills and Make Deposits.

RochelleyAnswer

Level 2

Edit --> Preferences --> Chequing --> Choose default account to use for Write Cheques, Pay Bills and Make Deposits.

susan459Author

Thank you! This is so simple, I wonder why it wasn't in the Help file...

OldPut

Good evening, @USMC1.

Thanks for joining this thread.

I'm happy to hear that you're able to update your direct deposit bank account using the steps provided by my colleague, @Ashley H.

If you have any more questions or concerns, I'm always here to lend a helping hand. Have a safe and productive rest of your day!

My deposits are defaulting to the wrong bank. I recently added a new bank that was sitting first in my list of banks but is not my primary bank. I successfully dragged my primary bank to the top of the chart of accounts but my deposits are still going into the wrong bank. I have backed up, closed and restarted my QB program in case it needs to refresh but it is still defaulting to the wrong bank. I am using a desktop version of Mac on a MacBookAair laptop. QB 2019 .

When I go to the edit menu there is not a button called "Preferences" showing where I can specify which bank I want to use for default. Any ideas where else there might be a Preferences button or place to change the bank default somewhere else in this version? Help appreciated.

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