Delete your data and start over in QuickBooks Online
by Intuit•249• Updated 3 months ago
Learn how to delete your data in QuickBooks Online and start over with new books.
Sometimes you need to start fresh with a new QuickBooks Online company. If you're a new customer, you can purge your data and start over. If you've used QuickBooks for a while, you need to create a new company.
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Start over in QuickBooks Online
Before you get started:
- Make sure you're signed in to QuickBooks Online as an admin.
- These steps help you delete the data for one QuickBooks Online company. If you need to delete all or some of your Intuit data, find out more about managing data or check out our privacy center.
- Data imported from QuickBooks Time will also be purged during this process.
- To reuse your current lists after starting over, find out more about moving your lists to a new company.
- If you have QuickBooks Online Accountant, don't use these steps. Instead, import a blank QuickBooks Desktop file to start over.
Your next steps depend on your subscription level, and whether you've been using QuickBooks for longer than 60 days.
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