HELP! I need to restore Accountant's changes-but I upgraded from 2016 to 2019!!!

Thanks for bringing this concern to my attention, @janaleeTX.

You've got me here to help share some information about restoring the backup copy of your accountant's copy into your QuickBooks 2019.

If you still have your QuickBooks 2016 installed on your computer, you'll need to restore the backup copy that you've created and save all the changes that you've made. Once done,  you can create a backup copy again then update your files into the latest version. Updating your file to the latest version will bring up all your transactions.

If the issue persists after trying this process, you can try running the verify and rebuild process. Verifying the data self-identifies data issues within a company file while rebuilding the data resolves data integrity issues.

Also, here are some articles that you can check out about using the accountant's copy in QuickBooks Desktop:

• Use the Accountant's Copy.
• Export accountant's changes.
• Import accountant's changes.

In case you'll need additional assistance with this procedure, I'd suggest reaching out to our Customer Care Team. They have the proper tools such as screen-sharing that can guide you through the steps.

That should do it.

Keep me posted if you have any other questions about restoring file in QuickBooks by leaving a reply below. I'll be around to help. Have a good one.

Wow, that’s something I hadn’t thought of.  But WILL a backup of Desktop Pro 2019 restore into Accountant’s 2016?  I can try.  I will let you know what happens.  Thanks so much!

(not sure if my first reply went through).  Wow, that’s something I hadn’t thought of.  But WILL a backup of Desktop Pro 2019 restore into Accountant’s 2016?  I can try.  I will let you know what happens.  Thanks so much!

Thanks for getting back to the QuickBooks Community, janaleeTX.

My colleague BettyJaneB provided you the exact information and articles for steps on how to restore the backup copy of your accountant's copy into your QuickBooks 2019.

If you need further assistance with the steps, I encourage you to contact our QuickBooks Desktop Support Team. They have additional tools to pull up your account and do a remote session. 

Here's how you can contact our customer support:

1. Select QuickBooks Desktop Help from the Help menu.
2. You can also press F1 on your keyboard to bring up the same Help Panel. 
3. In order to route you to the correct support expert, we need to know what type of question you have.
4. Click Continue.
5. We’ll provide you a few options. You choose which one is best for you.

I appreciate if you let us know how it goes by clicking the Reply button below. The Community team will always here to help you out. Have a good one. 

I really need an answer to the question: WILL a backup of 2019 restore into a 2016 .QBW file?  I can then convert the 2016 file into my new Pro 2019 file.  Thank you!!!

Hello janaleeTX,

Thank you for getting back here in the Community. I'm here to assist you by providing additional information about restoring backups in QuickBooks Desktop.

Once you restore and convert the backup copy into a later version of QuickBooks, you can no longer open it in any earlier versions. For more insights about restoring company files, I'm adding the articles I recommend:

• Restore a backup of your company file.
• Update your company file with a later version of QuickBooks.

Please keep in touch with me here should you need any further assistance with how the process works with restoring backups. I'll be here to help.

Does that mean I can't restore a file from 2019 to 2016?  And then convert the 2016 file back to 2019?  I HAVE to restore my accountant's copies into the 2016 file, but have made entries in 2019 for 3 weeks now.  Do you see my predicament?  

I figured out that I can open the Accountant's .QBA files DIRECTLY and print the journal entries they did at 12/31/18.  That's the information I needed to get from the accountants copies.  I removed the restrictions on my 2019 files and we will manually enter the ajes.  There weren't too many and it just ended up being the easiest thing to do.  MUCH better than having to enter all the transactions I've entered (into 15 separate entities) over the last few months!  I'm SO glad I had kept my 2016 files in Windows 7.  It was MY fault for upgrading to Windows 10 and Quickbooks Pro 2019 during the time our CPA had the files.  We partitioned the PC hard drive (on my MAC desktop-using Parallels software) so I was able to keep the old operating system.  This was sure a learning experience.  Thank you for all your replies and help!  JanDavis

How do I print out this entire conversation, from the beginning question I posted?  I'd like to keep it for future reference!  Thank you, JanDavis

It's great to hear everything works in your end, @janaleeTX.

I appreciate you taking the time to share your experience here in the Intuit Community. This would surely help others who might have the same issue.

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