I believe John is correct... GnuCash gives the option to do a true delete (presumably for the case of an import error, as in the case of the OP).
When I first saw the OP, I wondered why anyone would ever want to delete an account and all the transactions, but if an import messed up, and the plan is to re-do it, it makes sense. On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 5:01 PM Gyle McCollam <gmccol...@live.com> wrote: > John, > for the 1st time, I have to disagree with you. If you delete the > transactions when you delete an account it is not only an accounting issue, > but will seriously mess up your other accounts. Say there are debits > (deposits) and credits (withdrawals) from your checking account. If the > account your deleting has been around for years, good luck trying to get > your bank account to balance after those entries are gone. > > > Thank You, > > Gyle McCollam > > Gyle McCollam > > gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com> email > > ________________________________ > From: john <jra...@ceridwen.us> > Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 11:44 AM > To: Gyle McCollam <gmccol...@live.com> > Cc: Maf. King <m...@chilwell.net>; Mark <mrpen...@mailbox.org>; > gnucash-user@gnucash.org <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > Subject: Re: [GNC] Transaction inconsistency when deleting account > > Yeah, it's a bug. It's supposed to delete the transactions, not just the > splits in that account only to recreate them in an imbalance account. > Otherwise it's the same as the move to account option. > > The fact that it's poor accounting practice is beside the point. If the > user wants to follow good accounting practice they can choose to move the > splits to another account. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > On Sep 5, 2023, at 08:18, Gyle McCollam <gmccol...@live.com> wrote: > > > > No Mark, it is not a bug. If you made credit card purchases and > subsequent payments to that card, those transactions have already been made > and if you were to delete an account and the transaction within, it would > be the same as if the transactions had never happened and they did. > Gnucash, offering to move them to another account is the only way not to > screw up all the account affected by the account you are deleting. > > > > > > Thank You, > > > > Gyle McCollam > > > > Gyle McCollam > > > > gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com> email > > > > ________________________________ > > From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail....@gnucash.org> > on behalf of Mark via gnucash-user <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 11:04 AM > > To: Maf. King <m...@chilwell.net> > > Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > > Subject: Re: [GNC] Transaction inconsistency when deleting account > > > > > > Sep 5, 2023 08:33:44 Maf. King <m...@chilwell.net>: > > > >> I just tried deleting an account. As expected, I was presented with > the > >> choice to "move transactions to..." or "Delete all transactions" (see > >> screenshot - this is GC 4.x, maybe the wording is different in v5) > >> > >> Deleting the transactions does not really seem to delete anything, the > >> transaction splits effectively moved to Imbalance-GBP. > >> > >> One could argue that "splits" in the deleted account have been deleted, > and > >> GC has auto-created new splits to the Imbalance account - I don't know > what > >> the internal process is- but it "feels" to the end user like a move, > not a > >> delete. > >> > >> Given a "transaction" is a collection of "at least 2 splits", then I > think I > >> agree with the OP, (whatever the validity of the reason for wanting to > delete > >> an account), being told that "transactions" will be deleted and them > still > >> existing seems a bug (maybe only in wording in the dialog box) > > > > Ah, it's been a while since I deleted an account, and I don't remember > the option to delete all transactions being there (maybe I just forgot). I > agree that is confusing at least, and maybe a bug. > > > > I don't think I would ever use that option, though. That seems like a > confusing side effect to have transactions deleted by deleting an account. > Maybe I'm just used to the way GnuCash has done things. > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -- _________________________________ Richard Losey rlo...@gmail.com Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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