The Imbalance-xxx account will reappear the next time an error is made in balancing a transaction, or if a transaction is intentionally left out of balance to be fixed later, so it is useless to delete the account. I agree with David T that new entries should go to the existing account, even if it is not in the default position in the CoA.
On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 9:45 AM Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com> wrote: > The existence of an Imbalance account means you have an error in a > transaction. So you should fix it and empty it.. > > -derek > Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos. > On May 31, 2021 10:34:48 AM "D. via gnucash-user" > <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I have noticed a new behavior in regards to the automatic creation of > > entries to Imbalance-XXX (in my case, Imbalance-USD). > > > > When I first started using Gnucash, I found the creation of a top level > > imbalance account to be additional unwanted clutter to my Chart of > > Accounts. I found, by sheer coincidence, that I could move the top level > > account into a different area of my CoA (in my case, a top level > > placeholder called Special Accounts, which includes a number of these > types > > of accounts), and Gnucash would use that newly-situated Imbalance-XXX > > account for all new automatically-created imbalance entries. > > > > Alas, this is no more. In my most recent session, I have found that > Gnucash > > has decided that it must ALWAYS use a top level Imbalance account for > these > > entries. I find the concomitant clutter of my books annoying. > > > > This is disappointing. Does anyone know why this behavior has changed, > and > > is there any point to submitting a bug request to have the previous > > behavior restored? > > > > David T. > > Gnucash user since 2005 > > Current: GC 4.5 on Windows 10 > > > > ?? > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > > ----- > > 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 > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.