Sure. When you delete the account you’ll be offered a choice about what to do with the transactions, one of which is to delete them. That’s the one you want.
Regards, John Ralls > On Jan 12, 2026, at 9:30 AM, Jeff Albrecht <[email protected]> wrote: > > I suspected as much. However in my attempt to keep the original posting short > and concise I omitted the fact that there appears to be may duplicate > transactions perhaps from incomplete pattern matching during the import of > the checking account and the newly created money market account. > > Can I delete the entire Money market account, re create and re import the > .OFX file? What effect will that have on matching transactions in other > existing accounts. > > - Jeff > > > On 1/12/26 9:15 AM, John Ralls wrote: >> Jeff, >> >> Deposits to asset accounts *do* go in the debit column and expenditures go >> to the credit column.. You’re confused by your statements which report your >> account from the credit union’s point of view where your account is a >> liability—they owe you the money. >> >> Please study the first chapter of the Tutorial and Concept Guide to get a >> basic understanding of the principles underlying GnuCash. We always >> recommend supplementing that with a basic accounting text for better depth. >> >> Regards, >> John Ralls >> >> >>> On Jan 12, 2026, at 08:55, Jeff Albrecht <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi GNUCash users, >>> >>> (some list members may remember a recent question I had about merging .OFX >>> before import. All the .OFX files were created by the cu. The merge >>> experiment, tabled, never touched my books) >>> >>> I opened a money market account at my Credit Union (cu) in 2025. While >>> importing the entire year of transactions for the new account and others at >>> that same cu via a .OFX import I have mangled my books. >>> >>> My cu accounts are Assets:CurrentAssets. I believe when asked during the >>> import I attached the transactions to a single existing 0 transactions >>> empty Assets:CurrentAssets emtpy Money Market account created from my >>> original import from Quicken or from GNUCash.. >>> >>> A transaction report shows what appears to be many (?all?) deposits in the >>> Debit column while many expenditures appear in the Credit column. Possibly >>> wrong account type specified during account creation? Unlikely but >>> possible. I'm no GNUCash power user but I have been using it for seven or >>> more years. Can the account type be changed one created and entries added? >>> >>> Can I delete the entire Money market account, re create and re import the >>> .OFX file? What effect will that have on matching transactions in other >>> existing accounts. >>> >>> Restoring a backup from prior to the input is possible but I would loose >>> hundreds of transactions memo details that are not included in the .OFX >>> entered painstakingly over the course of a day of data entry (ebay amazon >>> etc. item details) >>> >>> Hoping for some insight and possible fix,,, >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnucash-user mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> 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 [email protected] 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.
