*Thanks for the explanation.In fact it has solved my biggest problem; where the same account name was created under various heads like Bank, Asset, Exp. etc.* *Many Many thanks for your prompt reply*
On Sat, 17 Jan 2026 at 09:30, David Cousens <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes it is but there is only a limited degree of flexibility while doing > it. If you wanted to merge two accounts, assuming that they are of the > same account type then you would first have to decide which of the > accounts you wish to keep (it can be renamed at to whatever you like > later). Then in the accounts tab select the other account, right click > and select delete from the popup menu. The dialog will give you an > option of transferring any transactions in the account to be deleted to > another acoount. Select the account that you want to merge the > transactions into and all the transactions from both accounts will be > in the one account. Rename the account as required. > > Splitting an account is much more difficult. It is not possible to > select multiple transaction in an account register so it is not > possible to select a group of transactions and then move them to > another account. AFAIK this was a design limitation in the register > display code. If you are familiar with SQL and are using a database > backend, it should be possible at least in principle if you have a way > of selecting the particular transaction entries that you wish to > change. You would need to find the tables which tie the UUID's used to > refernce accounts,transactions and splits internally in GnuCash to > account names for example and use the UUIDS in the SQL to reassign the > accounts in the appropriate entries(referred to as splits) to the > transactions you wish to reassign to a new account. > > On Sat, 2026-01-17 at 08:13 +0530, Ram Vilas Gupta wrote: > > Before using GnuCash, I was using Quicken & Homebank. > > In both these software (single entry bookkeeping software), it uses > > the > > head of accounts as Account in case of Cash, Bank, Liability, Assets > > etc. > > But for head relating to Income & Expenditure it defines as Category. > > While in Quicken you can use Account & Category in the same > > transaction by > > splitting the amounts with the relevant amounts. But in Homebank it > > doesn't > > allow splitting amounts into 2 or more heads; but allows Category to > > be > > splitted in different heads. > > *One better feature in both Quicken & Homebank is that it allows you > > to > > merge & demerge any category (income & Expenses head) as many times > > as you > > desire.* > > *But in the case of GnuCash both Accounts or Categories ( Income & > > Expenses > > head ) are termed as Accounts.* > > *My specific Query is whether is it possible to merge one account > > with > > another account by a single process?* > > *I am using my Ubuntu 20.4 as my O.S.* > > *If you ask, I can mail the screenshots of software wnries from > > Homebank ( > > developed by Home'bank.fr <http://bank.fr>) fully free legally* > > *Your earliest response will be highly appreciated.* > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > -- > David Cousens > _______________________________________________ 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.
