Interesting. Do you have any scheduled transactions? I feel like those sit in a separate hierarchy.
-derek On Fri, October 30, 2026 10:16 am, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: > Hello, > > I'm a longtime user (21 years) currently using gc5.13 on Windows 11. > > For a number of reasons, I was poking around in my stored data, and I > discovered that my data file has 46 different root accounts. [For the > record, I saved my xml file as sqlite and was looking at the data through > a Db reader] > > One is clearly the "right" one, as it has Root Account in the name column. > Other real accounts point to it. > > The other 45 root accounts have no name entries; moreover, they form a > single hierarchy, with the ID of n being the parent_ID for n+1. > > I am confused by this, and wonder how in the world I ended up with these. > The accounts don't show up in the main application; I only see them when I > view the underlying SQL database. > > Can I/should I delete these? > > David T. > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 [email protected] www.ihtfp.com Computer and Internet Security Consultant _______________________________________________ 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.
