NT - QBO expert help please

[BulldogTom]

Setting up a new company and QBO gave me about 150 accounts in the COA.   I only need about 75.   I can't figure out how to delete all the extra accounts.   I know QBO requires some that you can't delete, but I really don't need 5 long term liability accounts.  I also know I can make accounts inactive, but I would prefer to delete.  

Can anyone tell me how to do this?   I know I can do it in desktop as long as there are no transactions posted.

Tom
Longview, TX

[Lee B]

I think QBO doesn't allow that to prevent customers from creating an unbalanced mess.

[Catherine]

QBO does not allow you to delete accounts; it's one of the more horrid aspects of that particular abomination. Best you can do is make them inactive, and configure all reports never to display inactive accounts.

[ILLMAS]

If you can avoid QBO to setup a new company please do so, create it on the desktop version and just convert it to online.

[Patrick Michael]

If the company is less than 60 days old you can purge all data and start over.  Did this once, many years ago, and I believe it deleted all the GL accounts, except for mandatory accounts.    

Here's a ink to instructions  https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/help-article/intuit-subscriptions/delete-data-start-quickbooks-online/L0cpXkDlh_US_en_US