You will be using this option whenever you wish to delete an
existing General Ledger Account if the Account does not have any balances. Each
of these General Ledger Accounts are either an Income or Expense (Income
Statement account) or an Assets and Liabilities (Balance Sheet account).
TurboCASH will not allow you to delete Accounts, which has Sub-accounts or any
accounts. You first need to delete each of the Sub-accounts before you may
delete the General Ledger Account.
If you have created a new Set of Books and you have selected one of the existing templates installed from the TurboCASH. Seven installation CD or if you have downloaded a Set of Books (template) from Pink Software's Web Site, you will already have a basic Chart of Accounts which you can use. It is recommended that you print the Chart of Accounts on the Reports - General Ledger menu option, and to check that all the required accounts are available for your requirements. You may identify Accounts, and Sub-accounts, which you will not use at all and you may wish to delete these.
To Delete an Existing General Ledger Account:
Click on the Edit - Accounts - General Ledger menu option or press the
and
and
and
keys on your keyboard. The
Accounts search facility screen listing your available Accounts as well as the
General Ledger Accounts screen will be displayed.
Select a specific account you wish to delete on the Accounts
search facility. If an Account has Sub-accounts, you need to first select the
Sub-accounts.
Check that the correct Account (or Sub-account) and the
descriptions is displayed on the General Ledger Accounts screen and click on the
Delete button. TurboCASH will display the following Confirmation Message.

Click on the
button to delete the Account (or
Sub-account). The following Information screen will be displayed to inform you
that the Account has been deleted.

Click on the
button. The Accounts search facility
screen will be displayed.
Press the
key on your keyboard or you may
click on the Close
button to close or
exit the Accounts search facility screen. You may select another account number
to delete another Account or you may press the
key again to exit or
close the General Ledger Accounts screen.

Click on the
button and first select and delete each of the
Sub-accounts, before you may delete the selected Account.

Click on the
button and select the correct Account (or
Sub-account).
If you have created a new Set of Books and you have selected one of the existing templates installed from the TurboCASH. Seven installation CD or if you have downloaded a Set of Books (template) from Pink Software's Web Site, you will already have a basic Chart of Accounts which you can use. It is recommended that you print the Chart of Accounts on the Reports - General Ledger menu option, and to check that all the required accounts are available for your requirements. You may identify Accounts, and Sub-accounts, which you will not use at all and you may wish to delete these.
To Delete an Existing General Ledger Account:

button to delete the Account (or
Sub-account). The following Information screen will be displayed to inform you
that the Account has been deleted. 
button. The Accounts search facility
screen will be displayed.
button to close or
exit the Accounts search facility screen. You may select another account number
to delete another Account or you may press the ![]()
- Bank Accounts - Edit - Accounts - Bank Account
- Tax Accounts - Edit - Accounts - Tax Accounts
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Click on the
button and first select and delete each of the
Sub-accounts, before you may delete the selected Account.
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Click on the
button and select the correct Account (or
Sub-account).
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