Any Way to Reduce Size of Quicken File

Paul C
Paul C Member
edited January 2019 in File Conversion and Backup (Mac)
I've been using Quicken for years and as a result my QDATA file is very large (~138M).  Archiving used to be a way to reduce the size of a file, but that feature isn't available in Quicken for Mac.  Any suggestions?

Alternatively, thoughts on just starting over with a clean slate (given how close we are to Jan 1). I'd keep the old QDATA file hand for historical reference.

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  • Paul C
    Paul C Member
    edited January 2019
    Sorry, Quicken 2016 (Version 3.8.3).  Considering switching to Quicken 2019.
  • John Burgess
    John Burgess Member ✭✭
    edited January 2019
    I have occasionally deleted accounts that have been closed for say 10 years or more. ALWAYS do a back first. Two downsides to this. You’ll lose the value of those accounts from net value reports, and transfers to/from other accounts will be left dangling. I forget what the default behavior is for those transactions, but it isn’t too serious.



    Why 10 years? Because I do like to look at the long term performance of my portfolio and if things are deleted, the report is distorted from reality. Ten years is my own limit of look-back.
  • Paul C
    Paul C Member
    edited January 2019
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    Paul C Member
    edited January 2019
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    Paul C Member
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