delete multiple investment transactions

rich_nj

Quicken 2017 Premier Version R19.7
I need to delete many duplicate investment transactions (50-100) that were downloaded years ago in error.

q_lurker

Generally, you can create a Banking transactions report customized to the applicable investment account and a suitable time frame.  From that report you can highlight the applicable transactions and then select the Edit Button and delete option.  I won't guarantee that will delete every type of investment transaction, but it should get you well on your way. 

HTH   

q_lurker

Generally, you can create a Banking transactions report customized to the applicable investment account and a suitable time frame.  From that report you can highlight the applicable transactions and then select the Edit Button and delete option.  I won't guarantee that will delete every type of investment transaction, but it should get you well on your way. 

HTH   

rich_nj

The transactions in question were download from a brokerage house several years ago. In the report they are listed as Action = Added, Memo=xfr from another account in quicken. From what I tried Shift select and Control select only select a single transaction. Selecting a single transaction will work, but it will be slow and tedious

Jim_Harman

As q_lurker says, it you go to Reports > Banking > Transaction and select just the account and date range where the problem transactions are, you can do a Shft-click or Ctrl-click to select multiple transactions then click on Edit at the top of the report and select Delete transaction(s) 

To finish cleaning up the account, you may also need to resolve any Placeholders that are affecting your share balances. Make sure the Placeholders are visible by going to Edit > Preferences > Investment transactions and selecting Show hidden transactions if you have not already. 

Back up your data file first in case something goes wrong or you make a mistake...

Sherlock

rich_nj said:

The transactions in question were download from a brokerage house several years ago. In the report they are listed as Action = Added, Memo=xfr from another account in quicken. From what I tried Shift select and Control select only select a single transaction. Selecting a single transaction will work, but it will be slow and tedious

I suspect you did not understand @q_lurker's suggestion: select Reports > Banking > Transaction, press Alt + C, select the Accounts tab, Clear All, check the investment account, and select OK.   You may customize the report further if desired.  Ctrl + left click and Shift + left click should work as expected in the report.  To delete the selected transactions, you may right-click and select Delete transaction(s) or you may select Edit > Delete transaction(s).

rich_nj

Interesting; if I use the Banking transactions report I can select multiple transactions. But if I use Investing transaction report I can only select a single transactions. It appears that the Banking Report "View " will do what I need. Thanks

q_lurker

rich_nj said:

Interesting; if I use the Banking transactions report I can select multiple transactions. But if I use Investing transaction report I can only select a single transactions. It appears that the Banking Report "View " will do what I need. Thanks

Right -- the two reports behave differently.  You can also customize the report based on the memo field since it appears that the transactions in question have a common memo field.