How can I change the "reconciled through 07/31/22" so I can re-reconcile?

Question

I've unreconciled all the transactions in my checking account for the year, so I can start over to fix errors. However, my balances are off because Quicken still thinks they're reconciled through a certain date. I've restarted quicken to see if it would clear, but that didn't work. Is there a way to do this so I can balance. Thanks for any help!

q_lurker · Answer

OK, so the Opening Balance transaction was the problem.  But I am still confused by your "reconciled through ... " reference.  Where were you seeing that?

When I start a reconcile for a bank, credit card, or investment account (I reconcile to paper statements), Quicken shows a "Prior ending statement date".  Is that what you mean?

If I look at the account list (Ctrl-A), there is a "Last Reconcile" column with dates.  To the best of my knowledge, the dates are the same as my prior reference.  Is that what you mean?

Other than those references I don't know of a "reconciled through" reference.

In those cases I cited, I don't believe the date presented has anything to do with the Clr "R" status of any transactions in the register/transaction lists.  The dates are simply carryovers from the last time you went through the built in Reconcile process for that account.  That you later changed some of those Clr status setting does not change the date shown.

Hope this helps

Tom Young · Answer

@beeattitude 
Even if you're able to get your reconciliations done at this point I'd suggest doing the Copy & Validate process.  You shouldn't have seen that 7/31/22 date if there were no "Rs" in the Clr column, so something is a bit off here.

beeattitude · Answer

Yes. For some reason, I didn't have an Opening Balance, (wouldn't I have needed that when I created the account?) so I added that as of 12/31/21. So now it shows the correct prior balance and date. I think I'm there now. Thanks for your help.