How to delete multiple downloaded transactions - shift key not working [EDITED]

Larry Berran

Quicken downloaded about 300 transactions (almost all duplicates) for my Newport account. I am not able to use the shift key + scroll to delete multiple transactions at once. I have been able to do this before. Does anyone know other work arounds?

jacobs

[This was originally posted as a question for Quicken Mac, so this reply is for Quicken Mac.] I'm confused why using the Shift key isn't working. You're in the register for this account? You click one transaction, scroll down a bit, and Shift-click on another transaction… and what happens? For me the Shift-click on the second transaction highlights all the transactions between the first transaction clicked and the second transaction Shift-clicked.

Jon

They might be talking about using the keyboard instead - for example, select a transaction then hold down the shift key & hit the down arrow to extend the selection downward. It's working for me.

Larry Berran

I was in the downloaded transaction area and was using my keyboard and trackpad. I was able to do it a few weeks ago to another account that downloaded a years worth of data after the account needed to be reset. I just manually deleted all 300 transactions much to the chagrin of my wrist;-). I've been using Quicken for decades and generally know what I am doing but this was really frustrating. I think it was originally call MoneyCounts back in late 80's early 90s.

jacobs

I was in the downloaded transaction area

I don't understand what you're describing; in Quicken Mac (unlike Quicken Windows), there is no area/screen for downloaded transactions; they're just transactions in your account register. What do you mean "the downloaded transaction area"?

And I'm still not sure what isn't working for you…

If I click on one transaction and then Shift-Click on a transaction 5 below the first in the register, all five transactions will become highlighted (and I can then delete them at once).

If I click on one transaction, then use the trackpad to scroll down a screen, and then Shift-click on a transaction, all the transactions between the first and last one clicked will be highlighted for deleting.

If I click on one transaction, and do as @Jon mentioned, holding down the Shift key while pressing the down arrow five times, all 5 transactions will be highlighted for deleting.

Have you tried doing one/any of these methods of selecting multiple transactions? Are you doing something different? If so, please explain exactly what you are doing.

Larry Berran

I apologize. I actually use the windows version but through parallels (and it's the only reason I buy parallels which is so annoying).

Chris_QPW

The big question here is why the standard Windows selection methods aren't working, because this hasn't been changed.

Left click first transaction, hold down shift key and select last transaction (you can make this a right click to select the transactions on pull up the context menu at the same time). Holding down Ctrl and clicking toggles the selection of that one transaction.

I just got to this point in the thread.

I was in the downloaded transaction area and was using my keyboard and trackpad.

Being able to do multiple select in the Downloaded Transactions tab is "pretty new", say 6 months to a year, and not a mode that I use (I use the mode that puts the transactions directly into the register and as such I have the full power of the register). But I downloaded transactions into an old copy of my data file with the transactions going into the Downloaded Transactions tab, and it works for me.

Larry Berran

Thanks for the follow up. I already deleted everything manual but will refer to this in the future as I run into this issues a couple times a year. Thank you.

splasher

There is another method that was the only way to do it prior to Quicken adding the ability to select the range.

See this FAQ:

https://community.quicken.com/discussion/7179327/faq-i-have-a-manual-account-i-want-to-activate-for-downloading-how-do-i-prevent-duplicates