Year end Copy not erasing old transactions

Tamasta
Tamasta Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭
edited January 7 in Errors and Troubleshooting (Windows)

Hi, I have made several attempts at trimming the size of my file with no luck. I have followed the instructions to the letter, and yet I still have reconciled transactions on my credit cards back to 2016. Please help

Tagged:

Comments

  • Quicken Alyssa
    Quicken Alyssa Quicken Windows Subscription Moderator mod

    Hello @Tamasta,

    Thank you for sharing your experience. I am happy to help!

    Based on what you have said, I think creating a copy of your file sounds like what you are actually wanting. You use file copies to start fresh while keeping your categories and setup. Use backups and archives when your goal is protection or cleanup, not continuation.

    The Year-end archive is better suited for data protection and historical storage, not for creating a new working file.

    To copy your file:

    1. Go to File > Copy or Backup File. Copy or Backup file.png
    2. In the Backup or Copy File window, under Advanced Options, select Create a copy or template.
    3. Click Next.
    4. Choose what you want to include in the copy.
      1. This is where you can set the Include transactions From and To dates to control which transactions are included. copy file date range.png
    5. Name and Save the copied file.
    6. When asked which file you would like to open, choose New Copy. copy file-new copy.png

    Note: Once you are in the new file, you will need to reconnect all of your accounts. If at any point you want to get back to your original file, you can do so by going to File and selecting the second file listed at the bottom of the menu.

    Let us know how it goes!

    Quicken Alyssa

    Make sure to sign up for the email digest to see a round up of your top posts.

  • Tamasta
    Tamasta Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭
    edited January 7

    Hi Alyssa, thank you very much for the thorough explanation. I was following the instructions for the year end copy however your solution took care of it, the only old tansactions that i see are transfers between accounts. Is there a way around that?

  • CashMan
    CashMan Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭

    I appreciate the attempt at a work-around here, but the Year End copy functionality is absolutely BROKEN at this time. I have done this since 2015, intentionally leaving last year's data forward in the 'current file' and having the data that's older than one year dropped into an archive.

    This year, as soon as I choose the 'I don't want anything older than X' and set it to 1/1/2025, so that the 2024 data in the file would archive off, the field below it for 'the archive will contain data up to' greys out BUT STAYS AT 12/31/2025, which is entirely incorrect!

    The result is an archive file that is literally all of 2024 AND 2025, and the 2024 transactions don't drop from the current file.

    This has never been broken before as I have a complete set of one year archive files from 2015 through to 2023, all made in exactly the same way using this feature successfully in years past.

    YES, all my accounts are reconciled, NO I do not have any uncleared transactions except for the most latest 2026 ones, and NO I don't use investments etc.— just a simple savings and checking account.

    This is extremely frustrating and a terrible regression error.

Categories