Changing Account Info (Q Mac)
So I screwed up a little when I started an account. It's currently set to a cash account, but really should be in a Savings account. I'd hate to have to re-input or change things transaction by transaction. Is there a way to move the account as a whole from its current Cash account to a Savings account?
I use quicken primarily as a ledger and to create reports. There's nothing actually linked to a bank account or credit card.
Anyone? Thanks.
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Is there a way to move the account as a whole from its current Cash account to a Savings account?
Yes!
- Create a new Savings account
- Click on the Cash account
- Click on a transaction, then Select All (Command-A) transactions
- Click on a transaction and drag all the highlighted transactions to the Savings account
- Verify that the Cash account is now empty, then delete it (Control-click the account in the sidebar, and select Delete)
Done!
Quicken Mac Subscription • Quicken user since 19930 -
Actually, there's an even easier way - right click on the cash account in the account sidebar, select Account Settings, and click on the Type pulldown to change it from Cash to Savings.
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Actually, there's an even easier way
Ah, knowing that Quicken doesn't allow some account types to be changed to other account types, I assumed the question was asked because it wouldn't allow a Cash account to be changed to a Savings account. Thus my answer… and my lack of trying it before providing a work-around solution. Oops! Thanks for pointing out the simple solution, @Jon.
Quicken Mac Subscription • Quicken user since 19930 -
I haven't exhaustively tested this, but it seems to me the dividing line is between Investing accounts & everything else. Any Investing account can be turned into any other Investing type account, and any non-Investing account can be converted to any other non-Investing type account, but you can't convert Investing accounts into non-Investing accounts or vice versa.
(Loans are a special case but they can be converted to Liability accounts & from there to any other non-Investing type account; likewise any non-Investing account can be converted to a Liability & then back into a Loan.)
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Thank you!
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