Starting Over with new Quicken Data File

QuickMule
QuickMule Quicken Windows Other Member ✭✭
in Registers & Transactions (Windows)

Using Quicken for years, but is there any advantage to starting a new file, creating your accounts and putting a starting balance in. Is there any benefit in archiving all that old stuff by leaving it in another file and using a new file for transactions say for 2026 and beyond? Has anyone done something along these lines?

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  • RalphC
    RalphC Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭✭✭

    It's my opinion that there's zero advantage to starting a new Quicken data file unless your existing file is hopelessly corrupted. It's much more valuable to have a history of financial transactions. I'm constantly going back in time to research transactions, especially when researching new purchases.

  • splasher
    splasher Quicken Windows Subscription SuperUser ✭✭✭✭✭

    @QuickMule , @RalphC could not have stated my feelings any better. It is a diary of your financial life and it is best kept in one file. Mine goes back to 1996.

    -splasher using Q continuously since 1996
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  • QuickMule
    QuickMule Quicken Windows Other Member ✭✭

    - Subscription Quicken - Win11 and QW2013 - Win11

    you are using both sub and QW2013?

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