How to Delete a Company List in Quickbooks

Remove a company from your list in Quickbooks.

Quickbooks is financial software used for both personal finances and business finances. Companies close and getting rid of old records helps avoid confusion inside the software. Deleting an old company from Quickbooks' records is easy if you know how to do it.

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Instructions

- 1
  
  Open a company file. Do not open the company that needs deletion.
- 2
  
  Select "File," "Open Previous Company," then "Set number of previous companies..."
- 3
  
  Make note of the number in the text box. Replace the number with "1." Press "OK."
- 4
  
  Close Quickbooks. Reopen it and log back in.
- 5
  
  Select "File," "Open Previous Company," then "Set number of previous companies..."
- 6
  
  Change the number back to the original number (that you replaced with a "1" in Step 3). Press "OK"

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