Deleting a Data File

You created a test company file and you want to remove it from the list and delete the company file all together.  Or you somehow have saved more than one copy of your data file in two places an you want to remove one so you don't accidentally open the wrong/not active file.

How do you do that?

Easy, but this is not a function within the QuickBooks program like many people think.  While in windows, do a windows search and search for .qbw files (data files).  I keep my files in a My Documents folder on my C drive called "QB data files".  Open the file, find the company file you want to delete and right-click delete it.

Next, open your QuickBooks program, open previous and the file path to the deleted file still exists.  If you click on it,  you will not be able to access the file because it is gone.  To remove it from the previous file list:

• Go to file.
• Open previous company>set number of previous companies>select 1.  This will clear your list. 

Then once you have done that, you can open your working data file and then go to:
 

• Open previous company
• set number of previous companies, select a number and enter the amount of active companies you do have.  
• As you open them, it will create a new previous companies list.

Lynda

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