FAQ:Delete A QuickBooks Company
To delete a QuickBooks Company file you no longer need (make sure you do NOT need it, because you can’t get it back):
- Select File then Open or Restore Company.
- Select Open a company file.
- In the “file open” window, right click on the company QBW file, then select “delete”. Then cancel the “open”.
The company will still show on the “recently used” list, but you can’t open it. To get rid of it from the list:
- Open any other company file. Select File then Open Previous Company.
- At the bottom of the list select “set number of previous companies”.
- Set the number to “1″ and click “OK”. That clears the list.
- You can go back and set the number to 10 or 20 if you wish, so you can keep a list of company files, but the list has been cleared.
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Hi I have tried to delete a company as instructed above. However, ‘set number of companies’ is grey and cannot be selected. Do the instructions apply to qb pro2006?
To set that value you must have a company file open. If you don’t have a company file open, it will be grayed out.
Hello,
I want to delete a current company with all its files and the set it up again like a new company but using the same name. Can I reuse the same company name?
Sure, no problem.
I just deleted a compnoany I was no longer using. I had 4 companies, instead of choosing show 3 in previously viewed, I entered 1. I cannot find 2 missing companies now. Help! Thank you.
If you delete them from the list of recently used companies, the file still exists in the original location. You just have to find it and open it.
If you deleted the actual QBW file itself, then it is gone unless you have a backup copy somewhere.
Thank you for your instructions. Simple and it worked. You’d think Quickbooks would include a way to delete a company in the program. Oh well, gone, and again, thank you!
I don’t think they want to make it TOO easy – people might lose data that they didn’t want to lose…