Deleting empty account

[Jack]

Definitely.  I didn't remember that feature myself, although I have not 
created a new credit card amount in a LONG time.  I know we're due for 
several updates to the Handbook.  I'll also look at the wording of the 
notice in the new account wizard to see if I can find something better.

I also wonder if we can't find a way to give the user more concrete 
information about why an account can't be deleted - perhaps in a popup 
on clicking "Delete" (instead of just disabling the button.menu entry.)

Jack

On 5/3/26 10:24 AM, Thomas Baumgart via KMyMoney wrote:
> Footer is correct: when a credit card account is created, there is a
> question if you want to be reminded that a payment is due. If you
> do not turn this option off it will create a scheduled transaction
> for you with the account.
>
> See https://docs.kde.org/trunk_kf6/en/kmymoney/kmymoney/details.accounts.create.html#id2512
>
> @Jack: maybe we should not only talk about a reminder but a scheduled
> transaction here.
>
>
> Thomas
>
> On Sonntag, 3. Mai 2026 14:51:02 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit Footer via KMyMoney wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure why you've never used the Scheduled Transaction feature in
>> KMyMoney, but I find it to be one of my favorite features.  It keeps me on
>> track and I've never missed paying a bill!  Perhaps when an account is
>> created it automatically creates a Scheduled Transaction to pay the bill
>> when it becomes due?  I'll let the experts here answer that question.
>>
>> I'm glad you figured it out!  KMyMoney is the BEST!  Very happy user since
>> 2005.
>>
>> On Sun, May 3, 2026 at 7:12 AM David Iacobellis via KMyMoney <
>> kmymoney at kde.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I stand corrected.  I have never used the scheduled transaction feature in
>>> KMyMoney.  Ever.  After reading your email I looked and sure enough, there
>>> is a scheduled transfer for each new account number for this VISA.  I did
>>> not set up these scheduled transfers and I am not sure how they came to
>>> be.  Deleted both scheduled transfers and was then able to delete the
>>> secondary account.  Thanks for your suggestion.  I would have never looked
>>> there as I have never used that feature.  Any idea how those scheduled
>>> transfers came to be?
>>>
>>> On Sun, May 3, 2026 at 8:00 AM David Iacobellis <diacobel at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The starting balance is zero.  There are no scheduled transactions for
>>>> this account.  It was opened on April 3 of this year.  We opened a new VISA
>>>> card account and for the first time the number on my card differs from my
>>>> wife's card. I set up a separate account for each card before realizing the
>>>> bank only uses the primary card for online tracking and payments.  It is
>>>> just easier to enter everything under the primary card number.  I moved all
>>>> transactions from the secondary account to the primary account with the
>>>> exception of the reconciliation.  I cannot find any references to this
>>>> account.  Really baffled.  Is there a way to do a general search for this
>>>> account instead of opening all other accounts separately and doing a manual
>>>> search?
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, May 2, 2026 at 10:37 AM Jack via KMyMoney <kmymoney at kde.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 5/2/26 8:33 AM, David Iacobellis via KMyMoney wrote:
>>>>>> I am attempting to delete an empty account which I had recently
>>>>>> opened.  I had placed around 2 dozen entries into this account with
>>>>>> one reconciliation.  I transferred all entries into another account. I
>>>>>> could not figure out how to remove the reconciliation so I re-ran the
>>>>>> reconciliation dialogue to get the amount to zero.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When I go into accounts and select this account the delete option is
>>>>>> greyed out.  I cannot find anything linked to this account.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How can I delete it?
>>>>> Deletion is blocked if there is any reference to that account.  (I don't
>>>>> think a reconciliation counts, as that information is stored within the
>>>>> account entity itself.)  Are you sure the account is not referenced in a
>>>>> Scheduled Transaction?  Is there a starting balance in the account?
>>>>> (That is represented by a deposit transaction from a special account
>>>>> used just for that purpose.)
>>>>>