Delete a journal entry

Deleting a journal entry permanently removes it from Intacct.

If you want a warning to appear before deleting a transaction, select the Warn on Delete checkbox in your My Preferences page. Select your login name at the top of any page and select My preferences.

You can delete a journal entry as long as the entry is not in a closed period. To delete an entry that's in a closed period, you need to reopen the book, delete the entry, and close the book again. This is necessary to ensure compliance and keep accurate audit trail activity and historical reporting.

The way you delete journal entries is the same regardless of the type of journal to which the entry was posted.

Deleting a journal entry is permanent. Deleted entries cannot be recovered.
Subscription

General Ledger

Projects (for revenue recognition of projects)
Regional availability

All regions

User type

Business
Permissions

Journal entries: List, View, Delete
  1. Go to General Ledger > All and select one of the following options:
    • Journal entries
    • Statistical journal entries
    • User-defined
    • Adjusting
  2. Find the journal in the list.
  3. Select Transactions.

  4. If you're working in an entity and need to see transactions created at the top level for that entity, turn off the enhanced list. Then select Include top-level transactions.

  5. Find the entry in the list.

  6. Select More actions > Delete at the end of the row.

  7. Select Delete to confirm.
  1. Go to General Ledger > All and select one of the following options:
    • Journal entries
    • Statistical journal entries
    • User-defined
    • Adjusting
  2. Find the journal that contains the entry and select View transactions.

  3. Optionally, if you're working in an entity, select Include top-level transactions to view transactions created at the top level for the entity.

  4. Find the entry and select the checkbox in the Delete column.
  5. Select Delete at the top of the page, and then select OK.