This article also addresses the following errors:

• Error: "You have used this account in transactions this year and cannot remove it until the transactions are cleared."
• Error: "This account cannot be removed while it is being used as a linked account."

• The account has an entry (even if it’s reversed) in the current or prior fiscal year.
• You haven’t finished entering your company's historical information.
• The account doesn’t have a zero balance.
• This account is a linked account.
• Sage 50 is open in multi-user mode.

1. Create a backup of your current data before proceeding.
2. Follow one of the below methods, depending on your situation.

Method 1: If you have multiple users or windows

1. Switch to single-user mode.
2. Verify that you can now delete the account.

Method 2: If no entries exist within two years and the balance is 0

1. Unlink the account.
2. Verify that you can now delete the account.

Method 3: If your accounts aren’t in logical order

1. Resolve the error "Your accounts are not in logical order."
2. Make the account inactive.

1. Find a backup made before the posting of entries to this account and restore it.
2. Restore the backup you found.
3. Verify you can now delete the account.
4. Re-enter all other current entries made after that backup.

Method 5: If you have access to Sage 50 Accountant Edition or know an accountant who does

• Merge the unwanted account with another account.