HOW DO I PRINT A GENERAL LEDGER WITH ONLY ACTIVE ACCOUNTS?

Hi there, @dianne5. 

It's my priority to help you sort this out. 

Let me walk you through on how to print a general ledger with an only active account in QuickBooks Desktop. We can customize it by modifying the display rows and set the specific account.

Here's how: 

1. Go to Reports then List, click Account List.
   
2. Click Customize Report, under Display and Columns search Active Status and click OK. 
3. From Filters, search Active Status and tap OK. 
4. On the upper portion hit Print drop-down arrow, and select Report. 
5. Hit Print once everything is set. 

Once completed, you're ready to print the reports.  Though, you have other options to send it through your email.

For future reference check out this article: Understand reports. 

Get back to me if you have any other questions about printing reports. I'm a post away to help. Have a good day!

You can't exactly. The GL report is designed to show every account and it's balance, even if it's not current used.

You can get close:

Start on the reports menu and pick Custom Reports | Transaction Detail.

Then at the top of the report pick Account List in the Total By field.