I need to inactive over 500 accounts in my chart of accounts in Quickbooks online. How do I do this easily?

Yes, we can batch inactivate accounts in QuickBooks Online (QBO), Eddie. You can make up to 300 accounts inactive at a time. Let me guide you through the process of achieving your goal.

To begin, let’s adjust the Page Size in the Chart of accounts to facilitate a more manageable view of your accounts.

1. Navigate to Transactions, then Chart of accounts.

1. Click the mini Gear icon and select 300 as the Page Size.
   

Once done, we can proceed to inactivate accounts you no longer plan to use:

1. On the Chart of accounts page, check the boxes next to the accounts you want to inactivate.
2. Click the Batch actions dropdown button.
3. Hit Make inactive.
   

After that, let's move to the next page and repeat the process for the remaining accounts.

For more information about best practices before inactivating accounts and what accounts can be made inactive, please check out these articles:

• Make an account inactive on your chart of accounts in QuickBooks Online.
• Manage default and special accounts in your QuickBooks Online chart of accounts.

For future use, here's a guide on ensuring your QuickBooks accounts correspond to your real-life ones: Reconcile workflow.

To further enhance your QuickBooks experience, our QuickBooks Live Expert Assisted team can guide you with best practices for managing your accounts and registers in QuickBooks Online.

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