Hi, I opened an Accounts Payable and sub-account and processed an amount. The Balance Sheet reflects this plus the automatic Accounts Payable-how do I delete one?

Welcome to QuickBooks Community, @shanayoung1904.

I've got some info on how you can remove your created Accounts Payable and sub-account from the Balance Sheet report.

Once you create an account, it will be permanently included in your Chart of Accounts. However, you can make it inactive so that QuickBooks will hide it from your lists and menus, but keeps past transactions on your reports.

If you've never used an account or its balance is $0, you can easily make it inactive. Since you've already processed a transaction, QuickBooks will create a journal entry to offset its amount once you make it inactive. 

However, if you decide to use the account again, the system won't move the balance back or change the journal entry. When you're ready to make an account inactive, follow these steps:

1. Go to Settings ⚙ and select Chart of accounts.
2. Find the account you want to delete.
3. Click the Action ▼ drop-down list and select Make inactive.

Please take note that if the account has subaccounts, you'll need to move the subaccounts to a different account on your chart of accounts. This way, you can make it inactive.

Some accounts require extra steps before you can make them inactive:

I'd also recommend reaching out to your accountant before you proceed to these steps. This way, we can make sure that these changes are right for you. Once you make an account inactive, it's very difficult to undo it.

Additionally, you’ll still see inactive accounts and their transactions when you run reports. However, you can customise them to hide inactive accounts. 

For the Balance Sheet report, you can remove the inactive accounts by filtering its rows and columns. Just open the report and click Customise. Then, go to the Row/Columns section and select Active from the Show non-zero or active only drop-down list. Click Save when you're done.

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