To correct your beginning balance, recreate the deleted expense and manually mark it as reconciled ("R") to restore your historical balance. Here is how:
Go to the Gear icon.
Select Audit log, then find the transaction to view its exact details and recreate it.
Go to Chart of accounts.
Open the Account history for the account you selected when recreating the entry.
Locate the expense transaction in the register.
Mark it as R, then click Save.
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