Short answer
Every recorded transaction in MYOB is deleted one at a time. AccountRight’s only built-in cleanup is to purge whole categories of records, and purge does not cover cards, purchase orders or sales orders. For a file with thousands of junk entries that leaves you deleting by hand — or paying a service to script it for you. Start with the overview, then the guide for your exact job.
Start here
- How to delete multiple transactions in MYOB — the overview: what MYOB allows, the AccountRight/Business split, the manual routes, and what the only real alternative costs.
The MYOB guides
- How to delete invoices and bills in MYOB
Deleting invoices and bills: the one-at-a-time reality, what to do when a payment or credit is applied, and the merge route for cards that cannot be deleted. - How to delete bank and bank-feed transactions in MYOB
Bank and bank-feed transactions — which can be removed, which have to be unmatched first, and what cannot be undone. - How to delete journal entries, recurring transactions and pay runs in MYOB
Journal entries, recurring transactions and pay runs: the slowest cleanup in MYOB, and the order that keeps the books straight. - How to delete duplicate transactions in MYOB
Finding and removing duplicate transactions, and why merge — not delete — is the right tool for duplicate cards. - How to purge and shrink a bloated MYOB company file
The AccountRight file-size problem: what purge can and cannot clear, and what to do as a file approaches the 1.8 GB wall.