You are able to delete existing companies and company databases in Attaché. In most cases, you would only delete a company if it was created as a test or training company, or companies that are older than what is required by law to keep records for.
Attaché recommends taking caution before proceeding with deleting company data. You should NOT delete any Attaché historical companies or company data before checking with your Accountant to confirm you do not have any legal requirement to keep the data you are intending to delete.
If you delete an Attaché company and its related company data, unless you have taken a backup, you will not be able to retrieve that data. Attaché recommends that if you will ever possibly need a copy of the company data you intend to delete from the live Attaché system, you should take an archive backup of the company data prior to deleting it and liaise with your IT Support person to store an offline copy of that data. See: Create an archive and find the archive file.
To delete a company
Log in to Attaché as a Supervisor user or equivalent.
If required, take an archive of the company data as per the article link above.
Go to File, Setup and Delete Companies.
Select the company you would like to delete and enter or tab to move to the next field.
The Delete (F6) button appears. Click the Delete (F6) button. You are prompted:
You are prompted with the message "Are you sure you want to delete the company named < >?" choose Yes. (No will stop the deletion process)
You are then prompted with the message "Would you like to delete the database?" choose Yes. If you choose No then the company is deleted but the database is retained and, if required, can be attached to a new company.
Click Finish (Esc) to close the screen.