I have been using the free version for 2 years - my main purposes is to measure budget v actual spending. I am not using it for savings goals and my income is fixed. I bought the subscription so I could have all the envelopes I want for the time periods I want. I’ve gone through and added new envelopes and deleted the ones that had several expenses incorporated (ie utilities was 1 but now 3). I am a bit lost now. It all looks messy and I think old fills are still replicating. Should I just wipe everything and start again?
I don’t think you’ll need to start over, and you should be able to get it tidied up without too much trouble. I’d definitely recommend using the web version vs an app for this, as it’s easier to see everything at a glance.
Start by viewing all your scheduled transactions, and in the Fills section you’ll see whether your old Fills are still there. You can update or delete them, whichever works best.
Then go into your envelopes, and if you’d like to “tidy up”, consider grouping them using a colon in the name. For example, you might have envelopes for Utilities: Gas, Utilities: Electricity, and Utilities: Water. That will pull them together and help organize the envelopes.
Would that help?
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Hi @LMP,
In addition to what Tiffany shared, if you’d like to start fresh, then I’d recommend following our ‘Get Back on Track’ guide. This guide walks you through resetting your Envelopes to 0.00 temporarily, updating your Account balances and Envelope budgets, then finishing by refilling your Envelopes so you can begin recording your new spending. With this method, you’d be able to reset your Envelopes and Accounts, and then create new ones, or edit existing ones, all while keeping your existing data in your current Goodbudget Household so it’s easy to access, if that’s important to you.
I hope that helps!
Live Generously,
Chloe
Super helpful thank you Chloe
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