I'm using Quickbooks Online and there is no option to delete an account -- only inactivate.  Even when the account has not been used.   I finally tried the merge trick in which you create a new account like "Dummy" then rename the account you want to delete with the same name and merge them and THEN try to delete the account --  but that still didn't work.  QB wants to remember these accounts for some reason and so STILL created a 'ghost' of the merged account.  This is incredibly frustrating.   I' m an experienced user and I want to clear up my GL --   NOT inactivate but delete accounts that should be able to be deleted.  How do I do that?