G/L Account Master - Status Field The Status field allows deletion of an unneeded G/L account number. Active, Inactive, or Delete status may have transactions posted. Delete status causes the account number to go away at the next cleanup (purge) and the file space is reclaimed. Usually, you would not want to remove an account unless ALL the YTD balances are zero. By doing so, you would throw the trial balance out for each month that is not zero.