Select the account that you want to export first. This would be the file you chose to create in the previous step.Ĭhoose the account you want to export data for (in Quicken 2018, you should be able to export all accounts at once).
Select account to Export, Date Range, and what to be exported. Usually the easiest thing to do is to save it to the Desktop. You can choose any location that you would like. Please note that if you don’t import all accounts, the other accounts might not come up with the correct balances, because of the transfers between them and the accounts you haven’t imported.Ĭhoose a name of the file and saving Location. For the accounts to come up with the right balance after the import they need to have their Opening Balance set as of the date of the first transaction that you will be importing. You would need this information when creating your account in MoneyWiz. MoneyWiz not only supports import from this file type, it will import the transfers between your accounts as well as split payments you may have on your accounts, payees and categories.īefore starting to export your accounts, please take a note of their Opening Balance.
Quicken for Windows can export accounts to QIF format. We have a lot of clients coming from Quicken for Windows and the import works well for them. You can also use GnuCash to open files with a QIF file extension using the Linux operating system.Importing your data from Quicken for Windows to MoneyWiz is easy.
Gnu Cash is an open source financial software application which is similar to Quicken.
If you are using Mac OS X, you can view QIF files with your word processing program and you can open the files using Intuit Quicken Essentials for Mac or GnuCash. You should be able to view the contents of the file and edit any of the text contained within the file. Click on the QIF file you want to open and then press the Enter key.
That said all you need to do is open a text editing program, such as Microsoft Word or NotePad that is capable of reading ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange), click on File and then choose Open from the drop-down menu. QIF extension to ensure that Quicken software applications are able to maintain communications with the file in the event editing is necessary. This is because the QIF file format has maintained an open standard which can be used across a number of Quicken software applications, despite the fact that the file format was established by Intuit for various financial software applications.įirst, in order to open a QIF file, the file name must be no more than eight characters in length and no less than three characters in length. In order to open and view the contents of a QIF file, it is necessary to use a text editor, such as WordPad. The purpose of the file is to provide a way to export and import files from one software application to another. Since QIF files were originally developed for multitasking in an MS-DOS environment, the versatility of these files has remained true with Quicken software because they can be used across the board with various types of Quicken financial software. The file extension QIF stands for Quicken Interchange Format and provides a format which can be used with more than one version of financial software and in multiple operating system environments. In current operating systems the QIF file is part of Intuit programs, such as QuickBooks financial software, and is an ASCII text file. QIF files were originally developed as a multitasking file by Symantec in order to provide a multi-program environment prior to the inception of the Windows operating system.