Before you can download transactions into an account, you need to activate it for online services. After an account has been activated, it's easy to keep its transactions and balance up to date.
Update a single account
- Open the account you want to update.
- Click
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Image Removed What if I don't see it?Note: If you don't see Update Now in the menu, it's probably because the account is not activated for online access yet. Choose Set up Online instead.
- Enter your password.
Image Removed Tell me more- Note: Depending on how you manage your financial institution passwords, this may be the password for just this account, or the password for the Quicken Password Vault.
- In the One Step Update Settings dialog, verify the account to update and bill payments to send (if any). Select or deselect items, as necessary.
- Click Update Now.
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- Quicken opens a browser window and displays your financial institution's website. Log in, if necessary.
- On your financial institution's website, look for the Quicken logo or a button or link that says Download to Quicken (or something similar).
- Specify a date range and any other settings, and then click Download to Quicken.
- Depending on your Quicken preferences, the browser you are using, and your financial institution, you may be asked if you would like to save or open the file. Click Open to update your account immediately, or click Save to download the file and import it into Quicken later.
- A progress window provides status while your account is updated, and the One Step Update Summary window displays when the update completes.
Image Removed - About the One Step Update Summary
The One Step Update Summary window contains information about the number of accounts updated and transactions downloaded. For specific information about what was downloaded, click the accounts updated link under the financial institution name. Also displayed in the window is information about any errors that may have occurred during the update.
Image Removed - What if I don't see the One Step Update Summary?
If the summary doesn't display, and you want to see it, choose Tools menu > One Step Update Summary.
Image Removed - Can I turn off One Step Update Summary?
Yes you can. In the One Step Update Summary window, select the Show this dialog only if there is an error check box. In future updates, Quicken displays the summary information only if an error occurs during the update.
Image Removed - What does "Show just the last OSU" mean?
Select this option to see a summary of only your most recent One Step Update; deselect this option to see summary information for all of your connected financial institutions and services, including those not updated in your most recent One Step Update.
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Yes you can. Left top of the register displays the date on which the account was last updated after the account name.
- Click Close in the One Step Update Summary window when you finish reviewing it.
Update multiple accounts at the same time
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