Comments on: How To Make Unallocated Money Work for You

By: Karisa

Karisa — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 21:29:49 +0000

In reply to Iordanis. Hi lordanis - It's sounds like your Envelopes might be negative, which can cause Unallocated to over inflate. You can fix that by filling your Envelopes from Unallocated so it's back to a reasonable number. You can see how to fill your Envelopes here.

By: Iordanis

Iordanis — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 20:53:54 +0000

My allocated money is more than the money I have actually have.. (cash and bank) .. how is that possible?

By: becky

becky — Fri, 08 May 2015 18:16:38 +0000

In reply to Zack.

Hi Zack,

Hm, I’m not sure I know how that happened based on your explanation. Can you email support@goodbudget.com so we can take a closer look at your Household?

By: Zack

Zack — Fri, 08 May 2015 12:16:50 +0000

Thank you. It just didn’t look like it moved into unallocated because the amounts were not negative. They were nearly full envelopes and, after looking at my current unallocated funds and everything else, it was not equaling the number it should have. That the money from those envelopes did disappear.

By: becky

becky — Thu, 07 May 2015 22:08:46 +0000

In reply to Zack.

Hi Zack,

You’re right that when you delete an Envelope, the balance becomes Unallocated, but it sounds like the balances for some Envelopes might have been negative so that math isn’t working out right? You can delete the Initial Envelope Fill that added money to the original Envelopes you created. Then create a new fill for your new Envelopes. After that, you can create Envelope transfers if you need to move money from one Envelope to another. Email support@goodbudget.com if you have more questions.

By: Zack

Zack — Thu, 07 May 2015 22:02:59 +0000

I’ve been having difficulty finding where to move money from one envelope to the other.

I just started using this, arranged envelopes, filled them, then realized I needed to restructure things because the limit of free envelopes is set at 10. I deleted some, renamed others, and extended the max on that envelope to cover multiple things instead of just one. When I deleted those other envelopes, the funds in them disappeared, too, instead of just shifting into ‘unallocated’. So after doing some math I know how much was lost in the switch, but I put too much into one envelope and it’s becoming insanely difficult to figure out how to move funds from the envelope with too much into the envelope I should have put it into.

So, again, and hopefully to help clear up that word vomit there: How do I move money from one envelope into another?

By: becky

becky — Fri, 01 May 2015 18:05:53 +0000

In reply to kristin.

Hi Kristin,

Sorry for the confusion with Unallocated. You don’t need to start a new Household–we’re happy to help you figure out how to get started in your accounts again. Just email support@goodbudget.com with your Household username and we can work with you to get your Envelopes and Accounts back to how you set them up.

By: kristin

kristin — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 01:51:56 +0000

I accidentally deleted the unallocated envelope. It still says unallocated on my accounts but its hard to manage now. Without starting over, what can i do. I paid for the app so don’t want to delete and start a new household

By: becky

becky — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 17:38:21 +0000

In reply to Abby.

Hi Abby,
Sorry for the confusion! Can you email support@goodbudget.com so that we take a closer look at what’s happening? If your Account balance is correct, it might be negative because you’ve filled your Envelopes with more than you actually have in your Accounts, or it could be the from a credit card Account if you’re tracking that.

By: Abby

Abby — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 02:43:55 +0000

My accounts reconcile with what is allocated in my envelopes, yet I still have -$435.88 in Unallocated. If I add 435.88 as income, I can’t add it to Unallocated just to clear it out, I have to add it to an account. Which I don’t want to do. Please help!