brotherton-erpnext/erpnext/docs/user/manual/en/accounts/articles/freeze-accounting-entries.md

#Freeze Accounting Entries

To freeze accounting entries upto a certain date, follow below given steps.

Step 1: Go to:

Accounts > Setup > Accounts Settings

Step 2: Set Date

Set date in the Accounts Frozen Upto field.

Now, the system will not allow to make any accounting entries before set date. If at all someone tries creating entries, system will show error message as below.

You can still allow user with certain role to create/edit entries within accounts frozen date. You can set that Role in the Account Settings itself.