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# Can I edit past budgets?

Currently, in Emma, **you can't edit past budgets** — and this applies to all budget types, whether that's category, merchant, or rolling budgets.

[Rolling budgets](https://help.emma-app.com/en/article/rolling-budgets-6qct2p/) carry forward your underspend or overspend from the previous period, and that carry-forward amount is calculated as a snapshot at the start of each new period based on how your transactions were categorised at that moment.

This means if you go back and recategorise a transaction from a previous period after a new period has already started, the rolling budget won't update to reflect that change — and things can start to look a little off! 

If this has happened to you, the fix is straightforward: **stop** the rolling budget and **reset** it afresh. This gives you a clean start, so the mistake is not carried over.

To stop the rolling budgets:
1. Select **Budgeting (circle chart)** on Feed - under "**Analytics & Budgeting**"
2. Tap on **pencil icon** to edit
3. Choose **Edit Budgeting**
4. Turn off **Rolling Budgets** by sliding it off

| Note: The golden rule with rolling budgets is to make sure transactions are categorised correctly before a new period kicks off — that way, the rollover calculation will always pick everything up as expected. 

To edit your current budget, please have a look [at the steps here](https://help.emma-app.com/en/article/edit-your-budget-1j3jljk/).