old items in bank reconciliation

I have 3 items appearing in my bank reconciliation from 2013 that I would like to remove. 1 is an item that was entered as an expense paid by cash from the chequing account but it was actually paid by cash from an employees personal account.  

The other 2 are mistakes I made with the bank deposit feature.  I actually receive payments from customers directly to my chequing account on the day I receive the cheque rather than using the bank deposit feature.  I tried to use the bank deposit feature in 2013, made a deposit for $300.00 then realized I had already received the payment directly to the account as stated in the 2nd sentence above.  when the deposit was listed in my reconciliation later that month in 2013 I tried to correct it with an AJE and then ended up with a $600.00 withdrawal in my reconciliation rather than $300.00 correction that would cancel each other out.  So I have never cleared the items and here we are 3 years later.  

How do I clear these items out of my reconciliation? Thanks for your help.

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    For the 1st item - you would reverse that entry since it was paid by employee and not by company funds. If this entry was made in the previous year then you will need to create that entry via same method but crediting the expense and debiting the bank. Then you will be able to clear both the original amount and the correcting amount to remove from your bank reconciliation.
    For the 2nd item you can create another journal entry to reverse the AJE. Note in your comment that you are reversing JE#?? dated ?? (3 years ago). Then clear both entries to remove from Bank Reconciliation.