[GNC] How to Disable AutoComplete?

[Deva PS]

Tom,

I don’t think there’s a setting, but if you are on the latest version, wherein you get a dropdown as you are typing in the Description field, the first option in that list is Don’t autocomplete. If you select that, it won’t fill in details from previous transaction. 

If you are on the older version (say 4.x or earlier), you can try pressing Esc instead of Tab key. 

Cheers. 

> On 25 Nov 2025, at 2:55 PM, gnucash-user-request at gnucash.org wrote:
> 
> From: Tom Route36 <tom.route36 at gmail.com>
> To: GnuCash User <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: [GNC] How to Disable AutoComplete?
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> Hi.? I'm still learning my way around GnuCash; so forgive this beginner
> question.? When I go to enter a new transaction into a register and what
> I am entering into the Description field matches an earlier transaction,
> GnuCash will automatically fill in the amount and the split details
> exactly as it was recorded previously for that earlier transaction.
> 
> For example, let's say my earlier transaction had the Description
> "Walmart - Sacramento" with a Tot Charge amount of $154.26, and the
> Split consisted of 9 entries.? If a couple weeks later I go to enter a
> new transaction with the same Description ("Walmart - Sacramento") and I
> hit the Tab key to type in whatever new Tot Charge amount I want to
> record, what happens is that GnuCash will automatically fill-in that
> same earlier $154.26 amount before I have any chance to enter my new Tot
> Charge amount.? Worse yet, it fills in the 9 Split entries for the new
> transaction to match that earlier transaction as well.
> 
> Not only is this annoying; but GnuCash gets bogged down and slows my
> system down while it tries to recall the Split details of that earlier
> transaction.? Is there a preference setting somewhere to stop GnuCash
> from trying to AutoComplete my new transactions with the details of my
> earlier transactions?
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
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