[GNC] How to Disable AutoComplete?

[Stephen M. Butler]

On 11/25/25 01:22, Tom Route36 wrote:
> 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?
1.  Pick the "Don't Autocomplete" option.
2.  Change the description slightly so it doesn't match.  You might use 
this to your advantage if you have a few common sets of splits (forget 
the amounts -- they'll never match).
3.  Accept that you'll have to delete some lines and enter new ones.  
That still might be faster than entering everything from scratch.