Custom Fields for Customers in Quickbooks Desktop

Hello drchevalier,

Welcome to the Community. I'll be happy to share more info about Custom fields so you can continue to navigate the program with confidence. 

QuickBooks Desktop has limits for data entries and the limits depend on your subscription package. When it comes to Custom fields, the limits are as follows:

QuickBooks Desktop Pro (20 Custom fields)                                 QuickBooks Enterprise (45 Custom fields)

    - Item custom field (5)                                                                          -  Item custom field (15)

    - Customers/Suppliers/Employees custom fields (15)                        - Customers/Suppliers/Employees custom fields (30)

This means in order to increase the limits you'd have to upgrade your version of QuickBooks. I encourage you to check out the following article with more info about: Creating and using custom fields in QuickBooks Desktop. The ability to manage the data type in a custom field isn't available. The same applies for re-ordering the custom fields after creation. That said, I can see the benefit of having the functions described in your second and third question and I encourage you to send feedback about this to our engineers. You can send feedback by clicking on the Help menu and looking for Send Feedback Online. 

In the meantime, feel free to ask other questions. I'll be here to assist. 

Thank you kindly JamesM4.  The client is licensed for Quickbooks Desktop Premier Edition Wholesale and Manufacturing.  They are not on an Enterprise plan.  I see that Pro offers a maximum of 5 item custom fields and 15 customer/supplier/employee fields.  Is Premier different?  QBD tells me that I can only have a maximum of 7 customer/supplier/employer custom fields.  What am I doing wrong?

Thank you kindly,

Ross