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smawagner12
December 11, 2018
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How to remove Search Bar from Home Page

  • December 11, 2018
  • 6 replies
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I see there is now a Search Bar on the Home Page between Top showing Icons and the Options for Quick Links. It is not functional for my purpose and would like to remove or at the least hide.

    Best answer by dnasplatt1
    FOUND the answer: VIEW - click TOP ICON BAR - then click HIDE ICON BAR!  YAY!!!!

    6 replies

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    Anonymous
    December 11, 2018

    I don't think you can.  There's very little customization available.

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    lindak1119
    Level 7
    December 11, 2018
    that worked
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      smawagner12Author
      December 11, 2018
      Was fairly certain this was the answer and once again my company finds itself seeking an alternative software within a reasonable fee range. QB software engineers have a penchant for a "customization" they like with absolutely no regard to the end user's preferences. Beyond maddening.
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        Anonymous
        December 11, 2018
        I can't understand why anyone would care about the search bar.  You can always ignore it along with all the other features of QB you don't use.  Personally I find the home page rather redundant and don't use it at all.
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          ghsdghgshd
          January 26, 2019

          This worked for me:

           

          1-Close Quickbooks

          2- Go to C:\Programdata/intuit/Quickbooks/20xx. Programdata folder is hidden so you have to unhide it or simply do a search for qbw.ini file in your C: drive.

          3- Double click on qbw.ini

          4- Go to the bottom of the page and add the following:

          [Selfhelpplugin]

          Enabled=0

          5- Save the file and open quickbooks.

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            sgfee123
            February 14, 2024

            This worked great! Thanks!

            Adrian_A
            Adrian_A
            Level 8
            February 14, 2024

            Hello sgfee123,

             

            It's great to know that the information shared by my colleagues works on your end. Don't hesitate to post a reply whenever you have concerns about managing your QuickBooks account.

             

            Let me know whenever you have concerns about your account.

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            ghsdghgshd
            January 26, 2019

            This worked for me:

             

            1-Close Quickbooks

            2- Go to C:\Programdata/intuit/Quickbooks/20xx. Programdata folder is hidden so you have to unhide it or simply do a search for qbw.ini file in your C: drive.

            3- Double click on qbw.ini

            4- Go to the bottom of the page and add the following:

            [Selfhelpplugin]

            Enabled=0

            5- Save the file and open quickbooks.

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              Anonymous
              January 26, 2019

              Hello, everyone.

               

              Thank you for sharing your thoughts about the Icon Bar in QuickBooks.

               

              I appreciate you telling us about another way to hide the search bar on the homepage @ghsdghgshd. It'll help everyone on this thread who wants to hide the icons permanently in QuickBooks. 

               

              We want to do our best to make sure that you're taken care of, and I'm glad to take your feedback here. You can also send feedback straight to our product team by clicking the Help menu and selecting Send Feedback Online.

               

              That said, if there's something you need help with, please don't hesitate to visit the Community again. I'll be here to help.

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              greenT E C H
              March 28, 2019

              OMG THANK YOU..... this was driving me nutzzzzz

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              STR
              March 30, 2019

               

              None of the solutions here worked for me. After hours of changes and testing, this is what DID work for me:

               

              1) obviously backup your company FIRST

              2) Go to View and turn on the top icon bar

              3) go to View and uncheck the search bar ( in my case it was already unchecked, so I turned it on with a check then unchecked it again)

              4) go to view and choose left icon bar ( or no icon bar if you prefer)

              5) Close Quickbooks

              6) create a backup copy of the QBW.INI file in C:\ProgramData\INTUIT\QuickBooksXXXX

               

              7) open the original QBW.INI with a text editor ( I used NOTEPAD)

                       -> the top of my QBW.INI had the following:

              [WINDOWSTATE]
              LEFT=9
              TOP=0
              WIDTH=132
              HEIGHT=385
              STATE=1
              [QUICKSTART]
              QBSILENT=N

              Etc .......

               

                    ->  I deleted the [WINDOWSTATE] section (everything below it up to the next heading). In my case, I deleted:

              [WINDOWSTATE]
              LEFT=9
              TOP=0
              WIDTH=132
              HEIGHT=385
              STATE=1

               

              ->Now my QBW.INI file starts with :

              [QUICKSTART]
              QBSILENT=N
              TIMESQBGOESTOBACKGROUND=10
              DAYSSINCELAUNCH=7
              [MISC]
              IPNDEFAULT=1

              Etc ..........

               

              8) save and close

               

              9) Start Quickbooks. I closed and restarted several times and the search bar was gone each time. It has not returned yet.....

               

              Good Luck!

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                greenT E C H
                April 4, 2019

                so it came back after the

                [Selfhelpplugin]
                Enabled=0

                 

                worked for a couple of days

                 

                STR:

                 

                the top of my file doesn't read like yours:

                mine starts with

                [AUTOPATCH]
                VERSION=29.0
                RELEASE=R5
                LASTREMINDER=[removed]
                [QUICKSTART]
                QBSILENT=N

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                NoviACCTG
                May 29, 2020

                The fact that the icon bars change every time you open quickbooks or change user mode is ridiculous.  The search bar should not randomly appear & should be something you select you want, not a default.  QB needs to get these issues resolved as it is not fair to the MULTITUDE of users who have to contined to deal with the issues!!

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