Hey there, Terri Granger.

For now, you can try @Freddyeh's suggestion to hide the search bar.

We'd appreciate it if you could send a bug report directly to our engineers. Reports entered there will be considered for inclusion in future updates. Go to Help menu, click Send Feedback Online, then choose Bug Report.  

I will also send a report to our management regarding this matter.

Feel free to come back here in the Community. We'd be happy to answer your questions about QuickBooks.