30 QuickBooks Tips In 30 Days: Day 8

All right, so it’s going to take a bit longer than 30 days to get through this since I keep skipping days!  I just have too much going on right now with tax season at work and teaching at night so my blog always takes a back seat to my “real life”.  But I’m here today with a good tip to help you work more productively in QuickBooks.

Tip #8 of 30: Remove unwanted icons from your home page

You know how when you first install QuickBooks you get a bazillion icons on the QuickBooks Home page?  It looks chaotic and is very overwhelming.  You can easily remove the icons that you don’t need or want though.

Just go to the “Edit” menu, then choose “Preferences”.  Click on the “Desktop View” section, then switch to the “Company Preferences” tab.  There are some checkboxes there and links that you can click to toggle different features on and off.  Don’t worry if you remove something that you need later, you can always go back and turn it back on at any time.

If you aren’t using the QuickBooks payroll features you can get rid of those icons as well by going into the “Payroll & Employees” section of the Preferences.  On the Company Preferences tab select “No payroll” and most of the Employee icons will be removed.

Once you pare down the number of icons on your home page, it looks much less cluttered and can help you focus on getting things done!

Did you find this tip useful?  If so, I would love for you to leave a comment below.  I would also love to hear some of your favorite QuickBooks tips!