I see that people have been asking for this one for years, there are multiple posts about it...

My #1 annoyance using QuickBooks Desktop (all versions, but currently I'm using Pro 2022) is the auto-fill of check numbers.

Over 99% of my transactions do not have a check number.  If I do write a check, I can easily fill in the number manually.  The rest of the time, it's always popped into the box for new transactions, making tabbing across to enter a payee or a description difficult - you always have to back up and delete the check number.  It even auto-fills them when you're recording deposits in the register!

In all previous threads a QB representative usually copy/pastes the same workaround advice, to go into the check and use the "Print Later" feature, but this is not a workable solution in the long run.

I suspect for many, these days, who do everything electronically and seldom write checks, but have hundreds of transactions to enter, this is a source of constant annoyance.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Intuit developers, give us a simple option in preferences to turn off the auto-check numbering feature.  Just a simple checkbox, so I can ignore that field and just type and post transactions.  It doesn't even have to be account-by-account, it can be global.  If suddenly I need to do a lot of checks (hasn't happened in 20 years of doing business), I can change the preference setting temporarily.

Please do not post the "Print Later" workaround instructions here again.  Please relay this clearly-defined feature request to your engineers.  I'm not the only one asking for it, look around these forums, the posts go back years.  

(And in case you missed it, I'm talking about DESKTOP, not online.)

Thank you.