Why is QuickBooks Error 179 Stopping Me from Using Online Banking?

QuickBooks provides outstanding online banking features for QB Desktop & QB Online users. With online banking, you can access your bank account through the software. Therefore, it makes it convenient to track the revenue & expenses of the business and import all your banking transactions into QB Online Bank. However, an error will make this work difficult by blocking you from signing in to your bank account. So, after several attempts to log in to your bank account, if you get disconnected, it will automatically trigger QuickBooks error 179. One of the major reasons might be when you don't keep correct records in QB & simultaneously sync them with the financial transactions. If you want to know more possible reasons for its effective resolutions, keep reading.

If you are seeking additional information regarding QB error 179, then call at 1.855.738.2784.

Reasons That Set-Off QuickBooks Error Code 179

There might be many factors that instigated the issue in your QB software at any time. So, the following is the list stated below that may consist of the root cause behind your problem:

• When you try to log in to the online banking inside the software with incorrect credentials.

• When you try to connect your bank account with the QB application, you may be using multiple devices at the same time.

• When you mistakenly attempt to log in to the wrong bank account repeatedly.

• When you have changed the login credentials in the online banking, but have failed to update them in the QuickBooks software.

• When your transaction log file is mismatched with the QB total number of transactions.

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Tackling the QuickBooks Bank Connection Error 179 Effectively

The following are some productive methods to resolve the challenges caused by QuickBooks error 179:

Method 1: Correcting the Windows registry

• Begin by clicking on the Windows Start menu or by hitting the Windows key.

• Then, type Command in the search box & hit Enter.

• When a black box appears on the screen, type Regedit in it & then select the key for error 179.

• Then, proceed by saving the key & making a file & name it.

• Then you should choose the reg ext. & click on Save.

• Lastly, you must again log in to your Bank's website.

Method 2: Delete the entire browser history

In some cases, when you don't delete your browsing data for quite some time, it gets piled up & triggers error code 179 in the QB application. Therefore, you have to clear the entire history & again log in to your bank account.

• Initiate the process by double-clicking on the Google Chrome browser icon on the desktop screen & open it.

• Now, you will see three vertical dots in the top right corner of the Chrome browser; click on them.

• Then, click on the History option or press the CTRL + H keys together.

• Now, clear all the data, including the cache, respectively.

• At last, try once again to log in to your bank account.

Method 3: Update your bank information in QB

• Begin this step by opening your QB program & under it, choose the Tools menu.

• Then, you must select the Online Center.

• Now, from the given list of Financial Institutions, select your Bank Account.

• Now, press together the CTRL & F3 keys to open the contact information.

• Then, proceed by selecting Update/Send after setting the profile & branding information to "Need Updating."

• Now, you must add the changes accordingly.

• Then, enter your bank credentials & add the information & then click on Update Now.

• Last but not least, log in to the bank account to open your data from QB.

Conclusion

In some exceptional cases, the above methods won’t rectify the QuickBooks error 179, as there may be other factors in your system besides the issues you are facing in QB. In such circumstances, call 1.855.738.2784 to chat with the technical support team.

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