A Complete Guide to Rectify QuickBooks Error 179   

QuickBooks Desktop assists thousands of individuals and enterprises in managing their financial tasks, which include paying bills, invoicing customers, generating tax reports, and many more. Apart from QuickBooks Desktop being highly reliable and efficient, it is pretty secure to work with as well. However, just like other accounting software, QuickBooks Desktop is prone to errors and technical bugs. One such error is QuickBooks error 179, which many users face while downloading their bank transactions on QuickBooks Desktop. Through this post, we are going to discuss with you why QuickBooks Desktop error 179 occurs in the first place and how to resolve it with safety.

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What are the reasons leading to QuickBooks Desktop error 179?

QuickBooks Desktop error 179 generally takes place when the user’s web browser fails to load the bank website because of cache and cookies. Though, there can be other reasons also behind it, such as:

• QuickBooks Desktop is unable to connect to the user’s bank account.

What are the ways to fix QuickBooks error 179 safely?

Solution 1) Manually delete Intuit-specific cookies from your web browser

Steps to clear Intuit-specific cookies from Google Chrome:

• Open the Windows Start menu.
• Search for “Google Chrome” and then press the Enter key.
• Select the More button located at the top right corner.
• From the given set of options, select Settings.
• Click on the Privacy and security setting option and then the Site settings option.
• Under Content, select the Cookies and site data option.
• Click on the See all cookies and site data option.
• Enter “Intuit” in the search box to find Intuit cookies.
• Select the Remove all shown button.
• Close and reopen Google Chrome.

Steps to clear Intuit-specific cookies from Mozilla Firefox:

• Go to Firefox and select the Firefox option (besides the apple icon).
• From the given set of options, select Preferences.
• Select the Privacy & Security option.
• Under the Cookies and Site Data option, select the Manage Data option.
• Enter “Intuit” in the search box and then press Enter on your keyboard.

• Select the Remove All Shown button.
• Click on the Save Changes button.
• Close and reopen Firefox.

Solution 2) Manually import Web Connect (.QBO) files

• Visit your bank’s website and then download online banking transactions (.QBO) files to your computer.
• Open QuickBooks Desktop and go to the Banking menu.
• From the given list of options, select Bank Feeds.
• Click on the Import Web Connect Files option.
• Select the downloaded online banking transactions (.QBO) files and then click on the Open option.
• When prompted by QuickBooks to select your bank account, use a QuickBooks bank account that already exists.
• Click on the Continue button.
• Select the OK button when you see a dialog box displaying that the data has been successfully read into QuickBooks.
• Navigate to the Bank Feeds Center to review your downloaded bank transactions.

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Conclusion:

If QuickBooks error 179 persists even after applying the troubleshooting solutions that we have mentioned in the above post, then our suggestion for you is to get additional troubleshooting assistance resolving it from our QuickBooks data conversion services officials at (800)-417-5147.