Quicken very slow to categorize transactions

Rick B

Quicken Windows

Issue started about two weeks ago .Takes about 7 seconds to accept a category for a transaction previously it was instant.

Did no do anything that I am aware of that may have caused this change

If I open an older version of the file from backup it works fine .

I have super validated no issues showing .

One thing that is interesting is the file size is slightly reduced , has never happened before

I can go back and download and recategorize all the transactions missing form the last good file but that would take quite a bit of time . I have concern that even if I did that the problem could reappear if the root cause is not identified .

If anyone has had this experience and resolved it I would like to hear

Thank you

Quicken Jasmine

Hello @RickB,

Thanks for reaching out!

Before we get into possible causes, I have a few questions to help narrow it down:

• When you say it takes ~7 seconds to accept a category, does that delay happen only when you're manually categorizing, or also when accepting downloaded transactions with categories already filled in?
• Are you seeing the delay across all accounts and transaction types, or just specific ones (like credit card vs bank vs investment)?
• Roughly how large is the file now, and do you recall what it was before the drop in size?
• Have you made any recent changes to your Memorized Payee List, renaming rules, or added any large numbers of new transactions before this started?
• When you tested the older backup — was that from just before the slowdown started, and did you test in the same Quicken build?

I look forward to your response!