Answers.Body: <p>You can turn it off totally if you need although you probably want to tweak the rules as Pete has highlighted. If you did want to turn it off you can get to display settings and turn off the display (by setting to never) of possible matching contacts.</p>
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Body: <p>Whatever name I enter into the first name field I get a pop up of dozens of &quot;similar contacts found&quot; that takes up half the screen, so I have to hit x to close it so I can continue entering into the fields. Can I disable this feature?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: It could be the problem is the default DeDupe/Match rule at civicrm/contact/deduperules?reset=1. You may need to make a new Supervised rule, as it sounds like your current one is finding too many matches.
Comments.UserDisplayName: petednz - fuzion
Tags: <contacts>
Title: How do I permanently disable the "Similar Contacts Found" pop up?
ThreadText: # How do I permanently disable the "Similar Contacts Found" pop up?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-08-05)
  
  Whatever name I enter into the first name field I get a pop up of dozens of "similar contacts found" that takes up half the screen, so I have to hit x to close it so I can continue entering into the fields. Can I disable this feature?
  
  **Tags:** contacts
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: It could be the problem is the default DeDupe/Match rule at civicrm/contact/deduperules?reset=1. You may need to make a new Supervised rule, as it sounds like your current one is finding too many matches.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2020-08-06. Score: 4
  
  You can turn it off totally if you need although you probably want to tweak the rules as Pete has highlighted. If you did want to turn it off you can get to display settings and turn off the display (by setting to never) of possible matching contacts.
  
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  [![Popup Display Setting](https://i.sstatic.net/AXaSX.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/AXaSX.png)
  
  
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