title: "Configure IntelliSense (SQL Server Management Studio) | Microsoft Docs" ms.custom: "" ms.date: "06/02/2016" ms.prod: sql ms.prod_service: "sql-tools" ms.technology: scripting ms.reviewer: "" ms.suite: "sql" ms.tgt_pltfrm: "" ms.topic: conceptual helpviewer_keywords:
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[!INCLUDEappliesto-ss-asdb-asdw-pdw-md] Most [!INCLUDEmsCoName] IntelliSense options are on by default. You can turn off an IntelliSense option and instead invoke it through a menu command or keystroke combination.
Important
Some changes will not take effect in your current editor session. You must open a new Transact-SQL editor session to see the change.
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On the Tools menu, click Options.
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Expand Text Editor, expand either All Languages, Transact-SQL, or XML, and then click General.
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Clear the check boxes for the Statement completion options that you do not want, and then click OK.
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On the Tools menu, click Options.
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Expand Text Editor, expand Transact-SQL, and then click IntelliSense.
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Clear the check boxes for the IntelliSense options that you do not want.
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To change the script size at which IntelliSense features are disabled, select a size from the Maximum script size list.
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To change the casing applied to function names in completion lists, select a casing specification from the Casing for built-in function names list.
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