# Disable automatic numbering

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/disable-automatic-numbering/25916>\
**Category:** Features\
**Created:** [3 June 2022 20:38 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/disable-automatic-numbering/25916 "2022-06-03T20:38:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lorrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/71c47a/32.png) [@Lorrin](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Lorrin)\
**Post date:** [3 June 2022 20:38 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/disable-automatic-numbering/25916/1 "2022-06-03T20:38:08Z")

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I prefer to have my numbered lists be `1.` everywhere, and let the Markdown render assign proper numbers. I would like to disable the editor's auto-incrementing of the numbers. (If it correctly did the auto-incrementing, that would be fine, too, but even trivial list edits confuse it.)

Example: type `1. foo<Enter>bar` and you get a nicely numbered list:

```auto
1. foo
2. bar

```

Now place the cursor after "foo", press `<Enter><Tab>`. The list is no longer properly numbered:

```auto
1. foo
	1. 
3. bar

```

I would prefer to be able to turn the auto-numbering off and have it just always use 1. (Or have it auto-number with the same numbers the Markdown render will contain)

```auto
1. foo
	1. 
1. bar

```