How to stop auto-fill in a PDF fillable form?

[Teeba5CB3]

Hello folks,
I have a problem with a PDF form, there are 2 lines on the form it seems connected somehow and doing auto-fill. when I fill either line, the other line fills itself with what I just had entered. Each line should hold different types of information. How can I stop that?
Thank you in advance.

[try67]

Give each field a unique name.

[Teeba5CB3]

How to do that?

[try67]

Go to Tools - Forms - Prepare Form then right-click one of the fields and select Rename.

[Teeba5CB3]

Many thanks, I was able to fix the issue with your instructions.

[Ana278421411tsp]

what if you already have a prepared form you downloaded but it's auto-filing too?

[try67]

It's the same fix. But you should really ask the form's author to fix it, instead of doing it yourself.

[Ana278421411tsp]

But idk the author. Ok, I have several government forms that I have to download and fill for work. However, for whatever reason, they are auto-filling. Contacting the author is not a thing so what can I do to fix this on an already prepared form?

[try67]

Do NOT edit governmental forms. In some cases it can even be an offense.

If the form is duplicating information it shouldn't that's a major issue. Report it to the governmental office you got it from, and submit it in paper form, instead of in a digital form.

[Ana278421411tsp]

omggggggg please, why do I have to be so literal. I'm not EDITING forms omg its fill slots. Does any know how to take it off or just not really? it seems like not really

[try67]

I understood what you're trying to do, but fixing this problem requires editing the form, not just filling in the fields, and I was saying you should not try to attempt doing it.