how do I clear a range of checks in a bank reconciliation without having to "click" each check

Hello @Suer2,

Welcome to the Community. I'm here to help you with marking checks as cleared when reconciling an account in QuickBooks Desktop.

Aside from clicking each check and payment, you can press and hold the left-click button of your mouse to select transactions. While holding it, you can drag the cursor down or up depending on the range of checks you want to mark cleared (see screenshot below).

However, you'll need to manually deselect or unmark transactions you don't want to be part of the reconciliation. If there are checks included between the highlighted data, untick the checkmark.

For more information, as well as how to run reports for reconciliation discrepancies, I recommend the following article: Fix issues when you're reconciling in QuickBooks Desktop.

Fill me in if you have more questions about reconciling bank accounts in QuickBooks. I'm always here to help. Take care always.