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To remove the dependent from a return that you have not filed you will do the following:

  • Log in to your TurboTax Online account, or open your TurboTax CD/Download program
  • Click Take me to my return
  • Click on Personal Info
  • Find the dependent's name that you want to remove from your return
  • Click to delete.


 To delete a dependent on an amended/rejected return you will do the following:

  • Log in to your TurboTax Online account, or open your TurboTax CD/Download program
  • Click on Taxes
  • Click on My Tax Timeline
  • Look under the status of your 2016 return, and click to Amend your return/or click Fix my return
  • Once in your return, you will, click on Personal Info
  • Find the dependent's name that you want to remove from your return
  • Click to delete.

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Level 2
June 6, 2019
can't find my tax timeline on my CD/Download program
Level 2
June 6, 2019
HOW to remove the dependent from a return that you have
filed
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June 6, 2019

To remove the dependent from a return that you have not filed you will do the following:

  • Log in to your TurboTax Online account, or open your TurboTax CD/Download program
  • Click Take me to my return
  • Click on Personal Info
  • Find the dependent's name that you want to remove from your return
  • Click to delete.


 To delete a dependent on an amended/rejected return you will do the following:

  • Log in to your TurboTax Online account, or open your TurboTax CD/Download program
  • Click on Taxes
  • Click on My Tax Timeline
  • Look under the status of your 2016 return, and click to Amend your return/or click Fix my return
  • Once in your return, you will, click on Personal Info
  • Find the dependent's name that you want to remove from your return
  • Click to delete.