Did you use the Desktop installed program? You should have the data file ending in .tax2024 to open in the program. If you used the Online version you can download the .tax2024 file for free. Are you on Windows or Mac? What happened to your file?
For Windows. Your tax files end in .tax or starting in 2008, .tax2008, .tax2022, .tax2023, .tax2024 etc. They should be in your Documents in a Turbo Tax folder. You should also have the pdf files of each year. Or search your computer for all files ending in .tax.
Find your Tax file in Windows
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-data-file/help/find-your-tax-data-file-tax-file-in-windows/00/...
For 2023 Windows Desktop program the return is saved as filename….
2023 Smith {first name initial} Form 1040 Individual Tax Return.tax2023
If you don't have the main .tax file you might have one that starts with a Tilde sign ~ like "~your name.tax2024". That file is if your computer crashes or your real file gets lost or deleted or corrupt so you can restore it.
Did you search your whole computer for all files ending in .tax2024 etc? And check the recycle bin and your backups. Check in the Admin User Account, One Drive, Drop Box, etc. It should be in your Documents then in the Turbo Tax folder. Also if you have multiple Windows user accounts, log into each one and do the search for the *.tax20yy data file from within each one and checking the Recycle Bin in each one.
This user found them in the Admin Account.
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-turbo-tax-2024-deluxe-save-file-disappeared...
He said…..
-searches done thru my user account can't see admin files
-windows file recovery showed no files, because no files were actually deleted, they were moved
-undelete thru recuva was unsuccessfull because the files were not deleted but moved
