7/12/20 NOTE: THIS IS AN OLD ANSWER FROM LAST YEAR AND IS NO LONGER APPLICABLE. This year it is possible to switch. Scroll to the latest comments in this thread on how to switch from IRS Free File Program back to regular Online TurboTax while keeping the same account and your data. Or here's a link with my recent comments on the steps for the current method:
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-i-don-t-qualify-for-free-file-this-year-as-it-...
Remember a lot of threads in this forum were started in previous years and have old information in them.
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OLD OUTDATED ANSWER from last year
This answer assumes you are referring to the TurboTax Free File Program at this website:
https://turbotax.intuit.com/taxfreedom/
Unfortunately you can't do that. You can't just upgrade to a paid edition from the TurboTax Free File Program. There are no upgrades in the TurboTax Free File Program, and if you use the same account (same User ID), it will keep putting you right back in the Free File Program.
There are a couple of options. To use Online TurboTax, you'd have to start over in another account with a new User ID.
OR if you don't want to start over, you could download the *.tax2018 data file from your Free File Program, then purchase 2018 desktop software (CD/download) to finish your return and file.
