You may have been able to use Free File if you had gone to the special web site to use it. If you went ahead and used a paid version of TurboTax and are now asking for a refund after the fact, you are unlikely to get one. But you can have that discussion with customer support.
To call TurboTax customer support
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1899263-what-is-the-turbotax-phone-number
They are available from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific time Monday-Friday
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