If you used the CD/download software for 2023, the tax file was only stored on your own hard drive or any back up device you used like a flash drive. It is not stored online. So...if your grandchild really deleted the file, you can use your 2023 software to re-create the return---using Forms mode--- to match your printed copy. Doing that will not enter all of your information regarding employers, financial institutions, etc. You would have to go through the 2023 questions to get all of that into the file. Or you can just start from scratch when you prepare 2024.
Are you certain it was deleted?
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901659-find-your-tax-data-file-in-mac
https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/find-last-year-tax-data-file-...
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