Folks,
Actually, there is a way to accomplish what TurboTax tries to make so difficult. The problem is that each new installation of TTax reads all of the old tax files from prior returns. It assumes that the user still needs every state mentioned in any of them. (Stupid programming, but that's how it works.)
The solution is to make every year's TurboTax think you are a brand new user. Before installing the new version, move (don't simply copy) all of the old ttax files (the ones with your returns) to an external drive and then disconnect the external drive before beginning installation of the new year version. To TurboTax, you then look like a first-timer, and it appears to download only the state program for the state from which you purchased the program.
I tried this with the 2020 version. I moved all the ttax files, then uninstalled TTax2020, and then reinstalled it. The states I did not want were gone; it downloaded only the state in which I currently live.
I get no credit for this solution; I got it from a TTax support person who actually understood the problem and how to get rid of it. (Perhaps I should get a Congeniality award for having tested the solution.)
