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Can I (or shouldn't I ) remove older year versions of TurboTax from my hard drive?

Forum|Forum|7 years ago
June 5, 2019
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I would like to delete previous years of Turbo Tax from my hard drive to save space. I do not want to remove the files that have old filings saved. If I use Windows "Remove Programs" will my old filings still be there. Also, would I need the old programs to pull up the old filings if I need to.

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Best answer by VolvoGirl

Your data files should be saved in Documents then in a Turbo Tax subfolder. You should have saved both the files ending in .taxyyyy and the PDF files. You don't need to have the program installed to open a PDF file. You will need to reinstall the program to open or amend the .tax file.

So before you uninstall the old programs, open them and save each year as a PDF file. Save it 2 ways. One PDF of the tax return as filed and save a PDF with all the worksheets.

Removing the programs should not remove the data files.

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Your data files should be saved in Documents then in a Turbo Tax subfolder. You should have saved both the files ending in .taxyyyy and the PDF files. You don't need to have the program installed to open a PDF file. You will need to reinstall the program to open or amend the .tax file.

So before you uninstall the old programs, open them and save each year as a PDF file. Save it 2 ways. One PDF of the tax return as filed and save a PDF with all the worksheets.

Removing the programs should not remove the data files.

Level 15

If you can keep the open tax years which is 2014 - 2016.