topic Is there a way to remove a state (NY) from turbotax that is no longer needed? in Get your taxes done using TurboTax

Is there a way to remove a state (NY) from turbotax that is no longer needed?

richardjankura35 — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:20:04 GMT

I used NY state turbotax about 4 years ago but no longer need it. It slows down my tax preparation because it is downloading updates for this state every time I log on.

Re: Is there a way to remove a state (NY) from turbotax that is no longer needed?

SteamTrain — Sat, 17 Dec 2022 15:32:24 GMT

For the "Online" software, it wouldn't/shouldn't be happening, since you have to actually initiate what states you actually want to use every year.

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For the Desktop software

I'm not sure anyone has found a way to stop it entirely....other than installing desktop/download TTX on a brand new computer.

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Others may have messed with various files in the TurboTax installation directory and found a way...but I don't recall having seen a definite solution yet...monitoring this Forum website for many years now.

Re: Is there a way to remove a state (NY) from turbotax that is no longer needed?

richardjankura35 — Sat, 17 Dec 2022 15:45:29 GMT

I appreciate the response, and your answer is what I expected. I've seen previous answers and was hoping Turbotax would have addressed this, but I'm sure they are looking for more revenue from customers regardless of whether they need these state add-ons. A bit nefarious in my opinion. Big tech is not benevolent. Gracias.