topic Re: Need to revert from Self-Employed on Desktop version in Get your taxes done using TurboTax

Need to revert from Self-Employed on Desktop version

amibrooke — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 06:03:43 GMT

I accidentally clicked the self-employed button at the beginning of the process. And I can't find a way to go back to undo that. Does anyone know how to go back to the beginning so that I can uncheck that? My form adds an automatic 1099-NEC column that I don't want.

Re: Need to revert from Self-Employed on Desktop version

Vanessa A — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 20:14:56 GMT

If you are on the desktop version and you created a 1099-NEC, you can go to Forms mode then click on the 1099-NEC and Schedule C and click delete in the lower left hand corner for both of them.

Re: Need to revert from Self-Employed on Desktop version

amibrooke — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 22:30:25 GMT

Thank you for your help.
I don't have the 1099-NEC showing in the forms.
When I go to the easy step view - the 1099 misc section has a line item for the 1099 NEC with a button next to it that says update. When I click on it it's asking me if I got that form. When I click no, it goes back to the line item with the number/price still there.

Do you know if there is any way to go ALL the way back on the desktop version. I believe that "self employed" is one of the very first things I selected. And it might have been before I even paid for this years turbotax. (this seems to be something you can do online, but not on desktop)

Re: Need to revert from Self-Employed on Desktop version

DawnC — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 23:07:24 GMT

If you are in the online version, you can clear and start over and choose Deluxe, or you can start over in Free Edition.

If you are already using desktop, click on Forms at the top. Then find the 1099 in your list, and remove it from there.