topic How to change default save location? in Get your taxes done using TurboTax

How to change default save location?

denwatts — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 21:24:03 GMT

Go up to FILE - SAVE AS

VolvoGirl — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 21:24:05 GMT

Go up to FILE - SAVE AS

In the Desktop version, click on the File menu, choose Sa...

bluedeb — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 21:24:06 GMT

In the Desktop version, click on the File menu, choose Save As, then choose the location you want to save your return. Once you save it in the location you want, it should automatically save there when you close out your return, or choose save.

Re: In the Desktop version, click on the File menu, choose Sa...

camohr7119 — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 17:28:34 GMT

What if that doesn't work

or you want it for all users on terminal server

Re: In the Desktop version, click on the File menu, choose Sa...

jvbrooks — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 23:21:33 GMT

Upon initial file save, I cannot change the location to where I want to put the file. Using Monterey. Any thoughts?

Re: In the Desktop version, click on the File menu, choose Sa...

EbonyL122824 — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 00:55:10 GMT

Please see this link here for assistance. If this doesn't resolve your issue, please comment back and specify exactly what you are trying to do so that we can assist you further.

@jvbrooks

Re: In the Desktop version, click on the File menu, choose Sa...

mAMYiyVS1e — Sun, 12 Mar 2023 21:18:15 GMT

@EbonyL122824 wrote:
Please see this link here for assistance. If this doesn't resolve your issue, please comment back and specify exactly what you are trying to do so that we can assist you further.

@jvbrooks

The "Save As" option works when your are explicitly saving a return. However, if you click "Preview" in the printing return screen, the preview PDF file will still be stored in the default save location. How do you change the default location for "Preview"? Thanks!

Re: In the Desktop version, click on the File menu, choose Sa...

MichelleLO — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:47:42 GMT

Which operating system are you using?

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mAMYiyVS1e — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:09:56 GMT

@MichelleLO Windows 11.

Re: In the Desktop version, click on the File menu, choose Sa...

MichelleLO — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 17:05:22 GMT

If you click Preview Print Copy, the preview copy will open up your PDF program. Inside your PDF program, you should still have the Save As option under the File Tab. Once selected, you can save the file to the location of your choice.

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mAMYiyVS1e — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 21:48:27 GMT

@MichelleLO Thanks for the suggestion. I see that the suggested steps allow us to save an additional copy to a different directory, but what I wanted to achieve was to prevent the preview PDF to be saved to the default location. The main reason was because the default location happens to have cloud synchronization enabled on my machine, but I don't want the sensitive tax return to be synced. I guess there is probably no way to change the default preview location now, but it would be great if this feature is added!