Is there a way to take a state off of my return? I have a state on there that I did not live in or work in and it wont let me remove it. How do I fix this?

[Irene2805]

Unless you opened that state while in your return, that state return won't populate or be included with your return.  To remove a state from your return in TurboTax please follow these steps:

CD/Download [Desktop version]

1. When you are in the federal return, click on File (in the black bar at the top of the screen) > Remove State Return. 
2. A list of state returns currently in the return will appear.  Click on the one you want to delete to highlight it and click Remove. 

TurboTax Online

You can delete your TurboTax Online state return as long as you haven't paid for it yet (or registered in a free version):

1. Sign in to your return, if you're not already signed in.
2. Click State Taxes near the top of your screen and proceed to the Status of Your State Returns screen.
3. On that screen, click the Delete link right next to the Edit button, and then answer Yes. 

If you don't see the Edit or Delete button on the Status of Your State Returns screen and haven't paid or registered, please do the following:

1. Click State Taxes.
2. Proceed to the Status of Your Returns screen.

[WTigner]

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.)