How to delete a return from Turbo Tax Desktop?

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April 11, 2026
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Since for the first time under the OBTB we owed federal, I created 2 additional returns in my desktop version to see if it was better for us to file married filing separately. The result was worse. I want to delete those returns from my desktop version but can't find an option. I called Turbo Tax support. The rep told me to try going to forms view in each return and delete forms there. However, the forms reappeared and the return is still there when you go to the main screen in Turbo Tax Desktop as a return to continue.

Is it possible to delete these so I don't accidentally use them? I also tried the old right click over the box to try to pop up a window box. No luck was there. I am using Turbo Tax Desktop Deluxe in Windows.

Thank you!

MelindaS1

Level 6

The thing to do here is to delete the actual Windows file, the .tax2025 file (TurboTax file type) that contains the test scenario tax return(s) you wish to remove from your system. If you don't already know where these are saved out, the trick is to return to the main window (close the program and reopen or File > New Tax Return), select Find a Tax File, and the Windows folder that opens will be the one where you save out your .tax20XX files for each return you have saved to your local drive. See below for example:

From here, you can right-click and delete the ones you wish to remove permanently (be careful - open each one first to verify its contents before deleting!) OR, you can open the address in Windows File Explorer to see the folder and its contents directly (address is underlined in the pic). From there, you can also delete the files or move them.

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