Log into your TurboTax Online Account and select Take Me to My Return
In the blue banner at the top, click on My Account and select Tools from the dropdown menu
In the small box that populates, click on Save your 2016 return to your Computer (try to save to an easy-to-find location such as My Documents or Desktop)
This will download a .tax2016 file to your computer - make note of where that file is saved to on your computer
Sign out of TurboTax Online and, if you haven't done so already, install TurboTax 2016 CD/Download.
Important: If you Online return already contains one or more states, you must install those states in your desktop program also; otherwise, you will receive errors when you attempt to open your return
Once installed, choose File > Open Tax Return.
Browse to where you saved the .tax2016 file in step 3, select it, and then click Open.
Choose File > Save.
(Optional) Once you are satisfied that your online returns transferred over properly, you can Clear and Start Over feature https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2586254-how-do-i-clear-and-start-over Note: This will remove your data online, so I would recommend waiting until you have at least filed your return before clearing any online data, but the choice is yours.
