On Windows 11 PC, in Windows File Explorer, many of my TurboTax files have a tilde at the beginning of the file name. Here's an example: ~2024 Name X Form 1040 Individual Tax Return. Can I delete these files?
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You can safely delete them after closing TurboTax. They are temporary files created by the program.
You can delete those files; they're temp files generated by the program.
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