How To Delete Turbotax Return And Start Over (2024)

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How To Delete Turbotax Return And Start Over? ›

Sign in to TurboTax. From Tax Home, open or continue a section of your return. Select Tax Tools from the left menu, then Clear & Start Over. Answer Yes to confirm.

To start your amended return, go back into TurboTax, open the return that you already sent in, and on the first page you see, click on the link to amend your return. Before you amend: amend only if you need to make a change on a return you have already filed. Wait until you got your refund or paid your taxes.

Sign in to TurboTax and open your return by selecting Continue or Pick up where you left off. In the left menu, select Tax Tools and then Tools. In the pop-up window Tool Center, choose Delete a form. Select Delete next to the form, schedule, and worksheet in the list and follow the instructions.

You can go back and edit an answer as long as you have not yet filed your tax return. Sign into your Online account and click the orange button that says "Take me to my return". Then click one of the sections ( Personal Info, Federal Taxes, State Taxes) to enter the return and make changes.

Think of pending as "in transit" or "in limbo"—just like you can't cancel a letter that you sent yesterday, you can't cancel a return that's on its way to the government. To make corrections or changes to your pending return, wait until your return's either been accepted or rejected.

TurboTax Online

Sign in to TurboTax. From Tax Home, open or continue a section of your return. Select Tax Tools from the left menu, then Clear & Start Over. Answer Yes to confirm.

If you prepared your original tax return using TurboTax, log in to your account, open the tax return you already filed, and click on the link to amend your return. From there, the software will walk you through the process of filing the amendment.

Right-click the line item value you want to override and select Override (Windows) or choose Override from the Edit menu (Mac). Enter the value; it should turn red, indicating an override.

If you used TurboTax Online, simply log in to your account and select “Amend a return that was filed and accepted.” If you used our CD/download product, sign back into your return and select “Amend a filed return.” You must file a separate Form 1040-X for each tax return you are amending.

As long as you haven't paid your TurboTax Online fee (or registered for TurboTax Free Edition), you can clear any data you entered. (Fees paid through Pay With My Refund and prepaid codes also count as "paid.")

Can I cancel my tax return and redo it? ›

No. You can't cancel the return after it has been e-filed. If you need to change any information in the return, you can only make changes to your return if the IRS rejects it. If the IRS accepts your return, you must use Form 1040-X to file an amended return to fix the mistake.

Are you using TurboTax Online? If so, after you login, you will see a list of all tax returns you have created. You should see a garbage can icon next to the Continue button. You can click on that to delete the return you don't want.

If you need to make a change or adjustment on a return already filed, you can file an amended return. Use Form 1040-X, Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, and follow the instructions.

And thankfully, you can also file tax returns from previous years using TurboTax. Select the year you want to file a return for to get started. Then, input your tax information and TurboTax will properly fill out the tax forms.