Intuit TurboTax by Intuit

What is Intuit TurboTax?

Read more

Overview

How do I clean Intuit TurboTax?

Intuit TurboTax may store excess, temporary data on your computer that can take up valuable space. It may also store private data such as passwords or browsing history in the registry or on the file system. The easiest way to erase this data is by downloading AppCleaner, it is 100% free and about 1MB in size. A portable version is also available.

Clean Intuit TurboTax
with AppCleaner

If you want to clean Intuit TurboTax manually, you can follow the steps outlined below. There are seventeen locations in the file system where Intuit TurboTax stores data that can be cleaned.

Files

To clean your file system from files stored by Intuit TurboTax and to gain free disk space, examine the following file system locations. First of all, open a command prompt window:

• Hit the Windows key , usually located in the lower left of your keyboard between the Ctrl and Alt keys.
• Windows XP/Vista/7: Click Run...
• Type cmd
• Hit Enter

Now list all the files stored by Intuit TurboTax that can be cleaned:

1. Type dir %APPDATA%\Intuit*
2. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
   Type dir /s {folder}\*.log where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
3. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\*.bc
   • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\*.bc
4. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Intuit*
   • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Intuit*
5. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
   Type dir /s {folder}\*.log where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
6. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Intuit\Common\Metrix\*
   • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Intuit\Common\Metrix\*
7. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
   Type dir {folder}\Logs\* where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
8. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Intuit\Common\Update Service\*
   • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Intuit\Common\Update Service\*
9. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
   Type dir {folder}\Logs\* where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
10. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Intuit\Common\QuickBaseClient\*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Intuit\Common\QuickBaseClient\*
11. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
    Type dir {folder}\Logs\* where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
12. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Intuit\TurboTax\MSI\*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Intuit\TurboTax\MSI\*
13. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
    Type dir {folder}\Logs\* where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
14. Type dir %ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Intuit\Internet Client\Msdun13.exe
    • On 64-Bit also: Type dir %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Common Files\Intuit\Internet Client\Msdun13.exe
15. Type dir %ProgramFiles%\TurboTax*
    • On 64-Bit also: Type dir %ProgramFiles(x86)%\TurboTax*
16. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
    Type dir {folder}\*.txt where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
17. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\Program Files*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\VirtualStore\Program Files*
18. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
    Type dir {folder}\TurboTax* where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
19. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
    Type dir {folder}\*.txt where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
20. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ProgramData\*.bc
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\VirtualStore\ProgramData\*.bc
21. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ProgramData\Intuit*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\VirtualStore\ProgramData\Intuit*
22. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
    Type dir /s {folder}\*.log where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
23. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ProgramData\Intuit\Common\Metrix\*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\VirtualStore\ProgramData\Intuit\Common\Metrix\*
24. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
    Type dir {folder}\Logs\* where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
25. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ProgramData\Intuit\Common\Update Service\*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\VirtualStore\ProgramData\Intuit\Common\Update Service\*
26. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
    Type dir {folder}\Logs\* where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
27. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ProgramData\Intuit\Common\QuickBaseClient\*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\VirtualStore\ProgramData\Intuit\Common\QuickBaseClient\*
28. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
    Type dir {folder}\Logs\* where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
29. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ProgramData\Intuit\TurboTax\MSI\*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\VirtualStore\ProgramData\Intuit\TurboTax\MSI\*
30. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
    Type dir {folder}\Logs\* where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
31. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\Program Files*
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\VirtualStore\Program Files*
32. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
    Type dir {folder}\Common Files\Intuit\Internet Client\Msdun13.exe where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.

Once you have identified the files stored by Intuit TurboTax that you want to clean, delete them using the del command or Windows Explorer.

0 Comments