# Install Tax Techie on Windows

Install Tax Techie on your Windows PC in a few minutes: what your PC needs, the download, and what to click when Windows asks.

Install Tax Techie on your Windows PC and open it for the first time. It takes a few minutes.

## Before you start

- **64-bit Windows 10 or 11.** To check, open Settings, then System, then About: System type says 64-bit.
- **No administrator password needed.** Tax Techie installs for your Windows account only.
- **An internet connection**, to download Tax Techie. You need one again only when you send a return.

On a Mac? See [install Tax Techie on a Mac](https://taxtechie.com/guides/install-on-a-mac).

## Steps

1. Go to the [download page](https://taxtechie.com/download) and download Tax Techie for Windows. It is an installer, a file ending in `-setup.exe`.

   If your browser says the file isn't commonly downloaded, choose to keep it.

2. Open the installer from your Downloads folder.

3. Windows may say **Windows protected your PC**. Click **More info**, then **Run anyway**.

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   > **Why does Windows ask?** Tax Techie's installer isn't signed yet, as eBIRForms' own installer isn't, so Windows asks you to confirm that you want to run it. You confirm it once, when you install.

4. Follow the installer's steps. If your PC doesn't have Microsoft Edge WebView2, the part of Windows that shows Tax Techie's screens, the installer adds it first. Windows 11 already has it.

5. Open Tax Techie from the Start menu, or from its shortcut on your desktop.

6. Tax Techie opens on its Taxpayers screen. The first time, the list is empty.

Next, [file your first return](https://taxtechie.com/guides/your-first-return).

## Questions

### Does Tax Techie need an account?

No. Your taxpayers and returns are saved on your PC, in Tax Techie's data folder. Settings shows where it is, and lets you choose another.

### Can I use my returns from eBIRForms?

Yes, for the forms Tax Techie has. In Settings, under Files from eBIRForms, click Import files… and choose the files in eBIRForms' `profile` and `savefile` folders, usually in `C:\eBIRForms`. They open in Tax Techie unchanged, and a return saved in Tax Techie opens in eBIRForms.

### How do I remove Tax Techie?

Open Settings, then Apps, then Installed apps. Find Tax Techie, and choose Uninstall. Your taxpayers and returns stay in the data folder.

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Last checked November 5, 2026.

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