Turmeric is a rhizome plant used as traditional Indonesian medicine. Generally, the extraction process influences the efficacy of turmeric in curing a disease. This study compares the thin layer chromatography profile (TLC) of turmeric extract based on variations in the extraction method. The extraction process was carried out using 70% ethanol solvent in fresh rhizomes and turmeric simplicia. The study used maceration, sonication, and microwave assistance techniques. The thin layer chromatography profiles were analyzed using curcuminoid standards in visible and UV light visualization (254 and 366 nm). The results showed higher yields in the fresh turmeric extracts through maceration extraction, sonication, and microwave-assisted techniques, respectively. The thin layer chromatography pattern using eluent chloroform dichloromethane (32.5: 67.5 v / v) showed the extract was separated into 3 -4 compounds, with different curcuminoid thicknesses in each treatment. The thin layer chromatography profile with the highest quality of curcuminoid content was found successively in sonication simplicia, maceration, and microwave simplicia extracts, as well as sonication fresh turmeric extract, maceration, and microwaves. The high yield of turmeric extract does not indicate an increase in the quality of the curcuminoid levels produced.