Zotero

A way to uninstall Zotero from your PC

This info is about Zotero for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It was coded for Windows by Corporation for Digital Scholarship. More info about Corporation for Digital Scholarship can be seen here. You can get more details related to Zotero at https://www.zotero.org. Usually the Zotero program is installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero directory, depending on the user's option during setup. Zotero's entire uninstall command line is C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\uninstall\helper.exe. zotero.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 103.55 KB (106040 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are installed together with Zotero. They occupy about 5.55 MB (5816880 bytes) on disk.

• minidump-analyzer.exe (515.45 KB)
• pdfinfo.exe (1.45 MB)
• pdftotext.exe (2.44 MB)
• plugin-container.exe (151.95 KB)
• plugin-hang-ui.exe (29.95 KB)
• updater.exe (283.57 KB)
• wow_helper.exe (97.45 KB)
• zotero.exe (103.55 KB)
• helper.exe (511.30 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 5.0.69 of Zotero. Click on the links below for other Zotero versions:

• 5.0.30
• 5.0.19
• 5.0.65
• 6.0.3
• 5.0.92
• 6.0.30
• 5.0.70
• 5.0.10
• 5.0.96
• 6.0.13
• 5.0.74
• 5.0.8
• 5.0.97.5346392
• 5.0.20
• 5.0.16
• 5.0.62
• 5.0.95
• 5.0.72
• 5.0.79
• 5.0.91
• 5.0.56
• 6.0.19
• 5.0.73
• 5.0.63
• 6.0.9
• 5.0.41
• 5.0.53
• 5.0.47
• 5.0.21
• 5.0.48
• 6.0.2
• 5.0.33
• 6.0.5.5103330
• 5.0.55
• 7.0.0.39250
• 5.0.51
• 7.0.0.11198828
• 5.0.35.1
• 5.0.29
• 5.0.77
• 5.0.24
• 5.0.84
• 6.0.35
• 6.0.10
• 5.0.22
• 5.0.36
• 5.0.31
• 5.0.18
• 5.0.95.1
• 5.0.23
• 5.0.52
• 5.0.75
• 5.0.93
• 5.0.76
• 6.0.6
• 5.0.83
• 5.0.96.3
• 7.0.0.68314074
• 5.0.28
• 5.0.7
• 5.0.71
• 5.0.97.6984882
• 7.0.0.43563457
• 5.0.27
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.25
• 6.0.12
• 5.0.1
• 5.0.37
• 5.0.88
• 6.0.36
• 6.0.16
• 5.0.89
• 5.0.68
• 5.0.34
• 6.0.18
• 7.0.0.5175600913
• 7.0.0.5396903137
• 5.0.45
• 5.0.59
• 5.0.54
• 6.0.5.25109146
• 5.0.57
• 5.0.60
• 7.0.0.28343981
• 5.0.64
• 5.0.80
• 5.0.94
• 7.0.0.54699649
• 5.0.42
• 6.0.5.18858569
• 5.0.17
• 5.0.58
• 5.0.78
• 5.0.85
• 5.0.81
• 5.0.34.5
• 5.0.12
• 5.0.97.61955779
• 5.0.25

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Some files and registry entries are typically left behind when you uninstall Zotero.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Zotero:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\Extensions\ekhagklcjbdpajgpjgmbionohlpdbjgc\5.0.86_0\zotero
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Zotero
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Zotero

The files below were left behind on your disk by Zotero's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\Accessible.tlb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\AccessibleMarshal.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\application.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\breakpadinjector.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\chrome.manifest
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\chrome\icons\default\default16.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\chrome\icons\default\default256.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\chrome\icons\default\default32.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\chrome\icons\default\default48.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\chrome\icons\default\main-window.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\components\jsconsole-clhandler.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\components\zotero-autocomplete.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\components\zotero-protocol-handler.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\components\zotero-service.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\D3DCompiler_43.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\defaults\preferences\prefs.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\defaults\preferences\zotero.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\dependentlibs.list
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\dictionaries\en-US.aff
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\dictionaries\en-US.dic
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\extensions\zoteroOpenOfficeIntegration@zotero.org\chrome.manifest
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\extensions\zoteroOpenOfficeIntegration@zotero.org\chrome\install.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\extensions\zoteroOpenOfficeIntegration@zotero.org\chrome\install.xul
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\extensions\zoteroOpenOfficeIntegration@zotero.org\chrome\overlay.xul
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\extensions\zoteroOpenOfficeIntegration@zotero.org\chrome\preferences.xul
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\extensions\zoteroOpenOfficeIntegration@zotero.org\chrome\progress.xul
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\extensions\zoteroOpenOfficeIntegration@zotero.org\components\zoteroOpenOfficeIntegration.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\extensions\zoteroOpenOfficeIntegration@zotero.org\COPYING
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\extensions\zoteroOpenOfficeIntegration@zotero.org\defaults\preferences\zoteroOpenOfficeIntegration.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\extensions\zoteroOpenOfficeIntegration@zotero.org\install.rdf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\extensions\zoteroOpenOfficeIntegration@zotero.org\install\Zotero_OpenOffice_Integration.oxt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\extensions\zoteroOpenOfficeIntegration@zotero.org\README.md
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\extensions\zoteroOpenOfficeIntegration@zotero.org\resource\installer.jsm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\extensions\zoteroOpenOfficeIntegration@zotero.org\scripts\symlink_sdk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\extensions\zoteroWinWordIntegration@zotero.org\chrome.manifest
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\extensions\zoteroWinWordIntegration@zotero.org\chrome\overlay.xul
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\extensions\zoteroWinWordIntegration@zotero.org\chrome\preferences.xul
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\extensions\zoteroWinWordIntegration@zotero.org\chrome\progress.xul
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\extensions\zoteroWinWordIntegration@zotero.org\components\zoteroIntegration.xpt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\extensions\zoteroWinWordIntegration@zotero.org\components\zoteroWinWordIntegration.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\extensions\zoteroWinWordIntegration@zotero.org\COPYING
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\extensions\zoteroWinWordIntegration@zotero.org\defaults\preferences\zoteroWinWordIntegration.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\extensions\zoteroWinWordIntegration@zotero.org\install.rdf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\extensions\zoteroWinWordIntegration@zotero.org\install\Zotero.dot
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\extensions\zoteroWinWordIntegration@zotero.org\README.md
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\extensions\zoteroWinWordIntegration@zotero.org\resource\installer.jsm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\extensions\zoteroWinWordIntegration@zotero.org\resource\libzoteroWinWordIntegration.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\extensions\zoteroWinWordIntegration@zotero.org\resource\libzoteroWinWordIntegration_x64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\firefox.VisualElementsManifest.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\fonts\EmojiOneMozilla.ttf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\freebl3.chk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\freebl3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\gmp-clearkey\0.1\clearkey.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\gmp-clearkey\0.1\clearkey.info
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\IA2Marshal.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\install.log
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\lgpllibs.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\libGLESv2.dll

Generally the following registry keys will not be cleaned:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\zotero
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Zotero 5.0.69 (x86 en-US)
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Zotero

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following values:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\Zotero-5.0.93_setup.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\Zotero-5.0.93_setup.exe.FriendlyAppName

A way to erase Zotero using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Zotero is a program by Corporation for Digital Scholarship. Sometimes, computer users choose to remove it. Sometimes this is difficult because deleting this by hand takes some skill regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best QUICK manner to remove Zotero is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to optimize your Windows PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs installed on the computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Zotero or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Zotero". If it is installed on your PC the Zotero application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click Zotero in the list of apps, some information regarding the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding Zotero, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Zotero:

• The web site of the program is: https://www.zotero.org
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\uninstall\helper.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Zotero.


8. After removing Zotero, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Zotero that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Zotero using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Zotero by Corporation for Digital Scholarship from your PC, nor are we saying that Zotero by Corporation for Digital Scholarship is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Zotero in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.