Zotero

How to uninstall Zotero from your computer

This info is about Zotero for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows release was created by Corporation for Digital Scholarship. Open here for more details on Corporation for Digital Scholarship. Please follow https://www.zotero.org if you want to read more on Zotero on Corporation for Digital Scholarship's website. Zotero is usually set up in the C:\Program Files\Zotero folder, however this location may vary a lot depending on the user's option while installing the application. Zotero's entire uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\Zotero\uninstall\helper.exe. The program's main executable file is labeled zotero.exe and occupies 614.13 KB (628864 bytes).

The following executables are incorporated in Zotero. They occupy 1.75 MB (1838952 bytes) on disk.

• plugin-container.exe (292.57 KB)
• updater.exe (396.13 KB)
• zotero.exe (614.13 KB)
• helper.exe (493.03 KB)

The current page applies to Zotero version 7.0.12 alone. You can find below info on other versions of Zotero:

• 5.0.30
• 5.0.19
• 5.0.65
• 7.0.10.3566979
• 6.0.3
• 5.0.92
• 6.0.30
• 5.0.70
• 5.0.10
• 5.0.96
• 6.0.13
• 7.0.0.81721544
• 5.0.74
• 5.0.8
• 5.0.97.5346392
• 5.0.20
• 5.0.16
• 5.0.62
• 7.0.14
• 5.0.95
• 5.0.72
• 5.0.79
• 5.0.91
• 5.0.56
• 6.0.19
• 5.0.73
• 7.0.4.35534
• 5.0.63
• 6.0.9
• 5.0.41
• 7.0.0.1131512184
• 5.0.53
• 5.0.47
• 5.0.21
• 5.0.48
• 6.0.2
• 5.0.33
• 6.0.5.5103330
• 7.0.6.34225592
• 5.0.55
• 7.0.0.39250
• 7.0.11.85739281
• 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
• 7.0.7
• 5.0.69
• 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
• 7.0.2
• 5.0.27
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.25
• 7.0.1
• 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
• 7.0.11
• 7.0.0.5396903137
• 5.0.45
• 7.0.3
• 6.0.27.52728
• 5.0.59
• 7.0.5
• 5.0.54
• 6.0.5.25109146
• 7.0.10
• 7.0.13
• 5.0.57

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

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files\Zotero
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\ekhagklcjbdpajgpjgmbionohlpdbjgc\5.0.153_0\zotero-google-docs-integration
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Extensions\nmhdhpibnnopknkmonacoephklnflpho\5.0.151_0\zotero-google-docs-integration
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Zotero

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files\Zotero\AccessibleMarshal.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\application.ini
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_af.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_bg.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_bn.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_ca.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_cy.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_da.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_de-1901.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_de-1996.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_de-CH.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_en_US.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_eo.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_es.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_et.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_fi.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_fr.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_gl.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_gu.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_hi.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_hr.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_hsb.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_hu.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_ia.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_is.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_it.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_kmr.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_kn.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_la.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_lt.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_ml.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_mn.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_nb.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_nl.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_nn.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_or.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_pa.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_pl.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_pt.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_ru.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_sh.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_sl.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_sv.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_ta.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_te.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_tr.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\hyphenation\hyph_uk.hyf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\app\omni.ja
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\dependentlibs.list
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\fonts\TwemojiMozilla.ttf
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\freebl3.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\gmp-clearkey\0.1\clearkey.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\gmp-clearkey\0.1\manifest.json
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\install.log
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\integration\libreoffice\Zotero_LibreOffice_Integration.oxt
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\integration\word-for-windows\libzoteroWinWordIntegration.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\integration\word-for-windows\Zotero.dotm
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\ipcclientcerts.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\lgpllibs.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\locale.ini
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\mozavcodec.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\mozavutil.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\mozglue.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\mozwer.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\msvcp140.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\notificationserver.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\nss3.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\nssckbi.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\omni.ja
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\osclientcerts.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\platform.ini
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\plugin-container.exe
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\precomplete
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\qipcap64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\removed-files
• C:\Program Files\Zotero\softokn3.dll

Registry that is not uninstalled:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\zotero
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Zotero
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\zotero.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Zotero

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Zotero\zotero.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Zotero\zotero.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\uven077\Downloads\Zotero-7.0.11_x64_setup.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\uven077\Downloads\Zotero-7.0.11_x64_setup.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-614565923-1027956908-3001582966-1907567\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files\Zotero\updater.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-614565923-1027956908-3001582966-1907567\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files\Zotero\zotero.exe

How to delete Zotero from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Zotero is an application marketed by the software company Corporation for Digital Scholarship. Some computer users try to remove this application. This can be difficult because uninstalling this by hand requires some advanced knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. The best EASY way 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 system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows computer.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs existing on your PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Zotero or simply click the Search feature and type in "Zotero". If it is installed on your PC the Zotero app will be found automatically. Notice that when you click Zotero in the list , the following information about the application is shown to you:

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

For instance you can see that for Zotero:

• The software company is: https://www.zotero.org
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Zotero\uninstall\helper.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Zotero.


8. After removing Zotero, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Zotero which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Zotero using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Zotero by Corporation for Digital Scholarship from your computer, nor are we saying that Zotero by Corporation for Digital Scholarship is not a good application for your computer. This page simply contains detailed instructions 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 other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.