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How to uninstall Zotero from your system

This info is about Zotero for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It was developed for Windows by Corporation for Digital Scholarship. Take a look here where you can find out more on Corporation for Digital Scholarship. Please follow if you want to read more on Zotero on Corporation for Digital Scholarship's website. Usually the Zotero application is to be found in the C:\Program Files\Zotero folder, depending on the user's option during install. You can remove Zotero by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\Zotero\uninstall\helper.exe. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for admin rights. The program's main executable file is named zotero.exe and it has a size of 619.63 KB (634496 bytes).

The following executable files are contained in Zotero. They take 2.36 MB (2476744 bytes) on disk.

  • nmhproxy.exe (627.06 KB)
  • plugin-container.exe (282.56 KB)
  • updater.exe (396.13 KB)
  • zotero.exe (619.63 KB)
  • helper.exe (493.32 KB)


The information on this page is only about version 7.1.3618 of Zotero. You can find here a few links to other Zotero releases:

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How to uninstall Zotero from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Zotero is an application offered by Corporation for Digital Scholarship. Sometimes, computer users decide to erase this application. This is difficult because doing this by hand takes some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best QUICK approach to erase 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 on your PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to optimize your system.

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  • visit Download Link
  • download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs existing on your PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Zotero or simply activate the Search field and type in "Zotero". The Zotero application will be found very quickly. When you select Zotero in the list of apps, the following data about the application is available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about Zotero, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the program you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
For example you can see that for Zotero:





  • The web site of the program is: https://www.zotero.org
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Zotero\uninstall\helper.exe
7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Zotero.
Uninstall Zotero


8. After uninstalling Zotero, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of Zotero which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Zotero using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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



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 PC. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Zotero in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2025-05-31 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2025-05-31 14:34:16.547