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A guide to uninstall Zotero from your computer

This web page is about Zotero for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. It was developed for Windows by Corporation for Digital Scholarship. Check out here where you can read more on Corporation for Digital Scholarship. Please open 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 (x86)\Zotero directory, depending on the user's option during install. C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\uninstall\helper.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall Zotero. Zotero's main file takes about 247.05 KB (252984 bytes) and is named zotero.exe.

The following executables are contained in Zotero. They take 5.57 MB (5841264 bytes) on disk.

  • minidump-analyzer.exe (518.53 KB)
  • pdfinfo.exe (1.45 MB)
  • pdftotext.exe (2.44 MB)
  • pingsender.exe (52.03 KB)
  • plugin-container.exe (76.03 KB)
  • plugin-hang-ui.exe (28.53 KB)
  • updater.exe (283.57 KB)
  • zotero.exe (247.05 KB)
  • helper.exe (511.30 KB)
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The current page applies to Zotero version 5.0.80 alone. You can find below info on other releases of Zotero:

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If you are manually uninstalling Zotero we recommend you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Zotero:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Zotero
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Zotero

The files below are left behind on your disk when you remove Zotero:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Zotero\Zotero\Profiles\2ybjzt9l.default\cache2\entries\001CA6AA836EB676957F7B6DED3A3AC0F0F4A67E
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You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be removed; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\zotero
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Zotero 5.0.80 (x86 en-US)
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Zotero


A way to uninstall Zotero from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Zotero is an application by Corporation for Digital Scholarship. Sometimes, people choose to erase this application. Sometimes this is troublesome because doing this by hand takes some experience related to Windows program uninstallation. The best SIMPLE approach to erase Zotero is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general tool to clean your PC.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs existing on the PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Zotero or simply click the Search field and type in "Zotero". If it exists on your system the Zotero app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click Zotero in the list , some data regarding the program is available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding Zotero, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the app you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for Zotero:





  • The web site of the application is: https://www.zotero.org
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\uninstall\helper.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Zotero.
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8. After uninstalling Zotero, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Zotero that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Zotero with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Zotero by Corporation for Digital Scholarship from your computer, nor are we saying that Zotero by Corporation for Digital Scholarship is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Zotero supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2019-12-14 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2019-12-14 20:59:46.107