Zotero

How to uninstall Zotero from your computer

This web page contains detailed information on how to uninstall Zotero for Windows. It is made by Corporation for Digital Scholarship. More information about Corporation for Digital Scholarship can be found here. Please open https://www.zotero.org if you want to read more on Zotero on Corporation for Digital Scholarship's web page. Zotero is typically installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero folder, subject to the user's decision. C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\uninstall\helper.exe is the full command line if you want to remove Zotero. The application's main executable file is titled zotero.exe and its approximative size is 245.69 KB (251584 bytes).

Zotero installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 5.71 MB (5982592 bytes) on disk.

• minidump-analyzer.exe (518.53 KB)
• pdfinfo.exe (1.52 MB)
• pdftotext.exe (2.50 MB)
• pingsender.exe (52.03 KB)
• plugin-container.exe (76.03 KB)
• plugin-hang-ui.exe (28.53 KB)
• updater.exe (282.20 KB)
• zotero.exe (245.69 KB)
• helper.exe (523.94 KB)

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The current page applies to Zotero version 5.0.94 only. 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
• 5.0.69
• 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
• 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
• 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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How to uninstall Zotero from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Zotero is a program released by Corporation for Digital Scholarship. Some users choose to uninstall it. This can be troublesome because removing this manually requires some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best EASY procedure to uninstall Zotero is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





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

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications installed on your computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Zotero or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Zotero". If it exists on your system the Zotero application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select Zotero in the list of programs, some information regarding the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding Zotero, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you want to remove, by pressing 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 (x86)\Zotero\uninstall\helper.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Zotero.


8. After uninstalling Zotero, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Zotero that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Zotero with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation 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 application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Zotero in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.