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A way to uninstall Zotero from your system

This page is about Zotero for Windows. Below 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 for more info on Corporation for Digital Scholarship. Please follow if you want to read more on Zotero on Corporation for Digital Scholarship's web page. The program is often placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero directory (same installation drive as Windows). The full command line for removing Zotero is C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\uninstall\helper.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may be prompted for administrator rights. Zotero's primary file takes around 103.55 KB (106040 bytes) and is called zotero.exe.

The executable files below 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 5.0.54 of Zotero. You can find below a few links to other Zotero versions:

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A way to remove Zotero from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Zotero is an application released by the software company Corporation for Digital Scholarship. Some users want to uninstall this program. Sometimes this can be troublesome because performing this manually takes some experience related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK solution to uninstall Zotero is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your system.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

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


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the applications installed on your PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Zotero or simply activate the Search field and type in "Zotero". If it is installed on your PC the Zotero application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click Zotero in the list of applications, some data about the application is available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about Zotero, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the app you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for Zotero:





  • The publisher 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. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Zotero.
Uninstall Zotero


8. After removing Zotero, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Zotero that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Zotero using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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



Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Zotero by Corporation for Digital Scholarship from your computer, we are not saying that Zotero by Corporation for Digital Scholarship is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Zotero supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2018-07-26 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2018-07-26 07:38:24.307