Zotero

A way to uninstall Zotero from your computer

This web page contains complete information on how to uninstall Zotero for Windows. It was developed for Windows by Corporation for Digital Scholarship. Further information on Corporation for Digital Scholarship can be found here. More information about Zotero can be found at https://www.zotero.org. Zotero is normally set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero directory, but this location can vary a lot depending on the user's choice while installing the program. C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\uninstall\helper.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall Zotero. Zotero's main file takes around 249.34 KB (255328 bytes) and is named zotero.exe.

The executables below are part of Zotero. They take an average of 6.15 MB (6447104 bytes) on disk.

• minidump-analyzer.exe (518.53 KB)
• pdfinfo.exe (1.73 MB)
• pdftotext.exe (2.72 MB)
• pingsender.exe (52.03 KB)
• plugin-container.exe (76.03 KB)
• plugin-hang-ui.exe (28.53 KB)
• updater.exe (285.84 KB)
• zotero.exe (249.34 KB)
• helper.exe (527.55 KB)

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This data is about Zotero version 6.0.6 only. You can find here a few links to other Zotero releases:

• 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
• 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
• 5.0.94
• 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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Quite a few files, folders and registry entries can not be deleted when you want to remove Zotero from your computer.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Zotero from your computer:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero

Usually, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\install.log
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\uninstall\shortcuts_log.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\uninstall\uninstall.log
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero\zotero.jar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\Zotero_Zotero_6_0_6

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\zotero
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Zotero 6.0.6 (x86 en-US)
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Zotero

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

Zotero is an application released by Corporation for Digital Scholarship. Some people want to remove it. Sometimes this can be efortful because uninstalling this manually takes some experience related to removing Windows programs manually. The best EASY procedure to remove Zotero is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is 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 the best uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


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

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

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about Zotero, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example 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. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Zotero.


8. After removing Zotero, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional 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 can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Zotero by Corporation for Digital Scholarship from your PC, we are not saying that Zotero by Corporation for Digital Scholarship is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove Zotero supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.