Any tips on downgrading from Zotero 7 to Zotero 6?

samanthaculp

After several days testing Z7, I realize I just much prefer the UI and other aspects of Z6 and would like to revert. I should never have upgraded without studying carefully all the changes that Z7 would include, so that's obviously my fault, and will someday try Z7 again when I'm not overdue on a deadline for a book. I will obviously first back up all my library / database files / etc, but then just curious if there are any additional tips for switching back to Zotero 6 after downloading it? I'm on a Mac. Thanks for any advice.

enozkan

At some point, Zotero 6 will break and will become unsafe to use. It already fails at some functionality only Zotero 7 can do (like displaying Elsevier Captcha pages for downloading some research articles).

But you can do it. I believe the databases are compatible, so simply downloading the old one and installing over the existing should work.

Installing/uninstalling Zotero does not touch your data (which is located elsewhere on your computer).

Zotero 6 can be downloaded on the main download page: https://www.zotero.org/download/ Click the arrow for "Other versions".

samanthaculp

Thanks @enozkan

seredes

Zotero 7 has a great interface, but Zotfile is not working anymore. I would also like to revert to Zotero 6.

adamsmith

@seredes -- there are replacements for most ZotFile functionality, see https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/comment/470244/#Comment_470244

seredes

Thank you @adamsmith!