Deleting PDFs

r_yang

Hi, I don't need PDFs for all of my papers in Zotero... but I can't seem to delete them. I've done the usual, right-clicking on everything, but I can't find a way to. I've found a way to stop doing it automatically, but how do I go back retroactively? Given the limited, storage, I want to be selective about what papers to keep. I've looked online but apparently, no one else is looking to do that. I'm on Zotero 7.0

dstillman

@r_yang: Same as any other item — press Delete on your keyboard or right-click → Move Item to Trash.

r_yang

@dstillman That doesn't work for some reason. Right clicking on the pdf or the file name doesn't pull anything up...

dstillman

Can you share a screenshot of what you’re referring to?

tomstafford

I have this problem too. Given that the instructions work for others I wonder if it is a problem with the version of the desktop client I'm using (the one for ubuntu linux)

dstillman

@tomstafford: Again, please provide a screenshot.

tomstafford

A screenshot of all the PDFs selected and nothing happening when I right-click

https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u174252/h9yh4p66rr5hzbu8xbr2.png

dstillman

Right, that’s the Advanced Search window. So this doesn’t have anything to do with deleting — there’s just no context menu there at all. (There could be, but there’s not.) Press Enter on the keyboard to select those items in the main window or create a saved search from that advanced search.

tomstafford

Thank you, I didn't appreciate that I needed the extra step of saving a search and then running it (and deleting PDFs) in a different view

dstillman

As I say, you can also just press Enter.