Deleted pre-loaded citation styles keep reappearing

xxtraloud · 2025-02-26T14:50:44+00:00

Hi All,

I like to have, and only use, a handful of citation styles, and the default ones that are loaded in zotero, 90% of which I never use.

So it's been a few times that I have removed many of the pre-loaded styles, but at some point they reappear. I am not sure, but this might be caused by the software update. Is it possible to prevent this from happening?

Thank you!

adamsmith · 2025-02-26T15:04:30+00:00

I don't think so, no, the default styles can't be uninstalled.

xxtraloud · 2025-02-26T16:02:05+00:00

Then why does the software let you delete them? Should I just write a script that deletes them automatically from the system folder after an update?

dstillman · 2025-02-26T17:15:44+00:00

It's not particularly intentional — it's just a side effect of how the style installation/update system works. There's a set of default styles that are bundled with the app and that get installed/updated on an app update, so if one is missing, it gets reinstalled. This hasn't been a common-enough request for us to build in additional functionality to remember which bundled styles have been explicitly deleted by the user, but we have an open ticket for it.

xxtraloud · 2025-03-03T09:34:20+00:00

Thanks for the clarification. Could you please tell me in which folder are the styles stored?
thanks

dstillman · 2025-03-03T09:53:56+00:00

'styles' in the Zotero data directory