Reset Zotero in document

jennywalker

I need to start over with Zotero references in a document--the referenced parts are not matched up with the bibliography, ie, the wrong ref is in the bibliography. How can I clear everything and reinsert the correct refs?

adamsmith

I'm not quite clear what "start over" exactly means here, but to remove any connection between Zotero and a document you can use the "Unlink Citation" button in the add-on. But it might be worthwhile to describe your problem in a bit more details; there might be a less draconic solution

jennywalker

I'll try to be clearer. My superscript numbers in the body of my document do not match up with the correct citation in the bibliography, eg, ref #5 in the bibliography is not the correct one for my superscript ref #5 in the body of the document. I may have clicked on an incorrect response to a pop-up window, because now when I remove refs from the body of the report, they remain in the bibliography, so even though there now is no reference 5 (no superscript 5) in the body, there is still a #5 in the bibliography. That is why I thought I may need to "start over," maybe because I responded incorrectly to a question that popped up in Zotero when I was doing something with a ref in the body of the report.

Thanks so much!

adamsmith

I'd run through https://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_plugin_troubleshooting#debugging_broken_documents
in particular, the last step might help

jennywalker

I discovered more about my problem. Now it's just 2 refs that continue to show up in the bibliography even though they do not have superscript refs in the body of the document. I don't know how to get rid of them.

adamsmith

Did you see the above? Running through the debug should help.