Removing ALL Zotero references/fields

Nigel007

I am writing a paper in MS Word 365 with full Zotero referencing, but when it is complete I want to remove completely (not just break the links) all references. For example (and I know it is silly!)
"The people show complete interest in this topic (Smith 2019)"
where "(Smith 2019) is a Zotero field. I want the sentence to ultimately become:
"The people show complete interest in this topic"

The paper will have probably 100 Zotero references, so it will be a big job to remove them by hand - is there a way to completely remove all the Zotero reference fields?

My complements to all the team who work on Zotero - it just keeps getting better and better.

bwiernik

Do you have any other automated things like page numbers, tables of contents, figures captions in your Word document, or are the only "Fields" Zotero citations?

maier.de

Haven't tested it, but this (https://word.tips.net/T001864_Deleting_All_Fields.html) could be worth a look. The post explains how you can remove all fields in a word doc. Of course, this will also remove non-Zotero fields. Don't know if that's a problem.

dstillman

Needless to say, this is not something Zotero is designed to help you with, but this works for me:

1) Select All, right-click, Toggle Field Codes.

2) Open the Find and Replace window and paste in ^d ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION for the find text. Leave the replace field blank.

3) Click Replace All.

4) If you have non-Zotero fields, Select All, right-click, Toggle Field Codes again.

Nigel007

Many thanks for the fast responses.
1) yes, I have other fields (cross-references, index, table of contents, etc)
2) so removing all fields is not a desirable option
3) Find & Replace option looks perfect - many thanks.

I have my answer with 20 minutes!!!!!!!! Thanks to everyone

marthoe

still helpful 4.5 years later. Exactly what I needed. Took me 20 seconds to find the solution.
Long live the forum!