[Zotero 7] Duplicate PDF entry but no duplicate file

Gabriel_p
One of my articles shows a duplicated PDF attachment as shown here:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u1366046/gvhks0ei3s4jk2bvuhw5.png

Both link to the same file in in my system (ie they take me to the same PDF when I right click + 'Show file') but they open different versions:

-the first one opens the PDF with no annotations
-the second one opens the PDF with full annotations
  • AbeJellinek Zotero Team
    edited February 26, 2025
    Zotero stores annotations in its database, not in the PDF, so you can have two linked file attachments pointing to the same file on disk with different annotations in Zotero. You can just delete the one without annotations.
  • Gabriel_p
    You are correct, I deleted it and nothing broke. Weird that only that entry showed two separate attachments...
  • adamb6
    edited yesterday at 6:56pm
    Hi all, i have many entries that have duplicate PDFs within a single entry. Is there a relatively streamlined way to ID each of them within Zotero? Or could i delete the extras that are in my linked file directory from finder, then refresh zotero?

    Note: this is now pertaining to Zotero 9..
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