Before discussing about how to remove mendeley citation plugin from MS word, we must know that Mendeley is a company based in London, UK. It helps with products and services for academic researchers. It is a free web and desktop management app. Mendeley is used to manage and share research as well as to generate bibliographies for articles. It makes workflow easy and gives you the space to focus on your goals in a better way. You can manage to store, organize and search references from just one library.
Mendeley Cite is a citation tool, that is developing rapidly because of adding new functions and features on a regular basis. Mendeley’s site is totally compatible with Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Word versions, and the Microsoft Word app for mac. If you are using an earlier version of Word, then you can also use the Mendeley Citation Plugin for Word that is available with Mendeley Desktop.
Most issues with Medeley are easily solved by shutting down the Mendeley Desktop Software and then reopening it. Make sure to do the same if you are facing issues with mendeley. But, if you want to delete mendeley, In the topics below you will find the answers to your questions about deleting or uninstalling Mendeley from word. Let’s discuss the ways to delete and uninstall mendeley.
Instructions For Windows
For windows users, Your all MS office products must be closed including MS word, for removing mendeley citation plugin completely. For removing follow the following steps.
- Open mendeley desktop from your windows computer.
- Go to “Tools” menu in menu bar.
- Select “Uninstall MS Word Plugin” option.
- Open MS Word without mendeley citation plugin.
People mostly uninstall mendeley plugin but still plugin appears in MS Word. It is because, all the MS office applications are not closed at the time of removing mendeley. So for those, who have already uninstalled the mendeley plugin but plugin still appears in their MS Word, follow these steps to remove mendeley manually.
- Open MS Word and click on main menu on top left.
- Select “Word Options” menu.
- Select “add-ins“.
- Locate mendeley-xxx.dot file. (xxx refers to mendeley version)
- Open directory appears at front of file and delete that file.
Instructions For Mac
Before uninstalling, you have to check if the application is currently running or not. If it is running, then quit the application first. simply, right click on the active application in the dock and then press the quit to shut down the application.
- Open “LaunchPad” from the dock or open up the “Finder” .
- Find and locate the mendeley.
- Drag the mendeley application to bin or right click on the mendeley application and select “Move to Bin“
- Now empty the bin to remove mendeley completely.
