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Zotero Version History#
Changes in released versions of Zotero 10.0 are documented on this page. To follow development, see the commit log on GitHub. More recent changes may be available in a beta build.
Changes in 10.0 (August 17, 2026)#
See the Zotero 10 announcement for more details.
Redesigned advanced search<br>Now opens directly above the items list via a button in the quick-search bar and can filter any view, including collections and saved searches
Supports nested condition groups for complex searches
Allows choosing a result level — top-level items, attachments, annotations, or notes — with conditions automatically mapped across levels
Terms in the quick-search bar automatically populate advanced search with equivalent conditions
New search conditions<br>Annotation Type, Color, and Author
Attachment Storage Type
# of Annotations, # of Attachments, # of Notes, # of Tags
New “is empty”/”is not empty” operators
Accent-insensitive searching and other search improvements<br>Searches now ignore accents and typographic characters (“cafe” → “café”, “can't” → “can’t”)
Much faster full-text content searches
Chinese, Japanese, and Korean searches in the quick-search bar now match full phrases, much more quickly
Faster, more reliable indexing of new attachment content
Multi-collection selection<br>Select multiple collections, saved searches, or even libraries in the collections pane to view all of their items together
View, search, and interact with items across libraries, grouped by library with sticky headers as you scroll
Cmd/Ctrl-A in the collections pane expands the selection to all rows within the same parent
Batch editing<br>Edit fields on multiple items at once
Combine with in-window advanced search and multi-collection selection to find and fix metadata across one or more libraries
Undo support<br>Undo and redo many operations using Edit → Undo/Redo or standard keyboard shortcuts
Plugins can opt their operations into undo history
Smarter Read Aloud<br>Better skipping of in-text citations, headers, footers, tables, figures, and equations
Paragraphs are read continuously across columns and pages
Individual sentences are now highlighted as they’re read, with word and paragraph highlighting options available in the settings
Faster startup for large documents
Reading Mode for PDFs<br>View PDFs as clean, reflowable text with adjustable font, size, and line spacing — no headers, footers, or multi-column layouts
Images, tables, and figures are shown as rendered in the original PDF
Highlight, underline, and add notes in Reading Mode, with annotations and reading position shared with the standard PDF view
Improved Zotero Connector for Safari<br>Adds support for various features previously available only for other browsers, such as automatic proxy detection and redirection
Requires Safari 18 on macOS 13 Ventura or later; older macOS versions keep the previous connector
Reader improvements<br>Dramatically lower memory usage from reader tabs
Much more precise EPUB position restoration (after closing and reopening the reader or resizing the window)
EPUB/snapshot: Text-selection popup now appears closer to the mouse cursor
Citation dialog improvements<br>Citation preview pane
Add all selected items on a + click in Library mode
Show guidance about typing locators in input field
Make collections pane resizable
Database-related improvements<br>Improved database write performance
Automatically compact database to reduce disk-space usage
Drop versioned database backups to reduce disk-space usage and force a regular backup before all database upgrades
Fixed opening the database on network filesystems (e.g., SMB) on macOS/Linux
[Mac] Support Word plugin installation on macOS 27 Golden Gate
Fixed downloading of files over 2 GB (since Zotero 8)
Changed Read Aloud keyboard shortcut to Cmd/Ctrl-Shift-L/R
Allow “Annotate Sentence” panel to be move and remember position
Show validation errors for file-renaming templates
Fixed new profile not creating new data directory on Windows
Added “Clear All Last Read Dates…” to Recently Read context menu
Renamed “Sync” settings pane to “Account”
Improved saving of files from PubMed Central
Show Abstract section when merging items
Keep “Add Item by Identifier” open if populated when app loses focus
Added File menu options to note tabs
Improved performance of large creator lists in item pane
Reduced menu padding on Windows and Linux
Don’t mark file as read when using Show File / Show in Finder
Fixed system-handler detection for PDFs/EPUBs on Windows 11
Encrypt API key and WebDAV password using OS keychain
Automatically repair unusable login manager
Skip retraction banner during initial sync on a new computer
[Security] Updated Mozilla platform to 140.13.0esr
Various other improvements and bug fixes
Developer-specific changes/fixes#
Local API write support
Instantaneous rebuilding after code changes
Fixed profiler...