How to uninstall Mendeley on Windows

This run covers Mendeley Reference Manager 2.150.0 installed through elevated winget, with publisher Mendeley. No account or real content was imported.

Close Mendeley before uninstalling and keep a copy of any local data or settings you want to retain.

Remove the program

Find Mendeley in Windows Settings under Installed apps and choose Uninstall. Mole invoked the registered Nsis uninstaller in this run. Settings and external winget removal were not retested.

Check the result

Test-Path "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Programs\Mendeley Reference Manager"
Test-Path "$env:APPDATA\Mendeley Reference Manager"

Both were False. The exact uninstall registration and other reviewed targets were independently confirmed absent. No residue was removed manually. The @mendeley-internaldesktop-reference-manager-updater folder, was also independently confirmed absent.

For your own check, a successful Test-Path query returns True when that specific path exists and False when it is absent. A query error leaves the result unresolved; neither result proves that every leftover is gone.

What Mole lists

The program, owned shortcuts, usage records, updater, and separately listed caches and logs are selected by default. %APPDATA%\Mendeley Reference Manager is listed but not selected by default. Including app data includes this whole profile. Retention of real notes, references, accounts and settings was not verified; preserve wanted content before selecting it.

What this test covered

Tested on October 4, 2026, in a Windows 11 ARM64 VM with a Mole development build, covering first launch and uninstall. Sign-in, real references or annotation retention, other installation channels and the released download were not verified. Automatic detection after an external uninstall was not verified.