Deleting Citations

To delete an unformatted citation, highlight the entire citation (including delimiters), and press the Backspace or Delete key.

While it is possible to highlight a formatted citation and press the delete key on your keyboard, we do not recommend that you do this. If you do not completely delete the citation and all associated codes, you could corrupt your citations.

To safely delete a formatted citation:

1. In Word, highlight the citation you want to delete.
2. On the EndNote 2025 tab, select Edit & Manage Citation(s).
3. In the Edit & Manage Citation(s) dialog, ensure that the citation you want to delete is highlighted. If the citation is part of a multiple citation, make sure you select just the citation you want to delete.
4. From the drop-down menu at the right of the citation, select Remove Citation.
5. Click OK.