Citavi 7

Citavi 7 7.4.1.3

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About Citavi 7

Citavi is the all-in-one reference management tool with knowledge organization in the Lumivero portfolio – empowering researchers to tackle the increasing complexity of research writing in today’s information landscape.

What's new in 7.4.1.3

Overview
Citavi 7.4.1 is a maintenance release. It fixes a problem that could remove PDF attachments from a project when the project was archived or copied, restores a number of commands that had stopped working in Citavi 7.3, and resolves several Word Add-In issues that affected long documents. AI Summary and Key Findings now work with a Citavi Database Server license, the Citavi Picker works again in Chrome, signing in to Citavi Web is more reliable, and cloud projects are faster.
This release contains no new features. All Citavi 7.4 users should install it.
What’s fixed
Desktop — Projects and attachments
- Archiving a project, saving a copy of a project, or copying a project to the cloud no longer removes PDF attachments and their cover images from the original project in rare cases.
- Creating a cloud project is more reliable on slow connections.
- Changes made in Citavi Web appear immediately in an open cloud project in Citavi Desktop.
Desktop — References, knowledge items, and find full texts
- Quotations and comments can be dragged from the Quotations & comments tab onto categories, keywords, and groups in the References view again.
- Reference types can be dragged into the favorites area of the Choose reference type dialog again, so the favorites list can be personalized as intended.
- Find full text downloads considerably more open-access PDFs from PubMed Central.
Desktop — Import, export, and the bibliography
- File > Import > Import from a file containing tabular data creates references again when importing from Excel, SQLite, and delimited text files (CSV, tab-separated, semicolon-separated).
- Group bibliography > Create new grouping creates a new grouping set without an error message, and selecting an existing grouping set activates the set you clicked rather than the one below it.
Desktop — Interface and languages
- Accented characters (é, è, à, ù, â, and others) are displayed correctly again in the French interface.
Desktop — AI features
- AI Summary and Key Findings can be used with a Citavi for DBServer license.
- Where AI features have been switched off by an administrator, via the MSI Assistant or the registry, the View > AI Assistant menu entry is hidden and the Ctrl+4 shortcut no longer opens AI Search.
Citavi Web
- Signing in is more reliable. Users who saw a permanently spinning or blank page after authenticating, and had to use a private browsing window to get in, can sign in normally.
- The team chat is working again. …

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Technical details

PublisherLumivero, LLC
Version7.4.1.3
Release date2026-09-17
LicenseProprietary
Installer typemsi
Architecturex64
Package IDLumivero.Citavi.7
Install scopeAll users

Install Citavi 7 from the command line

Install with Windows Package Manager
winget install --id=Lumivero.Citavi.7 -e
Update to the latest version
winget upgrade --id=Lumivero.Citavi.7 -e
Uninstall
winget uninstall --id=Lumivero.Citavi.7 -e
Silent install with the offline installer
msiexec /i "Citavi7Setup.msi" /quiet /norestart
Uninstall the MSI package
msiexec /x {E04F6422-EB57-3A6A-82E2-FCF02760298C} /quiet

academicsarticlecitationciteliteraturepaperreasearchthesis

File types supported by Citavi 7

Citavi 7 can open or be associated with 12 file types:

.bib.bibtex.cdm6.ctv6.ctv6archive.ctv6bak.ctvdbs6.endnote.enw.nbib.ovd.ris

Frequently asked questions

Is Citavi 7 free?

Citavi 7 is proprietary software from Lumivero, LLC. Check the publisher's license terms for pricing and usage rights.

What is the latest version of Citavi 7?

The latest version is 7.4.1.3, released on Sep 17, 2026.

Is it safe to download Citavi 7?

The download button links to the official installer published on citavibackoffice.blob.core.windows.net, the same file Windows Package Manager installs. You can verify the downloaded file by comparing its SHA-256 checksum with a81cdfea7c610476364d46565758e1162c2ea4b446ac0ebfbea02fd4b3fa87fd.

Which Windows versions does Citavi 7 support?

Citavi 7 runs on Windows and is available for 64-bit (x64) systems.

How do I install Citavi 7 silently?

Run the offline installer with msiexec /i "Citavi7Setup.msi" /quiet /norestart, or install it with Windows Package Manager: winget install --id=Lumivero.Citavi.7 -e --silent.

How do I uninstall Citavi 7?

Open Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find Citavi 7 and select Uninstall. From the command line, run winget uninstall --id=Lumivero.Citavi.7 -e.

What file types can Citavi 7 open?

Citavi 7 supports 12 file types, including .bib, .bibtex, .cdm6, .ctv6, .ctv6archive, .ctv6bak, .ctvdbs6, .endnote and more.