Comments on: Download PDF instead of Opening in the Chrome browser https://browserhow.com/how-to-download-pdf-instead-of-viewing-in-chrome/ Web Browser How-to's! Fri, 09 Aug 2024 15:20:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: Asmâa https://browserhow.com/how-to-download-pdf-instead-of-viewing-in-chrome/comment-page-1/#comment-9401 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:16:32 +0000 https://browserhow.com/?p=14542#comment-9401 Time saver. Thank you so much for writing this very clear and simple article which helped remove all my frustrations of this past week when Chrome decided to not download or save the PDF files. Now everything works! Thank you!

]]> By: Kushal Azza https://browserhow.com/how-to-download-pdf-instead-of-viewing-in-chrome/comment-page-1/#comment-5704 Thu, 29 Jul 2021 12:45:16 +0000 https://browserhow.com/?p=14542#comment-5704 In reply to JP.

Hello JP, if you’re using Windows OS then you can set to open a PDF file on Adobe reader. Follow these instructions:
1. Select the PDF file.
2. Right-click on the mouse for the context menu.
3. Hover on Open With the option.
4. Select the last option within the Open with menu list – this will open the list of software installed and support PDF files on your Windows machine.
5. Select Adobe reader and make sure to enable checkbox – always open with same program.
6. Hit on Apply and OK button.

It will change the default PDF reader software from Google Chrome to Adobe reader. You can choose any other software at step #5 to make it as default PDF reader. I hope this helps.

]]> By: JP https://browserhow.com/how-to-download-pdf-instead-of-viewing-in-chrome/comment-page-1/#comment-5685 Wed, 28 Jul 2021 20:32:16 +0000 https://browserhow.com/?p=14542#comment-5685 The same thing has happened to me for the last few months. I cannot get Chrome to automatically open PDFs in Adobe or Download them. No matter how many times I have followed the instructions above, it ALWAYS opens PDFs in a browser window

]]> By: Kushal Azza https://browserhow.com/how-to-download-pdf-instead-of-viewing-in-chrome/comment-page-1/#comment-3989 Mon, 22 Mar 2021 01:26:31 +0000 https://browserhow.com/?p=14542#comment-3989 In reply to Debbie.

Hi Debbie, that looks a little odd. Can you confirm if the browser is updated to the latest version? And, by any chance are you downloading the file from an unsecured link (a URL begins with HTTP instead of HTTPS)? Thank you!

]]> By: Debbie https://browserhow.com/how-to-download-pdf-instead-of-viewing-in-chrome/comment-page-1/#comment-3972 Sat, 20 Mar 2021 23:43:15 +0000 https://browserhow.com/?p=14542#comment-3972 I have chrome set to download pdfs instead of opening them. But in the last few weeks it wouldn’t download them unless I highlighted the link and told it to open in a new tab. Now when I try that, it briefly opens up a new tab and doesn’t download the file. This is making me a little nuts and I can’t find anything about it online.

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