How do I stop pdf from saving to desktop using chrome?

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November 18, 2016
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My computer always wants to save pdfs to downloads before opening it. How can I stop that? Thank you

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Correct answer ~graffiti

Open Chrome, Go to Settings>Advanced>Privacy and security>Content settings>PDF Documents. Turn off "Download PDF files instead of automatically opening them in Chrome".

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robinthornett

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Mine is already set to this and it is still auto-saving every single .pdf. This is so frustrating.

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alluponit

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Thank you for this answer! It worked perfectly for me, and I am using Firefox most of the time.

~graffiti

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Chrome doesn't use Adobe Reader to open pdf files. It has it's own pdf viewer. Perhaps you may want to ask in a Chrome support forum?

What I can tell you is, you probably want to download them first. Chrome sucks at opening pdf files. In the case of pdf forms, it may not even work at all.

l.j81171780

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I've downloaded Acrobat Reader DC and I'm mostly using it to print postage. I do not need to save these .pdf's, but it prompts to save them on my computer as an "artifact". I have to go through and delete all of these artifacts later. How do I stop Reader from saving every .pdf I open?

try67

Community Expert

It's not Reader, it's the browser.

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