How to stop Adobe Acrobat from Automatically Opening Downloaded PDF Files?

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April 27, 2024
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Hi Everyone,

I am currently Downloading PDF Files from my Gmail account to my Desktop.

Up until today, I was able to Download these files no problem.

Today however, everytime that a PDF Files completes downloading from Gmail to my Desktop, Adobe Acrobat Automatically Opens the file on my Computer.

This is Driving me MAD!

Is there any way to stop this from happening?

I've attached a file that I got from a Reddit post - where other people were having this issue.

It seems that in the past, that there was a check-box option in Acrobat Reader under Edit -> Preferences -> General to turn off this annoying features. But this option is missing on my Acrobat Reader.

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Correct answer Steiner359

So, the supposed "solution" (posted May 06, 2024) whereby you switch those Chrome settings back-n-forth did NOT work for me (and yes, I closed the browser and re-opened it before trying agian).

I did find a way, though (see the attached JPG image): Go to Menu [top, left] > Preferences > General, and uncheck these 2 settings:

Always open PDFs from printer.
- *(This was the one that did it for me, since I was using "Print to PDF" at the time.)
Always open PDFs saved from the web.