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mitchc99
mitchc99
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August 5, 2019
Question

Change default download location for Acrobat Reader in Chrome

  • August 5, 2019
  • 3 replies
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How do you continue to open PDFs with Acrobat from Chrome and optionally choose to save the file to the computer, but still be prompted for a file location? As it stands, when I save a file, it always saves to the Downloads directory. I want to be prompted before it saves.

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taxfighter
Participant
October 29, 2025

I found the solution, I simply turned off the extension. How frustrating for an extension that is supposed to save you time and make things better/easier made things more difficult and Adobe is deaf as usual.

 

I am downloading multiple downloads to the same file on my system and have to drill down to the correct folder every time? The browser works better.

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Roberto27169464nnl6
Participant
November 16, 2022

Same problem as described. The Adobe Acrobat extension for Chrome does not ask the destination of a save, instead automatically placing it into the Windows downloads folder. Please update the extension to allow the user to select the save destination of the file. Thanks!

    Dave__M
    Community Expert
    Dave__MCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 5, 2019

    Purely from a Chrome standpoint, one can set a preference to always ask to where a files should be downloaded:

    If you do not have this option turned on, it might help your issue.

    My best,

    Dave

    mitchc99
    mitchc99Author
    Participant
    August 5, 2019

    Thank you Dave, but Chrome's "Ask where to save each file before downloading" is already set to the active position.

    Dave__M
    Community Expert
    Dave__MCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 5, 2019

    Maybe give this a try.  Assuming you are viewing the PDF in Chrome's viewer, Right-click on the PDF page itself and choose Save as...

    For me, this allows me to select the desired location of the file.

    I hope this helps,

    Dave

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