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December 16, 2019
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How to download a pdf file from a website

  • December 16, 2019
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Hi Guys,

 

 

I need help to figure out how i can download file such as PDF from a website that has no such option to download that PDF, is there a way i can do it?. 

 

Thanks in advance and looking forward for an answer from the community, and thanks for the support.!!!

 

 

 

Correct answer AnandSri

Hello!

 

I hope you are doing well.

 

Please see this article to Learn how to manage your files and folders on Adobe Cloud storage: https://adobe.ly/43oCt3e

https://adobe.ly/4hdsuRk

 

Download the file from the Website, save it locally, and open it with Acrobat Reader. 

 

Thanks,

Anand Sri.

20 replies

Participant
February 4, 2025

just press the pointer on the page you want to download ,then press ctrl+s and your download will statrt.

AnandSri
Community Manager
AnandSriCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
Community Manager
March 6, 2025

Hello!

 

I hope you are doing well.

 

Please see this article to Learn how to manage your files and folders on Adobe Cloud storage: https://adobe.ly/43oCt3e

https://adobe.ly/4hdsuRk

 

Download the file from the Website, save it locally, and open it with Acrobat Reader. 

 

Thanks,

Anand Sri.

Participant
January 24, 2025

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Participant
June 2, 2024

Hi, 

 

I am a teacher working on my dissertation and had the same problem. I read through most posts and problem-solved what the one mentioned about saving in Chrome to somewhere else...I figured that in Chrome, next to your sign-in image, there is an arrow with a basket. If you click on that (even if it already sends one to Adobe - which you could do the print PDF as a fix around), you can click on the download button (arrow down into basket) and then click on the last PDF you tried to open or view online. Drag it to your desktop, and you will now have your PDF.  I hope this helps, and thank you all for discussing this topic for me as well. 

Participant
November 12, 2023

The original post's issue has been resolved but, it seems to many of us it doesn't work, for that:

1. press Ctrl+P and choose option to download.

 

If it doesn't work then,

 

2. press Ctrl+I

if in Firefox, a popup will showup called Page info, go to media and find the file/image and press Save As and download the file and you're done.

 

if in Chrome , Ctrl+I won't do anything, right click anywhere but not on the pdf, press Inspect a screen will open up at the right side, hover over the source code,

 

 

find the source code of the pdf, I've darkened the source code of the pdf I want but it won't be darkened  for you, so find it, it will look like a link, confirm, if there is adobe or other pdf viewer name in it, click on the link, the link will get highlited, press Ctrl+C and open a new tab, and paste it, the pdf will open in adobe or other pdf viewer, then hit download or press Ctrl+P to download.

Participant
September 11, 2023

Geez, the download pdf automaticaly option totally worked. Thank you so much!

Participant
March 18, 2023

How do i download a pdf file using my newly installed adobe software?

Legend
March 18, 2023

It doesn't do that. To download a PDF file on a web site, you use your web browser. PDF viewers generally have a download button. If you don't see one, please post a screen shot showing the PDF, and the whole window it is in (unless it has personal info in this file)

Participant
March 16, 2023

If you want to download the pdf but it doesn't have the button to do so (is probably embedded into the website or some .js) just hover anywhere on the pdf and press 'CTRL + S'. This should download the pdf file to your computer. Hope this helps even if this is an older post.

Participant
May 24, 2023

It works form me CTRL +S

Participant
February 12, 2023

I'm trying to download a pdf and there is no such option too. Can you explain how did you do it?

 

try67
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 12, 2023

Download from where? Can you post a screenshot?

Participant
February 12, 2023

From a webpage that opens pdf in an embedded pdf viewer and doesn't allows user to download.

Participant
December 4, 2021

This has happened to me before. It looks like you are using the website's own pdf viewer. To download the pdf, right click on the viewer and click open frame in new tab. From there look at the URL and change allowPrinting=false to allowPrinting=true. This will bring a button in the top menu to download the pdf.

I know this reply very late, but it should help others in the future.

Participant
August 23, 2021

can you please explain how to show thumbnails and then print ??? i cant under stand