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

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
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.

PDF and browsers

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.

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Rachlax24

New Participant

How do I do this in Safari?

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donald_1556

New Participant

The fix is in your Adobe settings.

Menu->Preferences>General

Untick the box below

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Ramon375608665p31

New Participant

Hallo,

Ik heb de optie "PDF's automatisch openen bij downloaden van de Chrome-browser" binnen adobe acrobat reader wel kunnen vinden, maar in de PRO versie kan ik deze niet vinden. Ik heb versie 2024.003.20054.

Kan iemand mij helpen deze optie te vinden in Adobe Acrobat PRO

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Ajay32641618r4n3

New Participant

For users who use new Version of adobe (2024)
the feature is hidden in the Preferences tab in adobe
1.Select your profile on the right upper side
2.select preferences
3.select General
4.uncheck the option Open PDFs Automatically when downloaded from chrome browser (something Like that)

and Done

Meenakshi Negi

Community Manager

Hi All,

Thank you for your patience.

The issue has been resolved in the July update released today. Please try updating the application to the latest version. In Acrobat, go to Menu > Help > Check for updates.

For more information on the update, refer to the following page: https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/ReleaseNotesDC/continuous/dccontinuousjuly2024.html#dccontinuousjulytwentytwentyfour.

Let us know how it goes.

Thanks,

Meenakshi

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Patrix28427388vg9v

New Participant

Hey Meenakshi,

The update has solved this issue completely. Thanks!

Is there a setting that let users customize which pdf files get to be opened automatically? For example, files that begins with certain names get opened automatically while others don't.

Best,

Patrix

Qui X

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First, press Ctrl+K at Adobe Acrobat Reader Main menu. Go to general. And close the setting named (or something similar) "When PDFs are downloaded in the Chrome browser, they automatically open in Reader." This must work.

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John37032664ppwpAuthor

Participating Frequently

Hi,

I've attached an image of what I see when I follow your instructions.

Unfortunately I cannot see any option relating to Downloaded PDFs automatically opening.

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AvGeek101

New Participant

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Qui X - Thank you SO much for sharing this. I have been struggling to figure out how to solve this for a while and the picture you shared helped perfectly!