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

Community Beginner ,
Apr 27, 2024 Apr 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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Community Beginner , May 06, 2024 May 06, 2024

Hi,

I rang Adobe today and they showed me how to fix this issue.

 

When I rang them, they told me to go to the same web page that you mentioned.

And they told me to select 'Open PDFs in Chrome'.

This was already selected when I opened said web page.

But they told me that I needed to first click the other option 'Download PDFs', and then immediately re-select the second option 'Open PDFs in Chrome'.

Then they told me to restart my Browser.

 

This resolved the issue that I had.

I can now download PDFs from

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New Here ,
Dec 11, 2024 Dec 11, 2024

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Thank You so much for the help, among all the above option this is the one which helped for me.

Thanks

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Community Beginner ,
Jan 04, 2025 Jan 04, 2025

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Sorry for being late, you're welcome 🙂

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Adobe Employee ,
Jul 15, 2024 Jul 15, 2024

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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.ht....

 

Let us know how it goes.

 

Thanks,

Meenakshi

 

 

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New Here ,
Jul 18, 2024 Jul 18, 2024

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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

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Community Beginner ,
Jul 16, 2024 Jul 16, 2024

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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

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New Here ,
Sep 09, 2024 Sep 09, 2024

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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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New Here ,
Oct 08, 2024 Oct 08, 2024

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The fix is in your Adobe settings.

Menu->Preferences>General

Untick the box below

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New Here ,
Jan 13, 2025 Jan 13, 2025

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How do I do this in Safari?

 

 

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New Here ,
Jan 13, 2025 Jan 13, 2025

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I changed the settings directly from Chrome.

Open Chrome > select the 3 dots in the upper right hand corner

Settings

Privacy and Security

Site Settings

Additional Content Settings

PDF Documents

Then change the 'default behaviour'

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