How do I stop pdf from saving to desktop using chrome?

[petraq24690663]

My computer always wants to save pdfs to downloads before opening it. How can I stop that? Thank you

[~graffiti]

Chrome doesn't use Adobe Reader to open pdf files. It has it's own pdf viewer. Perhaps you may want to ask in a Chrome support forum?

What I can tell you is, you probably want to download them first. Chrome sucks at opening pdf files. In the case of pdf forms, it may not even work at all.

[l.j81171780]

I've downloaded Acrobat Reader DC and I'm mostly using it to print postage.  I do not need to save these .pdf's, but it prompts to save them on my computer as an "artifact".  I have to go through and delete all of these artifacts later.  How do I stop Reader from saving every .pdf I open?

[try67]

It's not Reader, it's the browser.

[~graffiti · Accepted solution]

Open Chrome, Go to Settings>Advanced>Privacy and security>Content settings>PDF Documents. Turn off "Download PDF files instead of automatically opening them in Chrome".

[l.j81171780]

Perfect!  That solved the problem.  Thank you!

[alluponit]

Thank you for this answer! It worked perfectly for me, and I am using Firefox most of the time.

[robinthornett]

Mine is already set to this and it is still auto-saving every single .pdf.  This is so frustrating.