All PDFs saving as "Adobe Illustrator Document"

[TheChancellor]

No matter which program I use (Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign) if I save my document as a PDF, it saves as an "Adobe Illustrator Document". Therefore whenever I go to view a PDF it opens in Illustrator, even though my default program for viewing PDFs is "preview". Any thoughts?

2017 Macbook Pro

Mojave 10.14.1

All Adobe apps are up to date

[Discussion moved from Photoshop to Illustrator by moderator.]

[Sahil.Chawla · Accepted solution]

Hi there,

I believe it's a file association issue, Illustrator is set as default application to open PDF files.
You can change the default application for PDF files, please check the steps here: https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/how-to-change-default-applications-mac

Regards,
Sahil

[TheChancellor]

Sahil,

Thank you so much! That fixed it. That's so odd, it was showing preview as the default initially, but wasn't set to that whenever I went into it.

[Sahil.Chawla]

Glad we got it working! Please feel free to reach out to us for any future queries.

[Kayla375147642kys]

this is happening to me but I am not on mac... is there anyway to fix it on windows?

[Anubhav M · Accepted solution]

Hello @Kayla375147642kys,

We understand that encountering technical issues can be frustrating. From what you've described, it seems Illustrator has been set as the default application for PDF files. To change this, kindly try the suggestions shared in these help articles and let us know if they help:

For Windows: https://adobe.ly/4cyR9Oi

For macOS: https://adobe.ly/3VUvsD7

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thanks,

Anubhav

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