Chrome still downloading pdf with setting turned off

 · Recommended Answer. Relevant Answer. I believe we found a fix for this. Under "Computer ConfigurationPoliciesAdministrative TemplatesWindows ComponentsFile ExplorerSet a default associations. Why are PDF files still downloading when the setting for PDF Documents is turned off? Title. I have the setting Download pdf files instead of automatically opening them in chrome switched off and yet some websites that host PDF files still end up automatically downloading to my computer. Relevant Answer. Susan. -Go into Chrome Control Sidebar (3 dots) -Settings. -Scroll to the bottom click on Advanced. -Under Privacy And Security - Click on "Site Settings". - Scroll to PDF.

Open Chrome and type "about:plugins" into the omnibox at the top. Find Chrome PDF Viewer in the list and click the Disable link to prevent PDFs from loading within Chrome. That's it! Now you can. 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. Step 5: If turned on, disable the switch next to Download PDF Files Instead of Automatically Opening Them in Chrome. That's it. PDFs should now display within Chrome instead of downloading.

1 Correct answer. ~graffiti. LEGEND, . ~graffiti • LEGEND, . Open Chrome, Go to SettingsAdvancedPrivacy and securityContent settingsPDF Documents. Turn off "Download PDF files instead of automatically opening them in Chrome". Likes. Under "Privacy and security," click Site settings. Near the bottom, click PDF documents. Turn off Download PDF files instead of automatically opening them in Chrome. As long as this switch is off/gray, Chrome will automatically display the contents of PDF files instead of downloading them to your computer.