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Permanently Disable Chrome PDF Viewer (2018 Update)
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<blockquote data-quote="Ink" data-source="post: 593104" data-attributes="member: 3"><p><span style="color: #0080ff"><strong>UPDATED VERSION: <strong>Prefer your 3rd-Party app? </strong>Open PDF files outside of Chrome. </strong></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px">How to Disable Chrome PDF Viewer</span></p><p></p><p>Open Chrome > Settings > Advanced > Site Settings > PDF documents</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">chrome://settings/content/pdfDocuments</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Enabled ticker to Download PDF Files</li> </ul> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]181615[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px">Stop Chrome from opening your PDF files?</span></p><p>[spoiler=Previous Method (No Longer Works!)]</p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">Unless you have permanently disabled it (</span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0080ff">scolldown</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">), Google Chrome will continue to open PDF files</span>**<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)"> with the following settings:</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">chrome://plugins > Chrome PDF Viewer (<em>disabled</em>)***</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">chrome://plugins > Chrome PDF Viewer (<em>enabled</em>)</li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Try New Method</span></p><p></p><p>Open the Advanced Settings and found under Privacy (Content Settings) users can now manage how PDF documents are opened.</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Enter URL <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 18px">chrome://settings/content</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Scroll down to PDF Documents > Enable "<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 18px">Open PDF files in the default PDF viewer application</span></span>"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Finished to save changes</li> </ul><p>I believe this is Google's correct way for Chrome users to disable built-in PDF viewer, and to confirm, Chrome PDF Viewer will be disabled by Enterprise Policy (greyed out) under Chrome Plugins.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]135160[/ATTACH]</p><p style="text-align: center">________________________________________________________________________________________</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0080ff"><strong><u>Notes:</u></strong></span></span></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="font-size: 12px">No third-party PDF software installed on Windows 10 Home 64-bit with Google Chrome stable v56.0.2XXX 64-bit.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="font-size: 12px">** Enabled Edge as default PDF viewer for educational purposes to confirm method works.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="font-size: 12px">*** Cannot comment on the results if your use PDF software has installed a plug-in Chrome.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="font-size: 12px">* Discovered by accident and could not find anything on the web about it.</span></li> </ol><p>[/spoiler]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ink, post: 593104, member: 3"] [COLOR=#0080ff][B]UPDATED VERSION: [B]Prefer your 3rd-Party app? [/B]Open PDF files outside of Chrome. [/B][/COLOR] [CENTER][SIZE=5]How to Disable Chrome PDF Viewer[/SIZE][/CENTER] Open Chrome > Settings > Advanced > Site Settings > PDF documents [LIST] [*]chrome://settings/content/pdfDocuments [*]Enabled ticker to Download PDF Files [/LIST] [CENTER][ATTACH=full]181615[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [CENTER][SIZE=5]Stop Chrome from opening your PDF files?[/SIZE][/CENTER] [spoiler=Previous Method (No Longer Works!)] [COLOR=rgb(255, 0, 0)]Unless you have permanently disabled it ([/COLOR][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0080ff]scolldown[/COLOR][/SIZE][COLOR=rgb(255, 0, 0)]), Google Chrome will continue to open PDF files[/COLOR]**[COLOR=rgb(255, 0, 0)] with the following settings:[/COLOR] [LIST] [*]chrome://plugins > Chrome PDF Viewer ([I]disabled[/I])*** [*]chrome://plugins > Chrome PDF Viewer ([I]enabled[/I]) [/LIST] [SIZE=5]Try New Method[/SIZE] Open the Advanced Settings and found under Privacy (Content Settings) users can now manage how PDF documents are opened. [LIST] [*]Enter URL [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=5]chrome://settings/content[/SIZE][/FONT] [*]Scroll down to PDF Documents > Enable "[FONT=Courier New][SIZE=5]Open PDF files in the default PDF viewer application[/SIZE][/FONT]" [*]Finished to save changes [/LIST] I believe this is Google's correct way for Chrome users to disable built-in PDF viewer, and to confirm, Chrome PDF Viewer will be disabled by Enterprise Policy (greyed out) under Chrome Plugins. [ATTACH=full]135160[/ATTACH] [CENTER]________________________________________________________________________________________[/CENTER] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#0080ff][B][U]Notes:[/U][/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [LIST=1] [*][SIZE=3]No third-party PDF software installed on Windows 10 Home 64-bit with Google Chrome stable v56.0.2XXX 64-bit.[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3]** Enabled Edge as default PDF viewer for educational purposes to confirm method works.[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3]*** Cannot comment on the results if your use PDF software has installed a plug-in Chrome.[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3]* Discovered by accident and could not find anything on the web about it.[/SIZE] [/LIST] [/spoiler] [/QUOTE]
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