Mac – How to Uninstall Adobe Reader 9

Actually, an answer (Googled in 20 seconds):

http://help.adobe.com/archive/en_US/acrobat/9/standard/acrobat_standard_9.0_help.pdf

Manage plug-ins

Plug-ins add more functionality, but they also increase the memory needed and security risks. To minimize memory requirements, you may want to install only the plug-ins that you use. To load a plug-in correctly, you must place it in the plug-ins folder. You can temporarily disable plug-ins when starting your software.

Disable a plug-in

1. Do one of the following:

   • (Windows) Open the plug_ins folder (Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\plug_ins).
   • (Mac OS) Control-click the application icon, and choose Show Package Contents. Then double-click the Contents folder and open the Plug-ins folder.
   • (UNIX) Move the plug-in out of [location of install]/Adobe/Reader9.0/Reader/plug_ins.  
      
2. Select the plug-ins you do not want to load, and move them out of the folder. Some of the plug-ins may be in folders nested inside the plug-ins folder.

Disable all plug-ins temporarily

• Press the Shift key immediately after starting Acrobat.

As @worthwelle mentioned in a comment, my current workaround is to

1. save the PDF locally (if not)

2. navigate in the file explorer to the file

3. right-click open with Chrome (not Adobe reader)

4. In Chrome go to the link you want to get the url, right-click and 'copy link address'

   By default my browser opens PDF with the Adobe Reader (not the browser PDF viewer). If it is not the case for you copying the url of the pdf file in Chrome browser address bar might be enough (no need to save the file locally).