Lately when I download a PDF in Chrome and click the downloaded file in the bar at the bottom, it opens in chrome. I would like it to open in adobe as default, since I download mostly files with comments or stuff Chrome doesn't support anyway. I have seen this, but it makes chrome download all files and open them in Adobe.
So what I want is: if I click a random PDF, it should open in the chrome browser, if I click a downloaded file from the bar at the bottom or from chrome://downloads
it should open the file in Adobe. (Just as it used to be two weeks ago). Is that still possible?
Best Answer
FYI for others: if you're okay with the Chrome PDF viewer, but want only downloaded PDFs to open in your external PDF viewer (Adobe Acrobat, Foxit Reader, etc.), you don't need to disable the Chrome PDF Viewer.
Always open PDFs using your system's viewer
Simply click the arrow next to a PDF download and select the option to use the system viewer.
Turn off auto-open of PDFs in the system viewer
Chrome Menu
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Relevant SuperUser discussion here: How to automatically open "saved" pdfs in system viewer on chrome?