2 ways to fix Adobe Acrobat Reader launching automatically when downloading PDFs

Table of Contents

• Acrobat Reader Settings
• Google Chrome Settings

Acrobat Reader Settings

First, check the settings on the Adobe Acrobat Reader side.

Open Acrobat Reader, go to "Menu" in the top left, then "Preferences", and uncheck "Open PDFs automatically in Reader when downloaded in Chrome browser".

Finally, click "OK" to save.

If this doesn't fix it, please try the next section.

Google Chrome Settings

Next, check Google Chrome's settings.

We will fix the setting that makes it "Always open files of this type" for downloaded files.

Open "Settings" from the menu in the top right.

Click "Remove" for "Automatically open certain types of files after downloading".

Please check if this has resolved the issue.

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