How to stop pdf file from downloading to computer

What is your operating system? First thing I would do would be open your default pdf reader and find the options or preferences menu. Once you find the file association menu, see if there is an option for. Second thing would be to open whatever application you use for opening. Find the option for settings and preferences and make sure you make that the default application for opening.

You could also navigate to a zip file, right click on it and select the open with option. When the open with menu opens, see if your default program from before appears there, if it doesn't appear click on the more programs and select it there.

It will not clear cookies and other site data. Trying to clear it now it now left 57MB. When I click on setting there is no option to chose how downloads are handled. Please advise I have looked through all of the edge setting and it is no where to be found. In fact I am surprised at the lack of options in settings, how do define how to handle tabs and favorites etc..

I was looking to maybe staying with edge since getting new laptop but will probably go ahead and install chrome after all. Additional menu Recently Microsoft has been losing its browser market share to the likes of Google Chrome and other browsers. Gurushant Mutteppagol. A Engineering grad, who is in love with windows, and loves to write about it!

By default, Google Chrome opens a PDF file in the browser window instead of saving it to the downloads folder. To have PDF files open in the browser again, repeat these steps and select the Preview in Firefox option or Use other option to choose another program. By default, Opera opens a PDF file in the browser window instead of saving it to the downloads folder. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. David Posso Independent Advisor.

Hi agr8leo, To open a PDF file without converting it to a Word document, open the file directly wherever it's stored for example, double-click the PDF file in your Documents folder. However, if you want to edit the PDF file, go ahead and open it in Word. You always have the original PDF file, in case you don't want to keep the version that Word converts.