All my pdf files are automatically downloading

This is a Chrome based setting and it will change how Chrome works. You may have a PDF viewer installed on your system. If this PDF viewer is set as the default app for handling all PDF files on your system, it may intercept the file and open it instead.

This tends to happen because file defaults are set at an OS level. Check if the PDF viewer you have installed has any setting that you can change that will prevent it from communicating with Chrome, or any other browser you might have installed. In the left column, click Applications. Firefox may pause for a few seconds while it loads the list. You should then see a box listing numerous different types of content. In the box above the list, type or paste pdf and Firefox should filter it to.

You can scroll the full list looking for any others that are set to "Save File" and change those. What we usually suggest in that case is as follows:. In the first table on the page, click the "Show Folder" button. This should launch a new window listing various files and folders in Windows Explorer. Pause while Firefox finishes its cleanup, then rename mimeTypes. Adobe Support Community.

Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for. Show only Search instead for. Did you mean:. Every file I download is downloaded as a PDF regardless what kind of file it is.

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