Chrome: Disable built-in PDF viewer
If you have installed a professional PDF program, it is worth deactivating the PDF viewer in Chrome. We'll show you how it's done.
Chrome: Disable built-in PDF viewer
- First, open a new tab as usual.
- Enter "chrome: plugins" in the address line above and confirm your entry with the [Enter] key.
- Under the first entries you will also find the "Chrome PDF Viewer".
- If you click the "Deactivate" button there, the PDF viewer is no longer used.
- Note: You can switch the integrated viewer on again in the same way at any time.
We'll show you how to copy content from blocked PDF documents in Chrome in the next practical tip.