How to Turn off Adobe Auto Opening when downloading a PDF File.

Modified on Wed, 5 Nov at 4:09 PM

Open Adobe Acrobat.

Go to Edit → Preferences.



  • In the left-hand menu, click General.

  • Under Basic Tools, find the following two options and uncheck them:

    • “Always open PDFs from printer”

    • “Always open PDFs saved from the web”

  • Click OK to save your changes.







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