Disable self-reading PDF files in Firefox and Chrome

In recent versions, Firefox and Chrome have integrated PDF reading right in your browser, which helps you quickly open PDF files without installing a third-party PDF reader. But for large PDF files, reading files directly in the browser of Firefox and Chrome is quite sluggish, which more or less affects the work you are doing. The following article will guide you to disable the PDF file reading feature of the above two browsers.

1- Disable the self-reading PDF file in Firefox

Step 1 : Open Firefox browser, go to about: config and click on the line I will be careful. I promise!

Step 2 : In the Search box (R), you enter the keyword pdfjs.disabled .

Step 3 : You double click on pdfjs.disabled option to change from Value false to true . Or right-click on the option and select On-Off .

So you've successfully disabled the self-reading feature on Firefox.

2- Disable the self-reading PDF file in Chrome

Step 1 : Open Chrome browser and access the Chrome address : // plugins /

Step 2 : Find the Chrome PDF Viewer and click Disable

So you've also disabled the self-reading PDF file on Chrome.

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Hope the article will be useful to you!