How to change download settings in chrome to pdf

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We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. However, downloading a PDF is still possible. 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. 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. How can I force to open the links in Chrome without downloading?

The links are for local files. You have to download the file type once, then right after that download, look at the status bar at the bottom of the browser. Click the arrow next to that file and choose 'always open files of this type'.

I think the question was about to open a local file directly instead of downloading a local file to the download folder and open the file in the download folder, which seems not possible in Chrome, except some add-on mentioned above.

Just found your question whilst trying to solve another problem I'm having, you will find that currently Google isn't able to perform a temporary download so therefore you have to download instead. Scroll down to Downloads under Download location: click the Change button and chose tmp folder. Then just close the screen. Click on any attachments and a small box to the left will appear, it should automatically open if you click on it.