
(see screenshot below) Expand open the Edge, Edge Beta, Edge Dev, or Edge SxS key for the same Microsoft Edge channel you want to backup.

6 Navigate to and expand open the Edge, Edge Beta, Edge Dev, or Edge SxS key below in the left pane of Registry Editor. You can also disable Edge internal PDF viewer from Windows registry. 5 Press the Win + R keys to open Run, type regedit into Run, and click/tap on OK to open Registry Editor. edge://settings/content/pdfDocuments Disable Internal PDF viewer via registry Or you can simply type the URL below in Edge browser to go directly to the PDF documents settings. Under Site permissions, move the block to enable Edge to Always download PDF files. When the Settings page opens, go to Cookies and site permissions. To disable PDF file in Edge and use external PDF apps instead, open the new Microsoft Edge, go to Settings and more > Settings. This may be a good feature for personal use, however, in some business environments, this not work as expected and a dedicated PDF application works great instead. To get started with opening PDF files externally, follow the steps below: Open PDF file externallyīy default, Microsoft Edge uses its internal PDF viewer to open all PDF files.

This might work for many, but there are few folks out there that might want to use Adobe Reader or other PDF applications for all PDF files.

By default, Microsoft Edge tries to use its internal PDF viewer when dealing with PDF files in the browser.
