The Microsoft Edge browser is the default app for PDF files on Windows PCs. However, you can easily change your default PDF viewer to Adobe’s Acrobat Reader DC for files saved to your Windows PC.

How to disable PDF viewer Some of you may already know how to disable PDF viewer in Google Chrome, but Microsoft Edge is the latest Chromium browser on the block, and it does things a bit differently.

Make Edge download PDF files instead of opening them This guide will show you ways to change Microsoft Edge from being your default PDF reader.

The built-in Microsoft Edge PDF reader with the Adobe Acrobat PDF rendering engine will occur in phases, with an initial opt-in option for managed devices.

The updated PDF reader in Microsoft Edge will be powered by the Adobe Acrobat PDF engine, resulting in improved performance, better visual accuracy, and enhanced security measures for PDF handling.

Microsoft just announced that the built-in PDF experience in Edge will soon be powered by the Adobe Acrobat PDF engine.

Acrobat on Edge: What to expect In a joint press release, Microsoft and Adobe said the combination of Edge and Acrobat will enable “richer rendering” for graphics and color accuracy.