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.

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.

Learn how to change the default PDF reader & viewer, which is Microsoft Edge browser, in Windows 11/10, to one of your choice.

Microsoft Edge now includes all the essential features needed to replace your third-party PDF reader software.

In this guide, we'll show you the steps to use the Chromium version of Microsoft Edge as your default PDF viewer on Windows 10.

Image: Morsa Images/Getty Images Microsoft will soon make big visual changes to Edge on Windows 10 and 11 by making Adobe's Acrobat rendering engine the basis for the browser's built-in PDF reader ...

Two years ago, Microsoft replaced the built-in PDF reader in the Edge browser, but the fact is that many users have continued sticking with the old legacy PDF reader to this day. Back in 2023, the ...