View pdf files in google chrome without downloading them

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Now live: A fully responsive profile. Reducing the weight of our footer. Linked 0. So, let's see how you can get Chrome back to normal. To determine if this the cause of the issue, try working in Incognito mode. Doing this launches Chrome with all extensions disabled. To do that, point to More Tools on the Chrome menu, and then click Extensions. Once you comes across the problematic plugin, consider removing it or keeping it disabled when using Chrome in normal mode.

If the problem occurs even in Incognito mode, then there might be malware hidden away on your PC that interferes with the browser's basic functions.

It should take a while for Chrome to detect and clean up your PC. You may find various instances of missing images, weird-looking text, or laggy scrolling on certain PDFs — and rarely, on all documents that you open. However, running through the following fixes should make Chrome display PDFs properly.

Afterward, check if you still encounter issues when viewing PDFs. An outdated web cache is another common reason for incorrectly rendering or malfunctioning PDFs, especially if the cache gets corrupted or certain web elements change subsequently later on.

Hence, clearing all locally cached data should prompt the browser to download fresh content and hopefully render your PDFs properly. Once installed and enabled, the extension will:. Note: You can easily disable the extension at any time.

The extension does not read the content of your PDFs or any content on the sites you visit. The extension is not installed automatically with Acrobat Reader. Once the extension is installed, you must activate it before use. Click Continue or Next. The extension is installed and added to Chrome. Open Google Chrome.