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.

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.

To change the default PDF viewer on Windows, right click any PDF file and select ‘Open With’ and then ‘Choose another app’.

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 default PDF viewer is Preview on Mac computers, but you can switch this to another viewer, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader, at any time. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.

If you're using a recent version of Windows, Microsoft's Edge browser will "helpfully" make itself your default PDF viewer. You might want to change that default depending on how you feel about ...

If you’ve picked up a new laptop recently and you’re getting everything set up, you may want to switch your default browser. For Windows 11 laptops, the default is automatically Microsoft Edge.