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.

You can ditch Microsoft Edge and set another app as your default PDF reader, and in this guide, we'll show you how on Windows 10.

After turning off the plugin, opening a PDF will prompt you to either open or save the file. Choosing "Open" will run your system's default PDF reader, now set to Acrobat Pro.

Do you want to save time when opening and reading PDFs on your commuter? In this article we will show you how to set Nitro PDF Reader as 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.