How to stop Microsoft Edge from opening PDF files

hi guys and welcome to tech based in this video i'm gonna show you how to stop microsoft edge from opening pdf files so if you have a pdf file and you double click on it and it opens up in microsoft edge and you don't want that to happen i'm gonna show you this video how to do that so click on the search box type in here default and then click on default apps from here in the right side scroll down and then click on choose default apps by file type click on it wait a bit for the system to load up all the file formats that you have and when it says search for a file extension type it here pdf as you can see dot pdf this extension is assigned to the default app microsoft edge click on it in order to select another app to open up dot pdf files of course you're gonna have more options if you have adobe reader installed or other browsers or other apps from the microsoft store you're gonna see them in this list just select it and then you can exit out from here so this is basically how you can easily stop microsoft edge from opening up your pdf files automatically if this video is useful don't forget to leave a like down below and also subscribe to the techbase channel with a notification bell activated so that you won't miss any future uploads like this one i was emanuel from tech based until next time have a nice day

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Length: 1min 14sec (74 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 04 2021