Don't Download PDFs

Encourage PDFs to show in the browser instead of downloading. By Nick Semenkovich <[email protected]>.

As of May 2026, Don't Download PDFs has 2,000 users and a 4.14/5 rating from 21 reviews in the Productivity category.

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2,000
Ratingno change0%
4.14
21 reviews
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Version
2024.10.22
Manifest V3

Permissions & access

Permissions
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Host access
<all_urls>

Screenshots

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About

Annoyed by PDFs that download and save instead of just showing in the tab?

This extension encourages PDFs to show in the browser rather than downloading.

That's it. Nothing else.

======== Details ========

This works by setting the "Content-Disposition: Inline" header under these conditions:

- Content is displayed in the full window (main_frame)
AND

- The response contains "Content-type: application/pdf"
OR
- The response contains "Content-type: application/octet-stream" with a filename of "*.pdf"

Note that some sites use the "download" attribute in links (e.g. <a href="" download>) which we can't override, but you can right-click those PDFs and select "Open Link in a New Tab".

======== CODE ========
https://github.com/semenko/chrome-force-pdf-inline

Copyright 2014-2024 Nick Semenkovich <[email protected]>

Released under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

Technical

Version
2024.10.22
Manifest
V3
Size
13.17KiB
Min Chrome
88
Languages
1
Featured
No

Metadata

ID
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Developer ID
ufcf78c0ad4f3613fc374cc2c9496f3d0
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Oct 12, 2015
Last Updated (Store)
Oct 17, 2024
Last Scraped
May 19, 2026
Website
semenkovich.com
Support URL
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