Don't Download PDFs

Name: Don't Download PDFs
Rating: 4.14 (21 reviews)
Author: chrome-webstore-publishing-group

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.

chrome-webstore-publishing-group Productivity

Chrome Web Store ↗.crx

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Version

2024.10.22

Manifest V3

Permissions & access

Permissions: declarativeNetRequestdeclarativeNetRequestFeedback
Host access: <all_urls>

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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.