How to Disable/Change Default PDF Viewer in Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Firefox browser comes with a PDF viewer/PDF plugin by default. Here is a simple tip to disable default PDF viewer in your Firefox.

Method 1

Open up Mozilla Firebox browser and type about:config in the address bar. Select I’ll be careful, I Promise button.

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Type pdfjs.disabled in the search box.

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Right click on pdfjs.disabled and select Toggle.

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Now the value will be automatically changed to true.

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Method 2

Open up Firefox. Go to Edit -> Preferences. Select Applications tab.

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Type pdf in search box.

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In the Action drop-down box, define the action you want to perform for PDF files. In my case, here I select Use Document Viewer option to view my pdf files.

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That’s it. Now your PDF files are automatically opened by your Document viewer instead of opening within Firefox.