How do I change my PDF viewer in Chrome Android?

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Step 1: Go to Settings of your phone and tap on Apps & notifications/Installed Apps/App Manager depending on the option available on your phone. Step 2: Tap on the app that is opening your PDF file. Step 3: Tap on Clear defaults, if available on your phone.

RELATED: How to Find Files You Downloaded on Android The simplest is Google PDF Viewer. It’s not really an app in the traditional sense, as you can’t open it directly . However, it will appear as an option whenever you try to open a PDF. Files by Google is another option.

Go to Settings -> Apps -> All. Scroll down to Google PDF Viewer app and tap on it. Scroll down to the Launch by default section and tap the “Clear Defaults” button.

Open and read PDFs on Android.

If you tap a PDF document, for example in your email client, and a different PDF viewer automatically opens, it may be that this other app is set as default app for handling PDF documents. Here’s how you can clear Google PDF viewer from being the default PDF app: Go to Settings. Go to Apps.