While Microsoft Edge can open any PDF file, if you prefer Adobe Acrobat, you can use the Adobe extension to make Acrobat the default PDF viewer in your browser.

The basic PDF reader built into Microsoft Edge is getting replaced by Adobe Acrobat’s more feature-rich engine.

Make Edge download PDF files instead of opening them This guide will show you ways to change Microsoft Edge from being your default PDF reader.

Microsoft Edge users on Windows will soon see Adobe branding in all PDFs, unless you subscribe to Adobe's advanced features.

This new Adobe Acrobat PDF engine will start to appear in Edge for unmanaged Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems as early as March.