The Microsoft Edge browser is the default app for PDF files on Windows PCs. However, you can easily change your default PDF viewer to Adobe’s Acrobat Reader DC for files saved to your Windows PC.

In this guide, we'll show you the steps to use the Chromium version of Microsoft Edge as your default PDF viewer on Windows 10.

To change the default PDF viewer on Windows, right click any PDF file and select ‘Open With’ and then ‘Choose another app’.

The procedure to change the default PDF reader is the same for changing any default program. You can use this guide to stop Microsoft Edge from hijacking your default PDF program or opener.

To change the default PDF viewer in Windows 10 , you'll need to head to the Control Panel, which is where most system-wide settings are stored.