MicrosoftI really don't like having to correct this on so many of my clients computers. We need an easier way to turn off this advertisement, this is not useful to anyone, no one likes it, everyone is complaining about it, it's leading to confusion, and it is significantly slower than the previous one. How can we permanently turn off this new PDF handler or permanently turn off the advertising for it? Even worse, this all comes along as people are ditching Adobe en masse due to their new scam subscription model.
MicrosoftHi Scallywag, thank you for your comment and for sharing your feedback on the new Adobe PDF experience! I’m sorry to hear you’re running into these issues. As this experience continues rolling out and reaches full availability in June 2026, Microsoft Edge will no longer support switching to an alternative built‑in PDF viewer. The new viewer, powered by Adobe’s PDF engine, will be the standard going forward. While Adobe provides the underlying engine, the PDF viewer itself is owned and managed by Microsoft, and any updates or changes are determined solely by Microsoft.
I'm sorry to hear the inconveniences the advertising notifications are causing. Although this viewer is provided at no cost, organizations can disable the “Edit with Acrobat” button that appears in the top‑right corner of the viewer by using the ShowAcrobatSubscriptionButton policy. You can find more details in our Microsoft Edge policy documentation here: Microsoft Edge Browser Policy Documentation ShowAcrobatSubscriptionButton | Microsoft Learn
