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happyTonakai
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Apr 27, 2020
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How do I turn off "Always open files of this type" in Edge Chromium?

Hello, I accidentally selected "Always open files for this type" for ".pdf" file extensions, and then pdf files are always opened whenever I download them without asking me to select a path. BTW I h...
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    i-am-kent
    Jun 02, 2020

    happyTonakai 

     

    Thanks for your feedback! In version 85.0.534 I am seeing an option to clear the setting to "Always open files of this type". We expect versions including and after 83.0.478.37 to have this change. This shows up in edge://settings/downloads

     

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SamRD
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Dec 02, 2020

happyTonakai 
Open a new tab. Goto: 
edge://settings/downloads

Turn off the auto open option there. 

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