How to Enable or Disable Chrome PDF Viewer. In this Google Chrome tutorial, we are going to explain you the process of how to enable Chrome PDF Viewer to automatically open PDF files in Chrome instead of downloading and how to disable PDF Viewer Chrome when you don't wish to use it. It appears to be a change made in the latest version of Chrome that is not allowing certain plugins to load. Both Adobe Reader and FoxIt Reader are no longer appearing under chrome://plugins. The only PDF viewer listed is the default plugin from Chrome. I have verified that this is in the 32-bit version of Google Chrome. Discover great apps, games, extensions and themes for Google Chrome. Chrome Web Store Descubre geniales aplicaciones, juegos, extensiones y temas para Google Chrome. Now, when adobe flash player is the last of the chrome plugins, we started adding features not so close to the original "plugins" idea. So, in addition to adobe flash player menus, we added Clear History and History On/Off buttons so you can clear history and disable/enable history recording directly from the Plugins menu. Plugins are tools used to enhance your browsing experience. However, they are being phased out by Google as they move toward using only extensions instead. Consequently, Adobe Flash is the last plugin left. The only options you have regarding plugins is changing the permissions for Flash and access Today, I encountered the problem with Google Chrome not opening .pdf files from a trusted website. I could open these same files using Internet Explorer. I followed the instructions to type into the Google Chrome browser line about:plugins . I discovered the problem was that Adobe Acrobat was disabled and the crummy Chrome pdf viewer was enabled. Fix for PDF Function in Google Chrome The Problem . Google Chrome has a known issue with PDF documents displaying and functioning properly. Chrome has a built-in PDF viewer. The screen shot below shows Chrome with the PDF viewer active and enabled. This seems to prevent the appraisal form from calculating the Final Performance Rating. For example, the Flash plug-in must be enabled for Chrome to process Flash content. An extension such as Wikibuy , on the other hand, analyzes and reapplies data found through the web. Here's how to disable extensions and plug-ins that you don't want to use with Chrome. Copy and paste chrome://extensions into the navigation bar in Chrome or use the menu button (the three vertical dots) at the top right corner of Chrome to access the More tools > Extensions option. Next to the extension you want to manage , either uncheck the Enabled box to disable the Chrome extension or click the trash button to remove it. How to change the Chrome PDF viewer back to Adobe Reader PDF viewer The process of changing back to your other PDF reader is actually pretty simple. Do the following: Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape 11.0.07 Enable Plug ins C chrome://plugins How to Enable Click To Play Plugins in Google Chrome. Chris Hoffman @chrisbhoffman April 26, 2017, 4:04pm EDT. Chrome no longer supports any plugin except Flash, and even Flash won't run automatically unless you give it permission. However, Chrome's new click-to-play behavior is a little How to Enable Click To Play Plugins in Google Chrome. Chris Hoffman @chrisbhoffman April 26, 2017, 4:04pm EDT. Chrome no longer supports any plugin except Flash, and even Flash won't run automatically unless you give it permission. However