PDF Forcedownload Blocker

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Description from extension meta

This extension prevents webservers from forcing pdfs to download rather than open in browser

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PDF Forcedownload Blocker
Description from store

Many websites will attempt to force you to download linked PDF files, rather than handle them as per your preferences. (By default, your preferences are set to open them in-browser with Chrome's PDF plugin).

This extension blocks two common ways of forcing your browser to download PDF files, allowing you to handle them consistently and as you choose.

WARNING, USE AT OWN RISK:
Some websites load pdfs into invisible elements for download, causing them not to be seen at all when this extension is enabled. Unfortunately I can't find a good solution for this :(
Most commonly where this is encountered (eg on google docs), the pdf is linked with a name not corresponding to it's filename. To this end the extension now ignores links that don't have ".pdf" in them.

I wrote this app for myself and my friends at uni, to combat university pdfs being linked with forced download. I don't really know much Javascript/HTTP, so no guarantees :)

Latest reviews

Santiago Panozzo 2024-09-20

People writing bad reviews don't understand what this extension is for. It's for those sites that append a "?forcedownload=1" to the end of PDF file URLs to force you to download them instead of reading on the browser. It will not prevent normal PDF downloads from happening. It works perfectly the sites that do add "forceDownload" to their PDFs

Scott Davis 2024-04-04

doesn't work

Frank K. 2023-12-02

Useless...browser immediately opens "save file" window.

Forever Thatter 2022-09-14

It sucks.

Forever Thatter 2022-09-14

It sucks.

Christoph Thiede 2022-03-30

This sounds very promising, but it doesn't seem to work for GitHub releases such as this one: https://github.com/LinqLover/sonyx/releases/download/v0.2/sonyx-study-final.pdf

Christoph Thiede 2022-03-30

This sounds very promising, but it doesn't seem to work for GitHub releases such as this one: https://github.com/LinqLover/sonyx/releases/download/v0.2/sonyx-study-final.pdf

Luc Y. 2022-03-07

Works as described! For those who say it doesn't: Make sure your default browser behaviour is also set to open PDFs instead of downloading them as this blocker only sets forcedownload=0. (For Chrome: Settings > Security and privacy > Site settings > Additional content settings > PDF documents)

Luc Y. 2022-03-07

Works as described! For those who say it doesn't: Make sure your default browser behaviour is also set to open PDFs instead of downloading them as this blocker only sets forcedownload=0. (For Chrome: Settings > Security and privacy > Site settings > Additional content settings > PDF documents)

Jay Bingham 2021-12-07

It did not work for me on the web page where I tried it; the link still forces a download. The URL that I clicked does not contain PDF in it instead it has this string at the end: AttachmentViewer.ashx?AttachmentID=57723&ItemID=35671, which may mean that the extension will not detect that a PDF is is being forced to download, I don't know. I do know that if it does not work or only works in limited cases it is of little use to me.

Jay Bingham 2021-12-07

It did not work for me on the web page where I tried it; the link still forces a download. The URL that I clicked does not contain PDF in it instead it has this string at the end: AttachmentViewer.ashx?AttachmentID=57723&ItemID=35671, which may mean that the extension will not detect that a PDF is is being forced to download, I don't know. I do know that if it does not work or only works in limited cases it is of little use to me.

Yue Shi 2021-05-23

挺好用的

sc 2020-11-26

It worked for me only if I open the links in a new tab. I solved this with a shortcut (clicking the links with middle touchpad button for opening new tabs).

sc 2020-11-26

It worked for me only if I open the links in a new tab. I solved this with a shortcut (clicking the links with middle touchpad button for opening new tabs).

Tim Soriano 2020-02-21

Yep, works great. Thanks alot edit: OK. changed to 3 stars. doesn't work on all sites

Tim Soriano 2020-02-21

Yep, works great. Thanks alot edit: OK. changed to 3 stars. doesn't work on all sites

Michael Stephenson 2019-10-14

Works with some troubles. Works.pdf + Works space.pdf + Хрен.pdf - Хрен пробел.pdf - Also not works if pdf links dont have any actual "pdf" word in the links or text in differnt language then EN like https://confluence.site.msk.ru/download/attachments/126388176/NOTICE2222222%20-%20%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%8F.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1571062443387&api=v2

Michael Stephenson 2019-10-14

Works with some troubles. Works.pdf + Works space.pdf + Хрен.pdf - Хрен пробел.pdf - Also not works if pdf links dont have any actual "pdf" word in the links or text in differnt language then EN like https://confluence.site.msk.ru/download/attachments/126388176/NOTICE2222222%20-%20%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%8F.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1571062443387&api=v2

Darren Skidmore 2019-09-07

Worked for some PDFs, but did not work for others. I don't think this extension actually overrides the "content-disposition: attachment" header.

Darren Skidmore 2019-09-07

Worked for some PDFs, but did not work for others. I don't think this extension actually overrides the "content-disposition: attachment" header.

Tiro 2019-09-05

Doesn't work at all.

Tiro 2019-09-05

Doesn't work at all.

Olivier Collet 2019-08-21

Unfortunately it does not work for me

Olivier Collet 2019-08-21

Unfortunately it does not work for me

Clay Bratt 2019-08-20

Worked as intended, aka clicked a link, to a pdf on Smartsheet, in Outlook and opened instead of downloading, finally.

Clay Bratt 2019-08-20

Worked as intended, aka clicked a link, to a pdf on Smartsheet, in Outlook and opened instead of downloading, finally.

Brandon Fowler 2019-08-05

It works! Thank you!

Brandon Fowler 2019-08-05

It works! Thank you!

Preston Thomas 2019-05-22

Sadly doesn't work on the website I needed it to (fcc.gov/). I would love this to actually work. It's crazy it's not built in functionality.

Preston Thomas 2019-05-22

Sadly doesn't work on the website I needed it to (fcc.gov/). I would love this to actually work. It's crazy it's not built in functionality.

S HD 2019-03-03

I have never wrote a review of any app or a extension in my life but this one is just amazing!! now I can skim my university's PDFs easily without downloading numerous files and delete them!

S HD 2019-03-03

I have never wrote a review of any app or a extension in my life but this one is just amazing!! now I can skim my university's PDFs easily without downloading numerous files and delete them!

Hyanne Park 2018-12-15

After many years of PDFs downloading to my computer and wasting memory space, I was finally able to open a PDF file in Chrome WITHOUT having to download!!! OMG!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!! THIS WORKS!!

Hyanne Park 2018-12-15

After many years of PDFs downloading to my computer and wasting memory space, I was finally able to open a PDF file in Chrome WITHOUT having to download!!! OMG!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!! THIS WORKS!!

clarence112 2018-11-30

Just didn't work.

clarence112 2018-11-30

Just didn't work.

Nick Shorter 2018-08-27

Did not operate as intended

Nick Shorter 2018-08-27

Did not operate as intended

Pim van der Loos 2018-05-08

Only worked on 1 site

Ivan 2018-04-04

Works fine, but it would be better if it can be opened in a new tab

Ivan 2018-04-04

Works fine, but it would be better if it can be opened in a new tab

Nisarg Shah 2018-03-26

Doesn't work.

Nisarg Shah 2018-03-26

Doesn't work.

Paul Slocum 2018-03-18

Doesn't seem to change anything, PDFs still download without any other option

Paul Slocum 2018-03-18

Doesn't seem to change anything, PDFs still download without any other option

Yoav Dim 2017-07-04

Now I no longer need to copy paste the links just to edit the url "forceddownload=1" great!

Yoav Dim 2017-07-04

Now I no longer need to copy paste the links just to edit the url "forceddownload=1" great!

Anonymous 2017-06-21

didn't work for me

Anonymous 2017-06-21

didn't work for me

Keith P. 2016-03-17

Doesn't appear to work on pdf documents served from http://www.te.com/ Example: http://www.te.com/commerce/DocumentDelivery/DDEController?Action=srchrtrv&DocNm=1909782&DocType=Customer+Drawing&DocLang=English

Statistics

Installs
1,000
Market
Chrome Web Store
Rating
3.23 (40 votes)
Last update
2013-08-11
Version 0.3
Languages
en