PDF Forcedownload Blocker

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

Total ratings for PDF Forcedownload Blocker

3.13 (Rating count: 40)

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Pros

Works as described when default browser behavior is set correctly
Useful for skimming through multiple PDFs without needing to download
Successfully overrides 'forcedownload=1' URL setting in some cases

Cons

Doesn't work on all websites or for all PDFs
Does not seem to override 'content-disposition: attachment' header
Non-English or coded links may not be recognized
May require links to be opened in a new tab for functionality

Most mentioned

Problems with functionality across different websites
Certain pdf links not being recognized or overridden by the extension
Opening links in new tab to make it work

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Recent rating average: 3.40

All time rating average: 3.13

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34% (12)

Date	Author	Lang	Comment
2023-12-02	Frank Kieckeben	en	Useless...browser immediately opens "save file" window.
2022-09-14	Forever Thatter		It sucks.
2022-03-30	Christoph Thiede		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
2022-03-07	M. W.		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)
2022-03-07	Luc Y.	en	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)
2021-12-07	Jay Bingham		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.
2021-05-23	sy qq		挺好用的
2021-05-23	Yue Shi	zh	挺好用的
2020-11-26	sc		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).
2020-02-20	Timothy Soriano		Yep, works great. Thanks alot edit: OK. changed to 3 stars. doesn't work on all sites

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