# Make PDF previews actually readable

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-pdf-previews-actually-readable/407601
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** pdf-previews
**Created:** [July 14, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-pdf-previews-actually-readable/407601 "2026-07-14T16:36:05Z")
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### Author: ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-pdf-previews-actually-readable/407601/2 "2026-07-14T16:42:04Z")

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> [@Canapin](#):
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> I can click the link, but it will download the PDF, so it’s not what I’m looking for.

Uh. After searching for a bit on meta, I notice it shouldn’t:

> [@Make PDFs open directly (not via download) by default](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-pdfs-open-directly-not-via-download-by-default/388190/1):
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> [allaboutcats.pdf](https://meta.discourse.org/uploads/short-url/kc7PBLn0YWV50qV2erkiGh7Frkb.pdf) (42.2 KB)

Clicking the link opens the PDF but on my instance, it downloads them. I don’t know why.

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