# PDFs not displaying in Brave

**URL:** <https://community.brave.app/t/pdfs-not-displaying-in-brave/65171>\
**Category:** Desktop Support\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [June 11, 2019, 5:52am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/pdfs-not-displaying-in-brave/65171 "2019-06-11T05:52:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ana135](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@ana135](https://community.brave.app/u/ana135)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 5:52am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/pdfs-not-displaying-in-brave/65171/1 "2019-06-11T05:52:15Z")

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**Description of the issue:**  
Opening PDFs in Brave causes the file to look corrupted, rendering it unreadable. Downloading the PDF shows no corruption to the file.

**Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary): 1. 2. 3.**  
Have closed and re-opened Brave a few times, and tried with a variety of PDF links.

**Actual Result (gifs and screenshots are welcome!):**  
None are displaying properly. E.g.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/8/d/8d97a0cfc2551497b4ed05b46098bbfbdf73b65e.jpeg)

**Expected result:**  
I’d expect the PDF to be legible and display properly.

**Reproduces how often:**  
Every time

**Operating System and Brave Version(See the `About Brave` page in the main menu):**  
Version 0.65.118 Chromium: 75.0.3770.80 (Official Build) (64-bit)

**Additional Information:**  
I’m running Parallels on a Mac. The Mac version of Brave has no issues with PDFs, and other browsers on my Parallels desktop also have no issues with PDFs.

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**Author:** ![gsarvadnya](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/gsarvadnya/32/16951_2.png) [@gsarvadnya](https://community.brave.app/u/gsarvadnya)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 11:05am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/pdfs-not-displaying-in-brave/65171/2 "2019-06-11T11:05:37Z")

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@ana135 Thanks for reporting. would you mind sharing the PDF link which is not displaying in brave? So that I can try from my end.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![ana135](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@ana135](https://community.brave.app/u/ana135)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 11:33am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/pdfs-not-displaying-in-brave/65171/3 "2019-06-18T11:33:20Z")

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Hi, thanks and apologies for the delayed reply. It’s been happening with literally every PDF I tried to open, so it doesn’t matter what link you use. The one I used for the screenshot is shown in the screenshot at the top - it’s [https://www.unocha.org/sites/unocha/files/GHO2019.pdf](https://www.unocha.org/sites/unocha/files/GHO2019.pdf)  
Thanks!

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/1/8/182067f3480d1a5e7aea5ae3131b116ca1ef7918.png) [@system](https://community.brave.app/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 5:52am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/pdfs-not-displaying-in-brave/65171/4 "2019-07-11T05:52:19Z")

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