Safe Reading Mode enables you to control unauthorized actions and data transmissions that efficiently avoid attacks from malicious content and viruses.
Note: Instead of disabling Safe Reading Mode, we recommend creating a list of approved locations such as hosts (domains) and folders. This way, Safe Reading Mode will only function if the user tries to open a PDF from an untrusted location. If you'd like to do this instead, see Protected View.
Audience:
Organizations looking to customize Foxit PDF Editor before deploying it to their knowledge workers.
In this article:
- Deploy Foxit PDF Editor with Safe Reading Mode disabled
- Manually disable Safe Reading Mode
Disable Safe Reading Mode using the Foxit Customization Wizard tool
- Click on the Preferences Tab
- Scroll down to "Safe Reading Mode"
- Select Disabled
- Disabled: Disabled Safe Reading Mode. Users will not be able to select otherwise.
- Enabled: Safe Reading Mode will be enabled. Users will not be able to select otherwise.
- Default: Safe Mode will be enabled, and users will be able to disable it.
Disable Safe Reading Mode using registry
Navigate to key:
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Foxit Software\Foxit PDF Editor 11.0\Preferences\Trust Manager
Give string "bSafeMode" a value of "0"
Disable Safe Reading Mode using command line
There is no way to do this using command line.
Disable Safe Reading Mode using GPO
- Open Group Policy Editor
- Navigate to Foxit PDF Editor > Preferences
- Click on Enable Safe Reading Mode
- Select "Disabled"
Manually disable Safe Reading Mode
- Open Foxit PDF Editor and navigate to the File Tab > Preferences
- Select General
- Uncheck "Enable Safe Reading Mode"