I installed FoxitReader. Now when I look at the detailed listing in my file browser (Thunar), it displays the filetype of any pdf as 'FoxitReader document'.
How do I get it to display simply as PDF?
I encountered the same problem. The following solution worked for me. I went to the folder ~/.local/share/mime/
, and here I deleted the files ./application/pdf.xml
, ./application/ppdf.xml
, and ./packages/FoxitReader.xml
. I also deleted the lines in the file ./types
reading application/pdf
and application/ppdf
. (I'm not sure which of these was necessary.) Logged out and logged in. Now PDF documents are shown as "PDF document".