Acrobat has taken over opening PDF in Safari. How do I stop this?

Preview has always been the engine that Safari used to open PDF in the browswer. Acorbat took over today for unknown reasons to me. How can I switch it back?

Jeff Kash wrote:
The plugin that is there is EvernoteSafariClipperPlugin.webplugin
No Acroabat at all. Now what?
#%&*#$% Adobe! Sorry. I forget how invasive it is.
In Finder, choose Go > Go to folder.. and type "/Library/Internet Plug-Ins" and press enter. Your PDF plug in should be there. Get rid of it. You will need administrator credentials.

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