How can i get adobe off my mac and make preview the default PFD viewer?

that.

Trash the adobe app (not necessary, but satisfying),
trash any adobe pdf plugin in either Home/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ or HD/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/
restart any browsers, & you should have built-in pdf support within Safari, just as before adobe reader or acrobat was installed.

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