Reset Preview to be default PDF viewer

What are the steps for me to re-establish Preview as my default PDF viewer? Thanks.

select a pdf file in finder and enter command+i. in the popup set it to open with Preview and click 'change all".

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    Instead of saving as a PDF thru Work do a Print ➙ PDF ➙ Save as PDF and it will be saved the first time with the Preview icon.

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