Do we need Adobe IFILTER inside SharePoint 2013

Question

I found this link which talks about Adobe Ifilter Adobe Ifilter

now we will be working on pdf files inside our document library , but seems Sharepoint 2013 already index and search pdf documents by default. so do we need to install Adobe Ifilter inside SP 2013 ? i mean will it provides additional capabilities not included within SP 2013 ?

Thanks

Answer 1

No, You dont need the PDF iflter for SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2013 Search now supports PDF iFilter natively.

https://sharepointthing.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/sharepoint-2013-search-natively-supports-pdf-ifilter/

also check this discussion on SE Does Sharepoint 2013 support IFilters?