How to delete Adobe Flash from your computer.
Key sentence:
- 1) In the first half of December 2020, Adobe Flash Player got its last and final update.
- 2)Today, for Flash, Adobe can no longer provide security updates, and people are advised to uninstall it.
In the first half of December 2020, Adobe Flash Player got its last and final update. Introduced in 1996, one of the most common ways to stream videos as well as play online gaming used to be Flash. Flash, though, was riddled with security problems amid its success and “failed to transition” to the age of smartphones.
Adobe will no longer be offering security updates for Flash:
Today, for Flash, Adobe can no longer provide security updates, and people are advised to uninstall it. From January 12, videos, as well as animations, will also stop running in Flash Player.
Adobe has given guidance on how Windows as well as Mac computers, should uninstall Flash and has encouraged all users to do so.
“Uninstalling Flash Player would help to preserve your system because, after the end-of-life date, Adobe does not expect to issue Flash Player updates nor security patches,” Adobe said.
How to get Flash for Windows Uninstalled:
– You first need to download the Flash Player Uninstaller from here to uninstall Flash for Windows.
– Use the required Flash Player beta uninstaller found in Adobe Labs to uninstall the Flash Player beta.
– Next, exit all Flash-using browsers and programs. The uninstaller will not work if the machine is still running some software that uses Flash.
-Let the uninstaller work. If you see the ‘Do you want to authorize the following software to make adjustments to this machine’ message, click ‘Yes”.
-Select Start, then click Run, then copy and paste C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash, then select OK. Delete all of the files in that folder, then.
– Eventually, restart your machine after this is finished. Then, launch your browser and test the Flash Player status.
How to get Flash for Mac uninstalled
– Press the Apple icon and pick ‘About This Mac.’ Figure out the version of macOS which you are on, then download the Flash uninstaller for that version.
– Close all of your browsers.
– Next, go to the downloads as well as run the software for uninstallation.
– You will get a message saying that, once the process is complete, click on OK.
-Restart your machine and check the Flash Player status for uninstallation verification.
