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If you are also looking to uninstal the Flash browser plugin and software from your browser and operating system, here’s our step-by-step guide:
Pre-requisites: What you need to uninstal Flash Player from Windows or Mac
- Flash Player Uninstaller
- A Mac device with Flash Player installed in it
- Working internet connectivity
Steps to uninstal Flash Player from Mac
Uninstalling Adobe Flash Player on Mac is a little more complicated compared to any regular software or application because they don’t appear in the Launchpad or Application folder. The only place it can be found is in the System Preferences option of the Mac.
Download and install Adobe Flash Player Uninstaller
macOS X, version 10.6 and later
macOS X, version 10.4 and 10.5
Run the Flash Player Uninstaller by double-clicking on the Uninstaller icon
On the Uninstaller tool, click on Uninstal button
Make sure to close all the browser or application that uses Adobe Flash
Click on Done button after you see a message “Adobe Flash Player was removed from your system’
Clear directories related to Flash Player
/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player
/Library/Caches/Adobe/Flash Player
At last, verify whether Flash Player uninstallation was successful or not
To do this, restart your computer and head to https://helpx.adobe.com/in/flash-player.html and click on Check Now button.
Steps to uninstal Flash Player from Windows/browsers
Flash Player on Windows depends upon the browser you are using and that’s because browsers like Chrome, Edge, Opera and Firefox have their version of Flash and some of them even come built-in with it. All you need to do is disable it from the browser’s settings. Here’s a browser-wise list on how to do it.
On Chrome:
On Opera:
On Chromium-based Edge:
