How to safely uninstall Adobe Flash Player

OR Adobe announced that from 31 December 2020 it ceases to support him Adobe Flash Player and that the program has reached the end of its life.

Her announcement Adobe means that not only will it stop informing and supporting it Adobe Flash Player, but also that the program will not be officially available for download after December 31, 2020.

And while the manufacturer asked users to uninstall το Flash Player before December 31, 2020, it is a good idea to remove it completely Flash Player from your Windows 10 PC right away.

Anyway, the Adobe Flash is now an outdated technology. In addition, there are better matching solutions, such as HTML5, WebGL and WebAssembly. All modern web browsers support these new standards. In addition, there are very few sites that use code Flash. Therefore, you do not need it Flash Player installed on your Windows 10 computer.

In this guide, we will see how to completely remove it Adobe Flash Player from your computer using its official installer Flash Player.

Method 1 of 2
Uninstall it Adobe Flash Player via the Windows 10 Control Panel
Step 1: Quit all running browsers. If the web browser it uses is running Flash (even in the background), you can not uninstall Flash Player.

Step 2: Enter the word in the Windows search appwiz.cpl and press Enter to open the Programs and Features window.

Step 3: Select it Adobe Flash Player. Click the Uninstall button to begin the uninstall.

Step 4: When you see the following screen, click the Uninstall button to remove Flash Player. Once uninstalled, we recommend that you restart your computer.

Step 5: Navigate to these folders and delete the remaining files to delete the files completely Adobe Flash Player from your computer:

C: \ Windows \ system32 \ Macromed \Flash
C: \ Windows \ SysWOW64 \ Macromed \Flash

Step 6: Finally, type the following paths in the "Run" window (use Windows + R to start it) and press Enter. Also delete all files from these folders:

% appdata% \Adobe\Flash Player
% appdata% \ Macromedia \Flash Player

If the "Site not available" error occurs while trying to open one of the sites listed above, it is likely because the program is uninstalled Flash has already deleted this folder. You do not need to do anything.

Method 2 of 2
Uninstall it Adobe Flash Player using the program installer Flash
Although you can uninstall it Flash Player via the Control Panel or Settings, it is a good idea to use its official installer Flash Player for complete uninstallation and safety.

Step 1: Get its installer Flash Player from this official link.

Step 2: Quit all web browsers. Run its installer Flash Player. Click Yes when and if you receive the user account check message.

Step 3: You will then see the following screen where you have to click the Uninstall button to start uninstalling Adobe Flash from your computer.

The player flash will ask you to close web browsers if they are running.

Step 4: Once the uninstall is complete, restart your computer.

Step 5: Follow the instructions in Step 5 & 6 of Method 1 (scroll up to see) to manually delete the remaining files and folders. Flash from these sites:

C: \ Windows \ system32 \ Macromed \Flash
C: \ Windows \ SysWOW64 \ Macromed \Flash
% appdata% \Adobe\Flash Player
% appdata% \ Macromedia \Flash Player