

You should be able to remove all Flash Player apps and standalone installers from the Control Panel > Programs & Features page or Apps & Features page in the Settings app. Microsoft and Google have confirmed that they’re planning to remove Flash component from their web browsers later this month.Īs we mentioned at the outset, an update will be pushed via Windows Update and Windows Update for business over the next few weeks to eliminate the legacy flash player. Windows update will also remove the ‘Flash Player’ section from the Control Panel.Įven with these changes, it’s highly likely that Flash-related components may continue to reside on your device. Microsoft is ending Flash Player support in Edge Unfortunately, it looks like there’s no easy way to load the flash content again, which means some of your flash-based online games will also stop working.įlash contents won’t work in any versions of Windows 10 and it is recommended that you manually remove Flash Player software. No official downloads are available, and we can’t recommend any third-party sources for this.The icon opens Adobe’s warning page highlighting the Flash Player end of life. From here, download a browser that’s still compatible with Flash 32.0.0.371 (which came out in May 2020) and find a mirror for the same version of Flash. To do this, set up a virtual machine and install the operating system of your choice (Windows is a good choice.). In essence, you’re running an operating system on top of your existing operating system. Free apps like VirtualBox (and premium ones like VMWare) can create a virtualized environment that poses no immediate threat to your system. If you were to run an older version of Flash that still technically works, you should probably do so in a secure environment like a virtual machine. We include this information here for informational purposes only. It has security vulnerabilities, and there are no more legitimate, official download sources. RELATED: How to Play Old Flash Games in 2020, and Beyond How Do I Run the Outdated Version of Flash? Warning: We really do advise against running an outdated version of Flash.

It's more than likely that you already have it installed, but since most browser block Flash by default at this point, you probably need to enable it in the browser. In order to use Newgrounds natively, you can either use the Windows-only (and somewhat outdated) Newgrounds Player, or you can download the Ruffle browser extension and try that instead. Flash Player is a built-in component of IE, Edge and Chrome on Windows 10.

And, of course, the entire Newgrounds library is still available.
