If the computer you are using has Adobe Flash Player then you will be able to see the version of the player and your operating system in the display box. You may face issues as the installation of the Flash player is not perfect and then you will require uninstalling the Adobe Flash Player.
Here we discuss the steps that you need to follow to uninstall Adobe Flash Player. You can have it in a computer having Windows or Mac as the operating system. First, we discuss the steps to uninstall from a computer having Windows as operating system.
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Uninstalling Adobe Flash Player from Windows OS
Download the uninstaller
The uninstaller for Adobe Flash Player works for both 64-bit and 32-bit version of Windows. You need to download the uninstaller and save it where you can find it easily after you restart the computer.
Close all programs using Adobe Flash Player
You need to close all programs that uses Adobe Flash Player, as if not done you will not be able to uninstall. You need to look at the task bar and close all programs that uses this software. You also need to look at the system tray to close all programs that may be running in the background and uses Adobe Flash Player. If you see, such icon you need to right click on the same and choose Exit.
Run the installer
You need to double click on the uninstaller that you have downloaded. You need to follow the prompts that appear. If you see the message “Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to this computer?” you need to click Yes.
It is then required to Choose Start > Run and copy paste C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash and click OK.
You need to delete all the files in the folder. You need to follow the below steps:
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash
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{702f03224c37cd48a13de14d0c92394faf68fbbd03c6d002de2a1a71aee58c0f}appdata{702f03224c37cd48a13de14d0c92394faf68fbbd03c6d002de2a1a71aee58c0f}\Macromedia\Flash Player
Verify completion of the Adobe Flash Player un-installation
You need to restart the computer and have a look at the browser to conform the un-installation of Adobe Flash Player.
Uninstalling Adobe Flash Player from Mac OS
The steps to uninstall Adobe Flash Player from a computer using Mac, as an OS is different from that followed while doing the same in a computer using Windows. Let us see how to uninstall Adobe Flash Player from a computer using Mac.
Determine the version of Mac OS
You need to select About This Mac after you click on the Apple icon. You will be able to notice the Mac version in the About This Mac dialog box.
Running the uninstaller
You need to run the uninstaller suitable for the Mac OS version you have. Before doing so you need to download the uninstaller like Mac OS X, version 10.6 and later or Mac OS X, version 10.4 and 10 as the need be. The download will happen to be at the download folder.
You need to double click on the uninstaller. As usual you need to close all programs that uses Adobe Flash Player before running the uninstaller. You need to delete the following directories like,
<home directory>/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash\Player
<home directory>/Library/Caches/Adobe/Flash\ Player
Verify the un-installation of Adobe Flash Player
You need to restart your computer open the browser to ensure the completion of the un-installation of the Adobe Flash Player.