Windows 10: How to completely uninstall & remove Adobe Flash Player from Windows 10

Modern day web browsers like Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and others include an embedded copy of Flash. So, if you are running a Windows 10 computer, you can have up to 4 copies of Adobe Flash Player: one for Internet [...]

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Complete Removal of Adobe Flash Player and Windows 10

Hello

I am trying to completely remove Adobe Flash Player, I have used the official Adobe Software removal tool but that does not completely remove the program from the registry.

Being not completely removed means Windows Update pushes Security Updates for Adobe Flash, latest KB3188128 which reinstalls Adobe Flash Player. How can I modify Windows to stop Windows Update from installing unwanted Adobe Flash updates?

 

Is Adobe Flash Player needed in Windows 10 ?

Hi Wayne,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

We appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

Please answer the query, mentioned below:

• 
  When did you get the Adobe Flash Player message?
  

Adobe Flash Player helps you to play videos online.

If you are unable to play video online, download the Adobe flash player from Adobe website link.

If you are getting this Adobe Flash Player message, while using IE, I suggest you to follow the steps in the article, mentioned below.

Flash Player Help

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How to permenantly remove Adobe Flash Player ?


Well if you uninstalled via Control Panel add/ reove programs it probably didn't work.

I've just run the dedicated removal tool from Adobe (run as administrator) and it didn't fully uninstall flash player. See the following:

These registry changes straight away after runnng dedicated uninstaller.




These leftovers after a reboot.





Ran this script. Note there is no SysWOW64 directory on my 32bit machine but I left the entries for anyone running 64bit.





Another reboot is required to force delete leftovers.





After the reboot it's gone including the updater and update service.





So the moral of the story is that it's not guranteed to be removed unless you check for leftovers.