Windows 10: How to permenantly remove Adobe Flash Player ?

Surface 3. Windows 10 Home, version 1709, OS Build 16299.214

Adobe Flash Player kept re-installing BY ITSELF each time I uninstalled it.

What to do ?

Adding : Yes. I had Chrome installed. I had it uninstalled 10 minutes ago. Will that help ?

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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?

 

cannot unistall flash player windows 10

Windows 7 had completely removed adobe flash. Upgraded windows 10. Control panel / system security shows flash player (32bit). No Adobe products in the uninstall programs menu. Downloaded the flash uninstaller from Adobe three times, it say's it successfully
uninstalls flash but I restart and the player is still installed. I open ie11 and Adobe say's flash is installed. How do I uninstall flash player from windows 10?

 

I don't think you can as it's apart of the OS. That said.....there may be a registry hack to get rid of it. I would do a search on how to remove it from the registry.

I also seem to remember that it's apart of Edge....if that's the case, I see know way of removing it on a permanent basis unless you do the same for Edge. Not sure if that is even possible.

 

I have gone to IE's Manage add-ons and disable Shockwave Flash Object.

I wonder if that will do.

 

Flash is not part of Chrome anymore, it should not be able install without your consent.
As for the one, which is part of Windows, you can only cripple it, but not uninstall it.

This should prevent it from running, but it should be able to update, I will see tomorrow.
Code: takeown /f "%SystemRoot%\System32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil_ActiveX.exe" /a icacls "%SystemRoot%\System32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil_ActiveX.exe" /inheritance:r /remove "Administrators" "Authenticated Users" "Users" "System" takeown /f "%SystemRoot%\SysWow64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil_ActiveX.exe" /a icacls "%SystemRoot%\SysWow64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil_ActiveX.exe" /inheritance:r /remove "Administrators" "Authenticated Users" "Users" "System"[/quote]

 

THAT is what bothering me. I do not want the update notification from Adobe. I have no use for it.

 

In Edge and IE it's integrated and delivered via windows update. I think that you can only disable it in Edge and IE.

For other browsers it's possible to uninstall but you'd need to also delete the leftovers.

Uninstall Flash Player for Windows

I usually run this script in UVK:

Code: <UVKCommandsScript> <SDelete> C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash %appdata%\Adobe\Flash Player %appdata%\Macromedia\Flash Player C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Temp C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Temp[/quote] However if any running programs are using flash it may not be possible to delete.

 

Just disable update.

 

To : Callender
RE : your screenshots

1. How do you get that Control Panel ? My CP is nothing like yours.

2. I do not use Ccleaner anymore.

I have so far uninstalled the Flash Player via .......
1. Programs and Features .
2. Adobe Flash Player uninstaller.

Will see if the damn thing still reappear.

 

LOL...that's funny on the control panel........open up control panel, then in the upper right corner just above "User Accounts" you'll see view by: Category. Click on category and select either large or small icons. It's change a bit from windows 7 till now.

 

Just search for control panel in the windows search box and click the desktop app. Or lauch contol panel any other way that you know of.





When Control Panel opens switch view to "small icons"




No Ccleaner? Disable the task in Task Scheduler.

 

I knew how to use View by options.
I am saying I do not have what you showed on your screenshot.

Here is my CP using View by > small

 

Looks the same to me except he has some apps pinned to a taskbar above the explorer address bar (maybe has QTTabBar installed?). Just checked mine and it looks exactly like yours after I changed from Large to Small icons.

 

I misunderstood what I saw on post #7.
Sometimes old age can be tricky.

Anyway, The Updates tab on Adobe Flash Player from my CP is geyed out. Probably because I have it uninstalled ( see post #8. )