• Run the flash player uninstaller utility. Adobe Flash Player: how to remove the entire add-on

    Dec 25 2012

    Good day. Today's episode will be devoted to a topic related to the Internet, specifically how to remove flash player, I will show and tell you how to remove Adobe correctly Flash Player. In the previous article we talked about this.

    Flash player is a program that helps us watch animation, videos and commercials on the Internet.

    Let's say some pages on the Internet are displayed incorrectly. What actions need to be taken to solve this problem:

    1. Update Flash Player. If this does not help, then you can use the second step.
    2. Completely remove Flash Player from your computer.
    3. After uninstallation, you can download and install Flash Player again.

    Installing Flash Player

    In one of the previous issues of my blog, I wrote detailed article. You can follow the link below, download the program and install it yourself.

    Let's sum it up

    Today we have discussed several ways to solve the problem. incorrect display some pages on the Internet. We learned how to update Flash Player and looked at several ways how to remove flash player and finally downloaded it again.

    Finally, I suggest you watch a video tutorial on how to remove Adobe Flash Player.

    How to remove flash player | website

    If you don’t understand something or have any questions related to Adobe Flash Player, you can ask them in the comments to this article.

    Thank you for reading me on

    On this page we will figure out how to completely remove it from your computer so that you can then reinstall it. Such actions are necessary when the player starts to glitch or does not work. A successful reinstallation with total removal and subsequent installation allows you to fix many problems. Let's start with the elementary method.

    Reinstalling Flash Player Using Control Panel

    First of all, we will look at how to reinstall the flash player and analyze the whole process step by step.

    Uninstall each version of the flash player, first closing all running browsers. If you forget to do this, the program will warn you about it. When this process is completed, restart your computer and reinstall the flash player from the link below.

    This method does not completely remove all program components. And if it doesn’t help, then move on to another method.

    Remove Flash Player completely from your computer

    To allow you to completely remove Flash Player from your computer, Adobe has developed an uninstallation program. You need to download a program called Uninstaller from the following link:

    Close all browsers. Now download and carefully read what the removal wizard says. Once it is finished, you will need to delete some files.

    Open File Explorer (My Computer) and open the folder
    C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash

    Delete all files in this folder.

    Delete files from folders as well, but if there is no such folder, look at others.

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

    The address can be copied and pasted into address bar.

    Adobe Flash Player is a special player that is required so that your browser installed on your computer can correctly display Flash content hosted on various sites. If you suddenly have problems using this plugin or you simply no longer need it, you will need to perform a complete removal procedure.

    Surely you know that when deleting programs through standard menu“Removing programs”, a huge number of files related to the program remain in the system, which can subsequently cause conflicts in the operation of other programs installed on the computer. That is why below we will look at how you can completely remove Flash Player from your computer.

    How to completely remove Flash Player from your computer?

    IN in this case, if we want to remove Flash Player completely, then using standard using Windows we can’t do it, so to remove the plugin from the computer we will use the program Revo Uninstaller, which will allow you not only to remove the program from your computer, but also all files, folders and registry entries that, as a rule, still remain on the system.

    1. Launch Revo Uninstaller. Please pay special attention to the fact that the operation of this program must be carried out exclusively in account administrator.

    2. In the program window on the tab "Uninstaller" a list will be displayed installed programs, among which there is Adobe Flash Player (in our case there are two versions for different browsers– Opera and Mozilla Firefox). Right-click Adobe Flash Player and select "Delete" .

    3. Before the program starts uninstalling Flash Player, it will create a point Windows recovery, which will allow you to roll back the system if, after completely removing Flash Player from your computer, you have problems with the system.

    4. Once the point is successfully created, Revo Uninstaller will launch the built-in Flash Player uninstaller. Use it to complete the program removal procedure.

    5. Once Flash Player removal is complete, return to the window Revo programs Uninstaller. Now the program will need to conduct a scan, which will check the system for the presence of remaining files. We recommend that you note "Moderate" or "Advanced" scan mode so that the program checks the system more thoroughly.

    6. The program will begin the scanning procedure, which should not take much time. Once the scan is completed, the program will display the remaining registry entries on the screen.

    Please note that in the program, highlight only those registry entries that are highlighted in bold. Anything that you doubt should not be deleted again, as it can disrupt the operation of the system.

    Once you have selected all the keys that relate to Flash Player, click on the button "Delete" , and then select the button "Next" .

    7. Next, the program will display the remaining files and folders on the computer. Click the button "Select All" , and then select "Delete" . To complete the procedure, click on the button "Ready" .

    This completes the uninstallation using the Flash Player removal utility. Just in case, we recommend restarting your computer.

    Installed new version Adobe Flash Player, is it buggy? Lost sound in the browser? Has your YouTube video started to slow down? Or does it even ask you to update the flash player, even though you just installed it? This happens sometimes. In this case, you need to reinstall Flash Player. That is, remove it and then install a new one. In most cases this will solve the problem.

    What to do if deleting the flash player did not help? Then the last option remains. You will need to install special utility to use it to completely remove Adobe Flash Player from your computer. But first things first.

    How to reinstall Flash Player?

    It is very easy to remove Adobe Flash Player from your computer. To do this:

    Please note: in the screenshot above there are 2 flash players at once. The first (ActiveX) is for IE, and NPAPI is for other browsers (Mozilla, Opera, Yandex). If you have the same picture, then you need to delete both versions.

    A separate plugin is installed for Chrome, and it is not displayed here.

    This standard procedure remove Adobe Flash Player. After that, install the new version again and everything should work: sound, video, games in the browser.

    If this does not help, then you need to reinstall the flash player using the utility.

    How to completely remove Flash Player?

    The standard removal procedure leaves traces in Windows system. To completely remove this plugin from your computer, you must use the Flash Player Uninstall utility from Adobe developers, designed specifically for such cases (link).

    You run it and follow the program instructions - it will do everything itself.

    The only caveat: before you delete old version Adobe Flash Player, you need to exit all browsers.

    When the removal of the flash player is successfully completed, there are still a few more steps left to complete simple actions. After all, the Adobe Flash Player Uninstaller utility leaves a couple of extra folders.

    To remove them manually:


    Repeat the same procedure for folders:

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

    Instead of Win + R, you can open any folder and copy all 4 items in turn to top line for the address. Perhaps it will be easier and more convenient for you.

    If a folder is missing, just skip it. If the files do not want to be deleted, restart your PC or laptop and try again. Or use Unlocker program(if any).

    This is how it is done complete removal Flash Player. You can make sure that you did everything correctly by opening this link. Click on “Check Now” and read the message.

    And finally, it’s worth noting about the flash player in Chrome.

    How to remove an outdated Flash Player plugin in Chrome?

    Chrome already has built-in Flash Player. And you won’t be able to remove it using this method. It comes as a plugin, so you can disable it by typing chrome://plugins in the address bar.

    If there are certain problems (no sound or video is slow), try updating it manually. To do this, enter chrome://components in the address bar, find the flash player and click the “Check for updates” button.

    That's all. Now you know how to properly remove Adobe Flash Player on a laptop or PC. And two in different ways. Then all that remains is , after which video, audio and games in the browser should be played in normal mode (without glitches or slowdowns).

    Hello readers of the blog of the ComService company (Naberezhnye Chelny)!
    Today we will figure out how to remove Adobe Flash Player. This can be done in two ways: remove the flash player as regular program in Windows and clean the remaining files or download from the site ADOBE utility to remove Adobe Flash Player, use it and also clean the files. Below we will consider both options.

    Article structure

    1. Uninstalling Adobe Flash Player using Windows

    Left-click on Adobe Flash Player, highlighting it, and click the “Delete” button

    The program will start for Adobe Uninstalls Flash Player. Click the “DELETE” button

    Click “DONE”

    Removed in the same way Adobe version Flash Player for .

    It remains a mystery to me why, when a program is correctly uninstalled according to all the rules and without failures, “spare parts” remain from the uninstalled program. Adobe Flash Player is no exception. “Spare parts” from it remain in the following folders:

    1. C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash

    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash

    • %appdata%\Adobe\Flash Player

    • %appdata%\Macromedia\Flash Player

    Copy the first address. Open and paste the copied path into the address field

    We delete the contents of the opened folder.

    In the same way we delete all files from other places.

    Or find this page for example

    Let's go down a little to section “1. Download the uninstaller for Flash Player" and click on the link uninstaller.

    Run the downloaded file and remove Adobe Flash Player further as described in the first part of this article.

    Conclusion

    In this article, we figured out how to remove Adobe Flash Player from your computer. Now you can re-create it and there will be no problems. If you have problems with the installation, read

    Read more: