It is recommended that Adobe Flash should be removed from your computer to avoid any potential hacking issues. Here's how.

Jim Hamm

Removing Flash from your system

As Adobe advised, you should remove Flash Player from your system — whether you have a Mac or PC.

It is a bit lengthy, but here is how to remove it from a Windows PC:

For Windows operating system, download the official Uninstaller from Adobe.
Make sure that you have closed all browsers, tabs or apps.
Double-click on the downloaded Uninstaller.
When prompted for confirmation, click on “Yes.”
When complete, you will be asked to restart your computer to complete the process.
For the last step, press the Windows key and ‘R’ to bring up the ‘Run’ command.
In the “open” box, insert C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash and hit “Enter.”
This will open the specified folder. Delete all the files in this folder.
Repeat the previous three steps, but open the folders and delete the content of:
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash
- %appdata%\Adobe\Flash Player
- %appdata%\Macromedia\Flash Player
If you search for the folders and they don’t exist, it has been removed successfully.

How to remove Adobe Flash from a Mac:

First, determine your Mac version by clicking on the Apple icon and then About This Mac.
Download the uninstaller for your Mac version. For Mac OS X version 10.6 and later, click here, and for Mac OS X version 10.4 and 10.5, click here. For earlier versions of Mac, click here.
Run the uninstaller that you downloaded.
When the uninstaller starts, click uninstall.
Make sure to close all browsers so that the process can complete.
Once that is complete, delete the following files from your system:
- <home directory>/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash\ Player
- <home directory>/Library/Caches/Adobe/Flash\ Player
To verify that the process is complete, click here and select “Check Now” on that page.