How Do I uninstall Adobe Flash Player?

1. Download the uninstaller for Flash Player

The Flash Player uninstaller executes on both 64-bit and 32-bit version of the Windows operating systems.

uninstaller (671 KB)

Save the file in a location where you can find it easily after you restart your computer. For example, save it on your Windows desktop. Note: To uninstall Flash Player beta, use the corresponding Flash Player beta uninstaller available in Adobe Labs.

2. Exit all browsers and other programs that use Flash

The uninstaller does not work if any programs that use Flash are running on your computer.

Look at the taskbar. If the taskbar contains program icons for a browser or for a game that uses Flash, right-click each icon and choose Close. This example shows a browser in the taskbar:

Look at the icons in the system tray for programs that run in the background. Examples include AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, and games that use Flash (any file with a name that ends in .swf). If you see such an icon, right-click the icon and click Exit, as shown in this example:

3. Run the uninstaller

1. Double-click the icon of the uninstaller that downloaded to your computer. 2. Follow the prompts. If you see the message "Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to this computer?," click Yes. 3. Delete Flash Player files and folders. 1. Click Start > Run. 2. Copy and paste the following and click OK. C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash

3. Delete all the files in this folder. 4. Follow step 1 to step 3 for the following: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash %appdata%\Adobe\Flash Player %appdata%\Macromedia\Flash Player

4. Verify that uninstallation is complete

1. Restart your computer. 2. Open your browser and check the status of Flash Player.

How do I download an older version of Adobe Flash?

To download a version of Adobe Flash that is older than the one you have on your computer, you will first need to uninstall the version you have. To do this, please do the following:

Step 1: Click on the Windows Start Button (likely on the bottom left-hand corner of your screen). Then click Control Panel. Step 2: Click Add or Remove Programs if you have a computer running Windows XP. Click Uninstall a program under the Programs heading if using Windows Vista. Click Programs and Features if using Windows 7. Step 3: Find the program entitled: Adobe Flash Player [version number] Plugin. Right click on it, and click Uninstall or Remove (depending on your version of Windows). Step 4: Click Uninstall when the Adobe Flash Player unistall window comes up, and click Done when it is finished.

To install an older version of the Adobe Flash Player, please do the following: Step 1: Navigate to Adobes Archived Flash Player Versions page, scroll down to the top of the list of archived players, and click on the first one (the Flash Player version link at the very top).

Step 2: Select the Save File option, and click OK.

Step 3: Click Save to save the file (Pay attention to where on your computer you are saving the file.).

Step 4: Double click the file youve just downloaded (the one at the top of the list on the Downloads window that pops up).

Step 5: Navigate to where the file was saved on your hard drive and double click it.

Step 6: Double click the folder that ends with the bit number of your computer. (If you have a 32-bit computer, double click the folder that ends in *32bit [not the debug option], or if a 64-bit computer, double click that option).

Step 7: Drag the column divider to the right by placing your mouse over it, left clicking, and dragging your mouse to the right until the full file name of each file is visible. Then double click on the file that ends in *win_32bit.exe (or *win_64bit.exe if on a 64-bit operating system).

Step 8: Click Run.

Step 9: Click Run again.

Step 10: Check the license agreement box, and click INSTALL.

Step 11: Read the message that pops up and close all instances of Firefox that are open by right clicking on them in the task bar and clicking Close.

Step 12: Select the option desired, and click DONE.