Most recently it was flagged by Apple as a way that the Spectre vulnerabilty could be utilised. Java can also suffer from vulnerabilities and has come under fire as the means by which hackers have been able to gain control of computers. It’s not only Flash that can be plagued by security flaws. Even though Flash was long considered the de facto standard for web-based video, it isn’t a native component of most browsers and either has to be enabled with a built-in plugin or a downloadable one from Adobe. One reason for Flash’s demise it HTML5, which is an open standard supported natively across a variety of devices and platforms including PC web browsers, mobile devices, and smart TVs.įlash, by comparison, is proprietary technology owned and controlled by Adobe.

~/Library/Caches/Adobe/Flash Player HTML5 v Flash ~/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player Locate these two folders and delete them:

Go to Finder, click Go in the menu and hold down Alt (or Option) to make the Library folder appear as a drop-down menu. These can be found in the home directory’s Library folder.

When the uninstaller has finished it is also wise to delete a couple of folders, according to Adobe.

Enter your admin password and close all your browsers.

When the uninstaller runs, click Uninstall.

Launch the uninstaller from your Downloads folder on your Mac.

The newest is for OS X 10.6, but don’t worry, it covers all subsequent versions of the OS.

Note, there’s a different version depending on the age of your operating system.

You need to download an uninstaller from Adobe, you can find it.

If it turns out that you have got Flash installed on your Mac, but you have decided that the web is a better place without Flash – perhaps because you have heard about a recent vulnerability, or because you want to avoid seeing Flash based ads, here’s how to uninstall it: How to uninstall Flash Player on your Mac

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