![]() Most users probably never even noticed, and in 2017 Adobe (who had acquired Macromedia) announced that Adobe Flash would reach its EOL (end of life) on January 1, 2021.įour years later and that’s today! Which means that it’s important you spend a few minutes and make sure that you don’t have Flash on either your Mac or PC systems. Why? Because once software goes EOL the company completely stops supporting it, even if there are exploits and hacks that show up. It’s the same reason I really hope you’re not running Windows 95 at this point, actually! #Safe to remove adobe revel software Worse, Adobe hasn’t done much in the way of user education, nor have Apple or Microsoft, so I’m confident that smart hackers are right now deploying “flash removal tools” that will actually infect your computer with malware, the exact opposite of what you want. It’s important to pay attention to where your uninstaller comes from for just this reason. The official place to head for both the Windows and Mac Flash uninstallers is. ![]() Do NOT download it from any other source, and do NOT click on a “convenient link” in an email you receive. HOW TO UNINSTALL FLASH FROM A MAC SYSTEMįirst off, let’s go through the process with a MacOS system. This should be easy because if you have Flash on your system at all, it’s probably within a Web browser and all the major browsers should already have internal code to warn you and then delete any Flash plug-in or extension. Grab a copy from the official Adobe site here: Easy.īut you can also ensure you don’t have a stray copy laying around on your Mac too with the Adobe Mac Flash Uninstaller. Practice being safe and untrusting by copying and pasting that visibly safe URL rather than clicking on it.
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