Adobe Flash – Disable and Remove

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Local Machine

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge]
“DefaultPluginsSetting”=dword:00000002

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome]
“DefaultPluginsSetting”=dword:00000002

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer]
“DisableFlashInIE”=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\FlashPlugin\Allow]
“1”=”none.com”

 

Current User

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\{6F62A819-CC05-4484-81EE-7CEF4291EFE7}Machine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge]
“DefaultPluginsSetting”=dword:00000002

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\{6F62A819-CC05-4484-81EE-7CEF4291EFE7}Machine\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome]
“DefaultPluginsSetting”=dword:00000002

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\{6F62A819-CC05-4484-81EE-7CEF4291EFE7}Machine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer]
“DisableFlashInIE”=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\{6F62A819-CC05-4484-81EE-7CEF4291EFE7}Machine\Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\FlashPlugin\Allow]
“**delvals.”=” ”
“1”=”none.com”

 

Uninstall

 
Adobe provides an Uninstall Tool
 
Flash uninstaller from Adobe  |  End of Life Article
player.exe -uninstall

 
Microsoft provides removal MSUs in the Windows Catalog
 
Flash removal from Microsoft (KB4577586)  |  KB Article