Removing Flash Player

Question

I need a solution to be able to remove Adobe Flash player from multiple machines remotley.

Preferably a command line that I can deploy with Desktop Central.

Does anyone use a similar system or know of a method I can use to remove Flash Player from the devices?

I have created a configuration to run the uninstaller, which reported successful, but after checking the security portal, all the vulnerabilities are still on the device, after doing some research I realised the flash files may still be present and would need to run another command to delete these, unfortunatley these files will not delete.

C:\windows\System32\Macromed\Flash

Has anyone else come across this issue, I have had real trouble trying to remove these files and was wondering if anyone would be able to help?

Thanks,
Zach

_maria_ · Accepted Answer

Chapter 3 of the Flash Player Admin Guide addresses what you're wanting to do.

Note that Adobe's Flash Player uninstaller does not remove any browser-embedded version of Flash Player.

For Chrome: Per the Chrome Flash road-map Google will remove support Flash from Chrome in Chrome 88, scheduled for release some time this month.
Windows 8.x/10: Microsoft has released an update, https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4577586/update-for-removal-of-adobe-flash-player, to remove the IE/Edge embedded Flash Player ActiveX Control

"after doing some research I realised the flash files may still be present and would need to run another command to delete these, unfortunatley these files will not delete."

This sounds like it's the browser embedded Flash Player files that remain, especially ActiveX Control files from IE/Edge.

Nancy OShea · Answer

Also consult your browser's documentation about removing plugins.

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