Life After Flash: Remove or Disable Flash from Windows Web Browsers
Multimedia content usually takes up a lot of disk space, especially at good quality. In order to be able to view it online, without having to wait for download or load too much, technologies like Flash got created, but like all good things, it’s reaching an end.
Almost all online media used to rely on Flash, and browsers had to be equipped with the proper plugin for videos and songs to stream. This ended up in a lot of system resources used besides bandwidth, as well as some security issues with recent builds.
People all over the web are trying to figure out whether or not to continue using Flash, since it’s slowly becoming obsolete, and online multimedia apparently lives pretty well without it. This can easily be done by choosing not to install it after deploying Windows, but if it’s already on your computer here’s what you can do to remove it:
Removing Flash from your computer
The first place to look for Flash is through all installed programs on your computer. Here’s where to go and what to look for:
Step 1: Access the Control Panel.
Step 2: Under the Programs section, choose to Uninstall a Program.
Step 3 (optional): Click on the Name header to organize the list alphabetically, so that Flash gets put among the top entries, since it’s from Adobe.
Step 4: Select Adobe Flash Player NPAPI and choose to Uninstall it.
Note: There are three separate plug-ins on which browsers rely, and the NPAPI component only affects Firefox, and a few other desktop third-party applications. Internet Explorer uses an ActiveX plug-in, while Chromium browsers and Opera work with a PPAPI plug-in.
Individual browser management --- can be found on the website
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In conclusion
Now, we’re not saying that Flash became a useless Internet utility, but you can easily perform all online activities without it. Not only does this prevent Flash-related security issues, but also reduces resource usage, since multimedia content is not automatically loaded when landing on a web page. You can still download Macromedia Flash Player, but if you decide to use it, just make sure to keep it updated and under control.
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