"adobe will stop supporting flash player"

[Marrk]

I'm getting a message from Adobe that I should uninstall flash player. I have a feeling that, if I do this, I will not be able to stream the local news tv show, watch youtube videos or use all of the functions on my banking site, to name some examples of things that I do all the time.

I'm a dummy. What do I do?

Thanks.

 

[MacInWin]

Uninstall it. Most sites have moved on from Flash anyway. I took it off about a year ago and I've yet to hit a site that doesn't work in Safari.

 

[Marrk]

@Jake: Thanks, Jake. Those directions are simple enough for me to understand.

 

[chscag]

@Marrk:

Use the uninstall routine from Adobe. In other words, let Adobe do it. That will remove all the Flash crud that exists on your hard drive.

 

[Marrk]

@chscag: Got it. They sent me a pop-up. I hit "Remind Me Later" so I could check with you guys first. When it comes around again, I'll hit "Uninstall."

 

[MacInWin]

Don't click on anything you get sent to you. Never know what it may do, and it may have come from a bad actor. Just open the System Preferences, find the Flash pane and delete from there. There may also be an Adobe folder in Utilities or Applications that has an uninstaller.

Just don't click on anything that pops up. Might be valid, might not.

 

[chscag]

There should be no problem with the message provided it's from Adobe. However, if you wish to be cautious as Jake has indicated, you can delete Flash from System Preferences.

The only problem with doing that is it leaves Adobe crud all over your system. I found many Adobe files by using EasyFind. And that was after removing Flash.

(There is no Adobe uninstaller included with Flash.)

 

[Marrk]

Utilities in OS has a Flash Manager. This came up:

 

[MacInWin]

That is probably safe. Make a backup before you click "Uninstall."

 

[Randy B. Singer]

I'm getting a message from Adobe that I should uninstall flash player. I have a feeling that, if I do this, I will not be able to ...

Flash will cease to exist at the end of this month. It won't work in future updates of any Web browsers. All Web sites will have to move to a different technology to display animation and video.

You can safely and completely uninstall Flash using this uninstaller that you can download directly from Adobe:

Uninstall Flash Player for Mac OS

In this step-by-step guide, learn how to uninstall or remove Adobe Flash Player from your Mac computer, and delete any additional related files.

helpx.adobe.com

The following applications rely on Flash. So (if you haven't already) you either need to upgrade to a version of these apps designed not to work with Flash, or you will need to find a substitute app that doesn't use Flash:

Adobe Creative Suite
Charles Schwab investment's "Street Smart" software
Callpod Keeper
Stanza
GraphicConverter
Evernote
Minecraft
Runescape
The Mac version of the online backup service CrashPlan
FreeMind
XmindGantt
Vuze
PolarBar Mailer
Dreamweaver
Cyberduck
OmniPage Pro
Jaikoz
PDF OCR X
MAMP