# New Windows 10 Update Permanently Removes Adobe Flash **URL:** \ **Category:** News & Articles\ **Tags:** tools, windows\ **Created:** [October 29, 2020, 12:29pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/new-windows-10-update-permanently-removes-adobe-flash/160610 "2020-10-29T12:29:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Aina](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/aina/32/167469_2.png) [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 12:29pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/new-windows-10-update-permanently-removes-adobe-flash/160610/1 "2020-10-29T12:29:43Z")
![the-windows-10-security-guide-how-to-pro-5f441994836f805692004d05-1-sep-03-2020-12-39-01-poster](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/4/6/4640bec7bfa7426c0e195d1a2ae1988da7a6a591.jpeg) Microsoft has released a Windows update that [removes Adobe’s Flash Player before it reaches end of support on December 31, 2020](https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-windows-10-update-permanently-removes-adobe-flash/). ZDNet reports: _Update KB4577586 is part of Microsoft’s effort to follow through with plans it announced along with [Adobe, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Mozilla in 2017](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/17/07/25/1615220/adobe-announces-that-in-2020-flash-player-will-reach-its-end-of-life-in-light-of-newer-technologies) to end support for Flash by December 2020. The Flash-removing update is available for all supported versions of Windows 10 and Windows Server, as well as Windows 8.1._ This new update removes Flash Player from Windows devices and cannot be uninstalled, Microsoft says in a [new support note](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4577586/update-for-removal-of-adobe-flash-player). However, it isn’t rolling out via Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) just yet, and the update needs to be downloaded and installed [from the Microsoft Update Catalog](https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/search.aspx?q=4577586). It will become available to WSUS in early 2021, but admins can import it to WSUS manually today. Microsoft is releasing the Flash-removing update ahead of the end of support so that enterprise customers can test the impact on business applications when Flash is removed from a Windows PC or server. But the company says it will continue to deliver Flash security updates until support ends. _Microsoft has also detailed two methods that users and admins can follow to continue using Flash Player after the update is installed. Users can reset a device to an earlier system restore point. However, users need to explicitly enable this feature and a system restore point must have been created on the Windows device before the update is applied. The other option is to reinstall Windows without applying the update._ ---
**Author:** ![Jared](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/jared/32/38087_2.png) [@Jared](https://onehack.st/u/Jared)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 11:19am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/new-windows-10-update-permanently-removes-adobe-flash/160610/2 "2020-10-30T11:19:31Z")
What about people who use Flash for animation and other local processes? ---
**Author:** ![Sonic21](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/sonic21/32/18094_2.png) [@Sonic21](https://onehack.st/u/Sonic21)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 11:32am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/new-windows-10-update-permanently-removes-adobe-flash/160610/3 "2020-10-30T11:32:03Z")
Hi up 😉 This new update removes Flash Player from Windows devices and cannot be uninstalled, Microsoft says in a [new support note](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4577586/update-for-removal-of-adobe-flash-player) **Note** If you must use Adobe Flash Player again on your device after this update has been installed, use one of the following methods: - **Method 1:** Reset your device to an earlier system restore point. This feature must be explicitly enabled and a system restore point must have been created on your Windows device before you apply this update. For more information about system restore point, see [Back up and restore your PC](https://support.microsoft.com/help/17127). - **Method 2:** Reinstall your Windows operating system, but do not apply this update. ---
**Author:** ![LanguageISfree](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/languageisfree/32/20179_2.png) [@LanguageISfree](https://onehack.st/u/LanguageISfree)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/new-windows-10-update-permanently-removes-adobe-flash/160610/4 "2020-10-30T11:39:44Z")
Do not use Flash any more it is much risky now. There are many alternatives. You can do it with HTML5 etc. Read Here it is End of life for Flash [https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html](https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html)