Security News > 2020 > June > Adobe Prompts Users to Uninstall Flash Player As EOL Date Looms

With Flash Player's Dec. 31, 2020 kill date quickly approaching, Adobe said that it will start prompting users to uninstall the software in the coming months.

In a new post on its Adobe Flash Player EOL information page, Adobe said that after Dec. 31, it will freeze updates for Flash, remove Flash Player download links from its website, and block Flash-based content from running in Adobe Flash Player.

"Adobe will not issue Flash Player updates or security patches after the EOL Date," according to Adobe.

"We recommend that all users uninstall Flash Player before the EOL date. Users will be prompted by Adobe to uninstall Flash Player on their machines later this year and Flash-based content will be blocked from running in Adobe Flash Player after the EOL Date.".

Google dumped default Flash support in Chrome 76, while Mozilla also announced it would kill default support for Adobe Flash in Firefox 69.

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