Microsoft is set to start the complete removal of the Adobe Flash from Windows 10 in this summer. The company will roll out a Windows 10 update for the “Removal of Adobe Flash Player,” which would permanently remove Flash as a part of the operating system.

According to TheVerge report, the new update will become mandatory in July 2021 and will mark the update to Windows 10 version 21H1 that is expected to start rolling this month. Notably, the update that removes Adobe Flash will also be arriving for older Windows versions as well, This includes Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Embedded 8 Standard. The tech giant also announced the timeline in an update to a blog post.

Similar to its OS, Microsoft has already been working on removing Flash support from its Microsoft Edge browser with an update that many users would have received an installed automatically. Now, the company will be removing the feature that arrives along with Windows itself. Although, the firm announced in an update note that it will not remove a version of Adobe Flash Player that is installed manually for third party sources.

For those unaware, Adobe Flash has already been facing its end for a few years now, with major browsers the end of support for the software. Interestingly, Adobe themselves have stopped supporting the legacy format at the end of last year. But with the interesting of preserving internet history, the Internet Archive has offered backups for thousands of old Flash games and animations.

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Adobe recently stopped the support for the Flash Player plugin. The company said that it will start blocking content running on it. Now, Windows is finally rolling out an update to remove the Adobe Flash Player installed on the OS permanently.

As reported by Windows Latest, Microsoft is rolling out the update to Windows 10 devices running on version 20H2, 2004, and older. My version is 1909 and I got the update as you can see below.

The update itself is pretty self-explanatory. With the Windows 10 KB4577586 rollout, it removes the Adobe Flash Player installed on the Windows 10 Operating Systems. Microsoft says that once done, you cannot uninstall the update.

However, you can restore the entire Windows version to a specific Restore Point that you have created in the past to get it back. Microsoft says that you can also try reinstalling windows except for this patch to retain the Flash Player.

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Also, do note that the Flash Player installed manually won’t get removed with this update. Only that installed on Microsoft’s OS(incl. Edge) will get wiped. If you have a browser plugin on any other third-party browser(not Chrome, Firefox as they removed it too), you will be able to use it.

That said, we wouldn’t recommend you doing any of it as Adobe has clearly said that the Flash Player might be subjected to vulnerabilities, malware, and security risks in the future. Anyway, the update is rolling along with February 2021 Cumulative Updates and it should reach everyone in a few days.

Additionally, if you are someone who is still using an older OS like Windows 7 for some reason, we suggest you upgrade to Windows 10 to remain secure as Microsoft has already ended support for it.

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Back in 2017, Adobe had announced that it would be ending the support of its Flash browser plug in by the end of 2020. Now, the company has officially ended the software’s support and will begin blocking content running on Flash Player on 12th January 2020.

Keep in mind, that most people would not be affected by the discontinuation of the Adobe Flash player as most major websites have already switched to other platforms. Notably, Apple users in particular, namely with iPhones and iPads, as both iOS and iPads never supported Flash, to begin with. Steve Jobs, the co founder and former CEO of Apple, had also shared his “Thoughts on Flash” back in 2010. He criticized Adobe software’s reliability, incompatibility issues, and battery drain on mobile devices. He even called it “painfully slow to adopt enhancements to Apple’s platforms,” as per a MacRumors report.

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For those unaware, one of the reasons major websites shifted away from Adobe Flash was due to the platform suffering from various vulnerabilities. This exposed many PC and Mac users to malware and various other security risks as well. This caused many companies like Microsoft and Apple to constantly work to fix the numerous security issues. Thus, many eventually made the shift to other formats.

Since Adobe Flash is no longer being officially supported and has reached the end of its lifespan, the company has recommended users to uninstall and remove the software from their devices completely, “to help protect their systems.” So it is advised to do so, to avoid any potential vulnerability from being exploited on your desktop or laptop PCs.

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