
Firefox 85, released on January 26, 2021, completely removed support for Adobe Flash.In September 2019, Firefox 69 removed the "always activate" option for Flash, making regular usage of the Flash plugin cumbersome.Mozilla has published a roadmap for the removal of Flash from Firefox. HARMAN now provides extended support for Adobe Flash to enterprise customers. Users have been prompted to uninstall Flash Player, and recent versions of the plugin refuse to run all Flash content since January 12, 2021.Īdobe also ceased to support AIR at the end of 2020 and transferred development responsibility for Adobe AIR to HARMAN, a subsidiary of Samsung. It is likely that the update for Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Embedded 8 Standard will also follow the suit.Adobe announced that it would cease to support Flash Player at the end of 2020. The October update mentioned above cannot be uninstalled once applied. In July 2021, the KB4577586 update will be included in the Latest Cumulative Update for Windows 10, versions 1607, version 1507 as well as in the Monthly Rollup and the Security Only Update for Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Embedded 8 Standard. “It will also be included in every subsequent Latest Cumulative Update,” Microsoft said. In June, the update will be included in the Preview Update for Windows 10, version 1809 and above platforms.

Additionally, the company highlights that when users update to Windows 10, version 21H1 or later, Flash will be removed.Īs per an update to a previous blog post, Microsoft will remove the Flash component from Windows through the KB4577586 “Update for Removal of Adobe Flash Player”. This advanced update was released to help customers test validate their environments.

The Redmond-based giant had released the first update in this regard in October last year that removed Adobe Flash Player from the system through the Microsoft Catalog site. Microsoft has announced that it will remove Adobe Flash Player from Windows 10, and some older operating systems through the KB4577586 “Update for Removal of Adobe Flash Player” in July 2021.
