Adobe Flash Player
- Adobe will end support of Flash Player on December 31, 2020. Here's what you can expect in the meantime for each Microsoft browser: In the next version of Microsoft Edge (built on Chromium), Flash will be disabled by default. However, users may re-enable it on a site-by-site basis. The timeline for Chromium-based browsers can be found here.
- Adobe® Flash® Player is a lightweight browser plug-in and rich Internet application runtime that delivers consistent and engaging user experiences, stunning audio/video playback, and exciting gameplay. Installed on more than 1.3 billion systems, Flash Player is.
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Staying Secure
Often, the easiest way to resolve failed downloads is to try the download again using a different browser. For example, if you're using Internet Explorer on Windows, try Firefox. If you're using Firefox on Mac OS, try Safari. By the end of 2020, Adobe will no longer offer the Flash Player download. If you have favorite Flash-based content, now is the time to download and save it to your computer. This may be some Flash-based games that you want to play offline, some Flash videos, etc.
Ensure your Flash Player installation is secure and up to date. Simply select 'Allow Adobe to install updates' during the installation process or choose this option anytime in the Flash Player control panel.
Gaming
Take your gaming to the next level with Flash Player's incredible Stage 3D graphics. Smooth, responsive, and incredibly detailed games are a click away. We've even added support for game controllers so come get your game on!
High Performance
Experience hardware accelerated HD video with perfect playback using Flash Player. Recent improvements allow supported Flash content and games to continue to deliver responsive feedback even when your CPU is maxed.
JavaScript is currently disabled in your browser and is required to download Flash Player.
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Adobe® Flash® Player is a lightweight browser plug-in and rich Internet application runtime that delivers consistent and engaging user experiences, stunning audio/video playback, and exciting gameplay.
Installed on more than 1.3 billion systems, Flash Player is the standard for delivering high-impact, rich Web content.
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By clicking the Download now button, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to the Adobe Software Licensing Agreement.
Note: Your antivirus software must allow you to install software.
Total size: 20.6 MB
Adobe Flash Player For Mac
Often, the easiest way to resolve failed downloads is to try the download again using a different browser. For example, if you're using Internet Explorer on Windows, try Firefox. If you're using Firefox on Mac OS, try Safari. By the end of 2020, Adobe will no longer offer the Flash Player download. If you have favorite Flash-based content, now is the time to download and save it to your computer. This may be some Flash-based games that you want to play offline, some Flash videos, etc.
Ensure your Flash Player installation is secure and up to date. Simply select 'Allow Adobe to install updates' during the installation process or choose this option anytime in the Flash Player control panel.
Gaming
Take your gaming to the next level with Flash Player's incredible Stage 3D graphics. Smooth, responsive, and incredibly detailed games are a click away. We've even added support for game controllers so come get your game on!
High Performance
Experience hardware accelerated HD video with perfect playback using Flash Player. Recent improvements allow supported Flash content and games to continue to deliver responsive feedback even when your CPU is maxed.
JavaScript is currently disabled in your browser and is required to download Flash Player.
Click here for instructions to enable JavaScript.
Version 32.0.0.453
Your system:
, English
About:
Adobe® Flash® Player is a lightweight browser plug-in and rich Internet application runtime that delivers consistent and engaging user experiences, stunning audio/video playback, and exciting gameplay.
Installed on more than 1.3 billion systems, Flash Player is the standard for delivering high-impact, rich Web content.
Optional offer:
Terms & conditions:
By clicking the Download now button, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to the Adobe Software Licensing Agreement.
Note: Your antivirus software must allow you to install software.
Total size: 20.6 MB
Adobe Flash Player For Mac
The message, 'The Adobe Flash plugin has crashed,' is shown when the Flash plugin stops working unexpectedly. Reloading the page will often get the video, game or animation to play again.
If the Flash plugin continues to crash, updating to the latest version of Flash may fix the issue. This article explains how to update Flash and other possible solutions.
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The latest version of the Flash plugin should perform better and crash less often. To check if Flash is up to date, visit Adobe's test page. If it says you have an outdated version of Flash, install the latest version manually using the steps below.
- Go to Adobe's Flash Player download page and download the Flash installer. Caution: Adobe's download page may include a checkbox for optional software (such as Google Chrome or McAfee Security Scan) that is selected by default. If you do not clear the checkbox before downloading, that software will be installed on your computer when you open the Flash installer.
- When the download has finished, close Firefox. Click the Firefox menu and select Exit.Click the Firefox menu at the top of the screen and select Quit Firefox.Click the Firefox menu and select Quit.
- Open the Flash installer file you downloaded and follow the instructions.
- Go to Adobe's Flash Player download page and download the Flash installer.
- Click the Firefox menu and select Exit.Click the Firefox menu at the top of the screen and select Quit Firefox.Click the Firefox menu and select Quit.
- Open the file you downloaded (i.e. install_flash_player_osx_intel.dmg).
- In the Finder, open the Install Adobe Flash Player.app to run the installer, then follow the installer's instructions.
- Go to Adobe's Flash Player download page.
- When prompted, save the file (i.e. install_flash_player_'version'_linux.'processor'.tar.gz).
- Click the Firefox menu and select Exit.Click the Firefox menu at the top of the screen and select Quit Firefox.Click the Firefox menu and select Quit.
- Open a Terminal window (in Gnome, click on the Applications menu, select Accessories, and then select Terminal.)
- In the Terminal window, change to the directory where you saved the file you downloaded (e.g. cd /home/user/Downloads).
- Extract libflashplayer.so from the file you downloaded with the command tar -zxvf install_flash_player_'version'_linux.'processor'.tar.gz.
- As the super user, copy the extracted file, libflashplayer.so, to your Firefox installation directory's plugins sub-directory. For example, if Firefox is installed in /usr/lib/mozilla, use the command sudo cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins and then enter your super user password when prompted.
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Many Flash problems can be resolved by disabling hardware acceleration in your Flash Player settings (Adobe's Flash Player Help - Display Settings page has details). To disable hardware acceleration in Flash:
- Go to this Adobe Flash Player Help page.
- Right-clickHold down the control key while you click on the Flash Player logo on that page, then click on Settings in the context menu. The Adobe Flash Player Settings screen will open.
- Click on the icon at the bottom-left of the Adobe Flash Player Settings window to open the Display panel.
- Remove the check mark from Enable hardware acceleration.
- Click to close the Adobe Flash Player Settings Window.
- Restart Firefox.
- Click the menu button , click Add-ons and select Plugins.
- Find Shockwave Flash in the list of plugins and click the button.
- Remove the check mark from Enable Adobe Flash protected mode.
Note: To learn more, see the Adobe Flash protected mode in Firefox article. - Click the menu button and then click Exit to completely close Firefox, so that the change can take effect.
- Restart Firefox.
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- The Flash plugin could be crashing because of an extension, theme or hardware acceleration in Firefox. To see if one of these is causing the problem, go through the steps in the article Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems.
- For more help with Flash problems, see Flash Plugin - Keep it up to date and troubleshoot problems.