įlash Player runs SWF files that can be created by Adobe Flash Professional, Adobe Flash Builder or by third-party tools such as FlashDevelop. Since 12 January 2021, Flash Player versions newer than 32.0.0.371, released in May 2020, refuse to play Flash content and instead display a static warning message.
With the exception of the China-specific and enterprise supported variants, Flash Player was discontinued on 31 December 2020, and its download page disappeared two days later. Flash Player was created by Macromedia and has been developed and distributed by Adobe Systems since Adobe acquired Macromedia in 2005. In addition, Flash Player can run from a web browser as a browser plug-in or on supported mobile devices. Flash Player is capable of viewing multimedia contents, executing rich Internet applications, and streaming audio and video.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Chrome OS, Solaris, BlackBerry Tablet OS, Android, Pocket PCĬhinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish, Korean, Turkish, Xhosa, Telugu, Vietnamese, Afrikaans, Yiddish, Zulu, and Arabic Īdobe Flash Player End of Life ( EOL, original global variants)Īdobe Flash Player China official website (active, China-specific variant)Īdobe Flash Player HARMAN official website (active, HARMAN enterprise variant)Īdobe Flash Player (formerly Macromedia Flash Player and FutureSplash Player, and known in Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Google Chrome as Shockwave Flash) is computer software for content created on the Adobe Flash platform. Windows, macOS, Linux, Chrome OS (Global variant, excluding China)ģ2.0.0.465 / December 8, 2020 12 months ago ( ) For the file format sometimes referred to as "Shockwave Flash", see SWF. It is not to be confused with Adobe Shockwave.
Since the Plugins page has been removed in Chrome 57, you may find it difficult to manage PPAPI-based Flash and built-in PDF Viewer plugins.
If you’re using Google Chrome 68 or later versions in 2018 and want to disable Chrome’s built-in PDF Viewer to enable Adobe Reader or other desktop application for viewing PDF files on your computer, follow the instructions given below.