
Note that this update requires a reboot of your system to completely remove Flash. For example, here I am running version 20H2. That will show you the version of Windows that’s running. To know which version of Windows you are running, hit the Windows key on your keyboard and type: winver and hit Enter. Note that this page also includes the patch for Windows 8.1, too. You can find it here in Windows Update Catalog. Or, you can manually install the Flash Removal patch for your version of Windows. To check if you have this patch already you can search your Windows Update History. In fact, Microsoft is starting to roll it out as an automatic cumulative Windows Update. Microsoft has update: KB4577586 which will remove Adobe Flash Player from your system. If you installed Flash yourself or a third-party app did, then you need to use Adobe’s tool. If Flash was installed by Microsoft for the Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome browser you can use the Windows update. One is via a Windows Update and the other involves using Adobe’s Uninstaller tool.

There are a couple of ways to make sure Flash is removed.
