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You can uninstall using the Macromedia
Flash Player Uninstaller (below) or remove the
Macromedia Flash Player manually.
| Macromedia Flash Player Uninstaller
(recommended uninstall
method) |
| 1 |
Download the Macromedia Flash Player
Uninstaller:
Save the file to your system, choosing
a location where
you can find it
(for example, your
Desktop). |
| 2 |
Close your browser
completely. |
| 3 |
Run the
uninstaller. This will uninstall Macromedia
Flash Player from all browsers on the
system. |
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| Macromedia Flash Player manual
uninstall |
The Macromedia Flash Player is
implemented as an ActiveX control for some
browsers, and as a plug-in for other browsers.
Each has a different manual
uninstallation procedure.
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To manually uninstall the ActiveX control
(Windows: Internet Explorer and AOL)
Follow the steps in How
to remove the Macromedia
Flash Player ActiveX
Control (TechNote
12727). |
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To manually uninstall the Macromedia
Flash Player plug-in
on Windows, Linux,
or Solaris:
| 1 |
Quit the browser.
(Netscape,
CompuServe,
or Opera) |
| 2
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Navigate to the plug-ins folder in your
browser's
directory. |
| 3 |
Locate the Plug-ins folder inside the browser
application
folder.
For example, C:\Program Files\Netscape\plug-ins\ (Windows), or /usr/bin/Netscape/plug-ins/ (Linux or Solaris).
The exact location of plug-ins folder may
vary depending
on platform/browser. |
| 4 |
Locate the Macromedia Flash Player plug-in:
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On Windows, the plug-in is named
NPSWF32.dll. |
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On Linux and Solaris the Macromedia
Flash
Player
consists
of
two
files:
libflashplayer.so and ShockwaveFlash.class. |
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| 5 |
Delete the plug-in file. Note: If you are
removing
the plug-in
from Netscape
6.2 or
higher,
also remove
the file
flashplayer.xpt and xpti.dat from the
Components
folder.
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| 6 |
Restart the browser. |
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