It seems that Flash is going to go down in history in Windows 10. And it will do so after Microsoft has announced that a new optional update arriving this fall will allow it to be automatically uninstalled and removed from the operating system.
Microsoft’s support page clearly advertises that applying this update will ” remove Adobe Flash Player from your Windows device.” Once you accept this update, it will not be able to be uninstalled. The download of this update can be done through the Update Catalog.
This is the end that Microsoft had already announced last June when it confirmed that at the end of the year it will stop distributing and updating its support for Flash Player. For all those who wish to download this update, its name is Adobe Flash Player Removal Update.
Microsoft has also indicated that it is preparing to eliminate the APIs, interfaces and group policies that are necessary to develop Flash administration by next summer.
Microsoft also indicates on its support page that in the event that users want to use Flash after having installed the update, they must reinstall their Windows 10 operating system without making use of the update that involves the automatic uninstallation of the program.
The news about the goodbye of Adobe Flash in the year 2020 has been appearing in the specialized media for years, so it is a decision that has not taken by surprise.
In any case, even if we do not install the update, as of December 31, Microsoft will stop supporting Flash. This means that the application will not receive any type of security update and will not offer technical support. Also, at the beginning of the year Flash will be completely removed from Microsoft Edge.
This decision to be able to uninstall Flash with an optional update marks the beginning of the end, in Windows 10, of an application with more than twenty years of history.