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If you want to block Flash in either Chrome or Edge, you’ll need to download the respective Group Policy templates. And for more information on setting up a Group Policy Object (GPO), read How to Create and Link a Group Policy Object in Active Directory on Petri. Check out How to Create a Group Policy Central Store on Petri for more information. If you want to apply Group Policy settings to more than one device, you will need to create a central Group Policy store. But the following settings might be useful for devices that haven’t or can’t be updated for whatever reason. Although, in Microsoft’s browsers, you should find that Flash is now blocked without any manual intervention. In the meantime, you can use Group Policy to block Flash completely.

This will result in Flash being automatically removed from systems. Block Adobe Flash Player using Group Policyīy summer 2021, KB4577586 will be included in the monthly cumulative updates and monthly rollups for Windows. But if you want to be sure, you can use the Group Policy settings below. And all versions older than KB4561600, released in June 2020, will be blocked.

Regardless of the availability of this update, Microsoft disabled Adobe Flash Player by default at the beginning of 2021. And KB4577586 would be changed to ‘recommended’ a few months later. Microsoft said that it would be made available for Windows Update and Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) in early 2021. It was made available in October 2020 in the Microsoft Update Catalog. Microsoft has an optional update ( KB4577586) that removes Flash Player. And now Adobe recommends uninstalling it from systems. So, developers and IT admins alike were glad to see the back of it.įlash Player reached end of life on December 31 st 2020. Not only that, but it was responsible for some scary security vulnerabilities over the years. Although it came bundled with some browsers. But with the arrival of open standards, like HTML5 and WebGL, developers moved away from Flash.įlash Player is a plug-in for browsers that is installed and maintained separately.

Flash provided a way to add animation and interactive elements to web pages. And we have known since 2017 that Adobe was planning to discontinue support for its once-popular Flash Player browser extension.