UPDATE: There is a way to use the newest Flash Player plugin, which involves running a patching tool that removes the date-based kill-switch. The following ad helps support the author of this post: With that out of the way, lets get to it! in Computer Science (specialized in AI), and I am confident one can safely run Flash still with some basic precautions – see the section below on security concerns. I am not an expert in cybersecurity, though I do hold a M.Sc. And so long as you only visit websites you trust, I see no reason to be worried about the lack of security updates to the Flash player. Instead, my solution is simple: run the last known version of Flash player that doesn’t contain the kill-switch within a browser that also doesn’t contain the kill-switch. However, I wasn’t satisfied with those solutions. Many people are working on solutions to get Flash running again, which I describe at the end. Does this look familiar? We’re going to fix this. In my case, my motivation is to run the Flash game I developed which is still available online to this day. Flash may be old, but there are many reasons why someone might still want to run it, such as playing classic Flash games or running a legacy business application. These instructions are for Windows 10 (users of other operating systems might be able to adapt the steps to get it working for them).

So there are no ways to enable Flash on Chrome on all the sites by default. This is a clear indication that the “Flash” section will be removed soon from the Chrome to encourage sites to use HTML5.This post explains how to get Flash running again, now that Adobe has officially pulled the plug (as of ). Earlier Chrome had a “Allow sites to run Flash” option, which is removed in latest Mac Chrome version.

Considering all these facts, Apple does not offer Flash player for Safari.īut Chrome comes with already installed Flash player and asks your permission before running. Also running Flash content will drain the battery life of your Mac. Since Flash players has lot of security vulnerabilities, HTML5 is used in all modern websites instead of Flash. Remember Flash is basically a multimedia platform to play videos and games online.

Enabling to Run Flash by Default – Removed on Latest Chrome From next time onwards, the site will load the Flash content without asking permission. When you allow the site to run Flash content, Chrome will automatically add the site in the exception list in the settings.

This will enable Flash player only on that particular site.

Permanently turn on flash for chrome