Uninstalling Adobe For Mac
Adobe's site. To uninstall Acrobat 9 in Mac OS. Double-click the Acrobat Uninstaller file, located in the Adobe Acrobat 9 folder. Follow the on-screen instructions to uninstall Acrobat. Step 1: On your Mac, go to Applications > Utilities, find this app 'Adobe Flash Player Install Manager'. Click to run it. Click to run it. Alternatively, you can do a quick search on Spotlight and select the 'TOP HIT' result.
These instructions are NOT applicable to Flash Player included with Google Chrome. Visit the Flash Player Help page for instructions on enabling (or disabling) Flash Player in various browsers.
If you use Windows, see Uninstall Flash Player | Windows.
If Flash Player is installed on your computer, the following box displays the version of Flash Player and your operating system. If Flash Player is not installed, an error message appears.
If your Flash Player installation was not successful, use the following solution to reinstall.
Click the Apple icon and choose About This Mac.
The Mac OS version appears in the About This Mac dialog.
2. Run the uninstaller applicable to your Mac OS version
- Run the uninstaller on Mac OS X 10.4 and later, including macOS
Note:
Beginning with Flash Player 11.5, uninstalling the Flash Player resets the AutoUpdateDisable and SilentAutoUpdateEnable settings in mms.cfg to their default values:
- AutoUpdateDisable=0
- SilentAutoUpdateEnable=0
If you are running the Flash Player uninstaller as part of your deployment process, redeploy any custom changes to either AutoUpdateDisable or SilentAutoUpdateEnable.
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Run the uninstaller on Mac OS X 10.4 and later, including macOS
Download the Adobe Flash Player uninstaller:
- Mac OS X, version 10.6 and later: uninstall_flash_player_osx.dmg
- Mac OS X, version 10.4 and 10.5: uninstall_flash_player_osx.dmg
The uninstaller is downloaded to the Downloads folder of your browser by default.
In Safari, choose Window > Downloads.
If you are using Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion), click the Downloads icon displayed on the browser.
To open the uninstaller, double-click it in the Downloads window.
Note: If the Flash Player installer window does not appear, choose Go > Desktop in the Finder. Scroll down to the Devices section and click Uninstall Flash Player.
To run the uninstaller, double-click the Uninstaller icon in the window. If you see a message asking if you want to open the uninstaller file, click Open.
- Bookmark or print this page so that you can use the rest of these instructions after you close your browser.
To close all browsers, either click the browser name in the Uninstaller dialog, or close each browser manually and then click Retry.
Note: Do not click Quit in the Uninstaller window. It stops the uninstallation process.
After you close the browsers, the uninstaller continues automatically until the uninstallation is complete. When you see the message notifying you that the uninstallation succeeded, click Done.
Delete the following directories:
- <home directory>/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player
- <home directory>/Library/Caches/Adobe/Flash Player
Download the Adobe Flash Player uninstaller:
- Mac OS X, version 10.3 and earlier: uninstall_flash_player_osx_10.2.dmg (1.3 MB) (updated 05/27/08)
Choose Window > Downloads to view the downloaded uninstaller.
Save the uninstaller file in a convenient location.
To open the uninstaller, double-click it in the Downloads window.
To run the uninstaller, double-click the Uninstaller icon in the window. If requested, enter your computer user name and password and click OK.
Bookmark or print this page so that you can use the rest of these instructions after you close your browser. Close all browsers and other applications that use Flash Player, including instant messaging applications, SWF files, and projectors (EXE files that play SWF files). Otherwise, the uninstaller cannot finish (even though it appears to finish).
Once the uninstaller finishes, the window closes automatically.
You can verify that uninstallation is complete by following these steps:
Open your browser and check the status of Flash Player.
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Once you have installed the runtime, you can remove it using the following procedures.
Remove the runtime on a Windows computer
In the Windows Start menu, select Settings > Control Panel.
Open the Programs, Programs and Features, or Add or Remove Programs control panel (depending on which version of Windows you are running).
Select “Adobe AIR” to remove the runtime.
Click the Change/Remove button.
Uninstalling Adobe Flash Player For Mac
Remove the runtime on a Mac computer
Double-click the “Adobe AIR Uninstaller”, which is located in the /Applications/Utilities folder.
Remove the runtime on a Linux computer
Do one of the following:
Select the “Adobe AIR Uninstaller” command from the Applications menu.
Run the AIR installer binary with the -uninstall option
Remove the AIR packages (adobeair and adobecerts) with your package manager.
Remove the runtime from an Android device
Open the Settings app on the device.
Tap the Adobe AIR entry under Applications > Manage Applications.
Tap the Uninstall button.
You can also use the ADT -uninstallRuntime command. See ADT uninstallRuntime command for more information.
Remove a bundled runtime
To remove a captive bundled runtime, you must remove the application it is installed with. Note that captive runtimes are only used to run the installing application.