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Last updated: September 10, 2019

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Flash Player is a plugin installed on your computer that works with your web browser to view Flash content. Use Flash Player to view content created on the Adobe Flash platform. Such content includes streaming audio and video, rich Internet media, and some web-based applications.

Adobe offers a utility that you may use to check if Flash Player is installed on your computer. Also use it to check if your existing Flash Player installation is the latest version available. When you visit Adobe’s utility, click the Check Now button to see if you have Flash Player installed:

What is Adobe Flash? Adobe Flash (or just 'Flash') is a software platform that allows websites to show rich multimedia content. Why do we check if it's installed? Flash is not a default component of a web browser, and so it's possible to run a web browser without having it installed or enabled. Adobe Flash Player on Windows and Mac OS can regularly check for updates and install them for you. Make sure that you always install the latest version of Adobe Flash Player.

Once the utility determines if you have Flash Player installed on your computer, it will tell you which version. When you know the version of Flash Player installed on your computer, you will be able to use the utility to see if you have the latest version. You would also see how to get the latest version if you don’t have Flash Player.

Do you have Flash Player installed?

Adobe Flash is released on different computer architectures and has had numerous version releases. Adobe maintains a running list of updates that let you know if a new version of the software is available for your operating system.
Adobe Flash Player is both a sophisticated and striking client runtime, allowing users to receive high-quality content on their computers. It provides a rich user experience, such as the easy creation of cubic Bezier curves with the cubicCurveTo.

If you are not able to view the animation, it means that there is some issue with your flash player. So to test adobe flash player further, you can visit Adobe’s Flash Player Help website. This page will check and test Adobe Flash player installed in your computer. Describes an update for Adobe Flash Player in Windows 10 Version 1607.

If the Flash Player version installed on your computer is out of date, the utility will display a notification that says, Sorry, your computer does not have the latest Flash Player installed, accompanied by your system information. Proceed to the second step of the update process.

If you already have the latest Flash Player version installed, you will see a congratulatory message display, accompanied by your system information.

If you do not have Flash Player installed on your system at all, click the Adobe Flash Player download link. Once installed, follow the browser-specific links provided for how to Enable Flash Player in your browser. Next, verify if you have Flash Player installed on your computer.

If you have Flash Player installed, you will see an animated Flash movie display:

If you don’t have Flash Player installed on your computer, you would see a blank box instead of the animated Flash movie. To find out if you have Flash Player installed, or which version of Flash Player you have installed, please visit: https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player.html

Flash Player included with Chrome & Edge

Please note that Google Chrome (and other Chromium-based web browsers such as Brave, Opera, and Vivaldi) and Microsoft Edge include their own Flash Player implementation. If you are running Google Chrome, please visit our Adobe Flash Player Plug-in Google Chrome article for information about updating Flash Player.

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September 10, 2019, Update. Adobe has released security updates for Flash Player for Windows, Mac, Linux and ChromeOS. The updates address vulnerabilities in Flash Player version 32.0.0.238 and earlier. Please see our How do I update Flash Player on my computer? article for instructions on how to update Flash Player on your computer to Flash Player version 32.0.0.255.

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Do you know what version of Flash you have installed? Do you know what the latest version of Flash is, so you can make sure you're running the latest and greatest? Do you know why either question is important?

Adobe Flash, sometimes still called Shockwave Flash or Macromedia Flash, is a platform that many websites choose to use to play video. On your end, your browser, like Chrome, Firefox, or IE, needs to have something called a plug-in so you can play those videos.

So, when you ask 'what version of Flash do I have?' what you're really asking is 'what version of the Flash plug-in for my browser do I have installed?'

Knowing what version number of the Flash plug-in you have installed on your browser is important if you're troubleshooting an issue with videos playing, or are having some other problem with your browser.

'What Version of Flash Do I Have?'

The easiest way to tell what version of Flash you have installed in the browser in question, assuming Flash and your browser is working, is to visit the Flash Player Help page on Adobe's website. Once there, select Check Now.

In the YOUR SYSTEM INFORMATION section that appears, you'll see the Flash version that's running, as well as the name of the browser you're using and your operating system version.

If Adobe's automatic check doesn't work, you can usually right-click any Flash video and look for the Flash version number at the end of the pop-up box. It will look something like About Adobe Flash Player x.x.x.x.

If Flash videos aren't working at all, you get some kind of Flash related error message, or you can't even use your browser, see 'How to Manually check the Flash Version for a Browser' below for more help.

If you use more than one browser, re-run the check from each browser! Because browsers handle Flash differently, it's very common to be running different versions of Flash from browser to browser. See 'Flash Support by Browser' below for more on this.

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'What Is the Latest Version of Adobe Flash?'

Adobe is depreciating Flash Player at the end of 2020, so they will stop updating and distributing it then.

See the Adobe Flash Player page for the latest version of Flash for every supported browser on every supported operating system. This page is another place you can visit to see which Adobe Flash version is installed.

Updating to the latest version of Flash can be done from the Adobe Flash Player Download center on Adobe's site.

Adobe usually recommends that you install a couple of other programs along with Adobe Flash, but you don't have to. They're completely harmless programs — and may even be things that you want to have on your computer — but uncheck them if you don't want to install them.

Another option is a software updater. These are programs that you install for the purpose of keeping your other software updated, and many of them support Flash. See our list of free software updater programs for some of our favorites.

You most likely have to restart your web browser in order for a new Flash installation to take full effect.

How to Manually Check the Flash Version for a Browser

Adobe's Check Now button is great, but if you're dealing with a major problem with Flash or your browser, which is a big reason why you'd want to know what version of Flash you have in the first place, it will probably do you no good.

Here's how to manually check the version of Flash running in each of these browsers:

Google Chrome

If Chrome will start, type chrome://components in the address bar and look for Adobe Flash Player in the list. The Flash version number is shown right next to that entry.

If Chrome won't open normally, search your computer for pepflashplayer.dll and note the most recent version number of that file that's found. The file should be in a folder named the version number.

Mozilla Firefox

If Firefox starts, type about:plugins in the address bar and look for Shockwave Flash in the list. The version number of Flash is shown after Version:. If Firefox won't start, search your computer for NPSWF32 or NPSWF64. A number of files may be found, but take note of the version number of the file that has several underscores.

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Internet Explorer (IE)

Select the gear button in Internet Explorer to open the menu, followed by Manage add-ons. Choose Shockwave Flash Object and then note the Flash version number at the bottom of the screen.

If you don't see the Flash item in the list of add-ons, change the Show: drop-down menu option to be All add-ons.

Open Control Panel and go to Programs > Programs and Features. Select once on Adobe Flash Player and note the number next to Product version at the bottom of Control Panel, or under the Version column off to the right.

Safari

From the Safari menu, select Preferences. Go to the Websites tab and locate the Plug-ins section. Under Adobe Flash Player is the Flash version number.

If you're using Mac OS X 10.10 or older, go to Safari > Preferences > Security and then choose Plug-in Settings or Manage Website Settings to see the Flash version.

Flash Support by Browser

The various major browsers in use today all work with Flash in different ways, making it a little difficult to stay updated if you use multiple browsers.

Google Chrome keeps Flash updated automatically, so assuming Chrome is working properly and updating automatically, so will Adobe Flash.

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Mozilla Firefox doesn't keep Flash updated as Firefox updates, so you'll need to update Flash when prompted on your computer or download and install the latest versions as they become available.