Save the Ruffle browser extension on your computer, and then extract its contents somewhere on your PC. Use Chrome to go to Ruffle’s Releases webpage and download the latest Chrome / Edge / Safari browser extension. Unfortunately, it’s not yet available in the Chrome Web Store, so there are a couple of manual steps you must take to get it. The best way to unblock Adobe Flash Player and run Flash content in Google Chrome right now is to install and use a browser extension called Ruffle. So what can you do to continue running Flash content? Read on and find out: How to unblock Adobe Flash Player It appears that both options offered by Chrome for running Flash content are dead ends. In case you’re wondering, this is what the Adobe Flash Player EOL General Information Page looks like:Īdobe Flash Player EOL General Information Page If you click/tap Run this time, Chrome displays a F(lash) I(nformation) picture that links to the same Adobe Flash Player EOL webpage mentioned earlier. If you click/tap on the Update plugin button, you’re taken to Adobe’s Flash Player webpage, where you’re told that it reached its End of Life and that you can longer use it.Īdobe Flash Player was blocked because it is out of date However, even if you choose to allow Flash to run, Google Chrome will still block it, saying that “Adobe Flash Player was blocked because it is out of date.” At the same time, it gives you another two options: Update plugin and Run this time. Choosing to allow Flash Player to load might appear to be exactly what you want. When you tell Chrome that you want to run Flash content, the browser lets you know that “Flash Player will no longer be supported after December 2020.” Then, it gives you two options: Allow or Block. As you want to see that website, you’re going to click or say yes when running Adobe Flash Player. In other cases, you might see a popup with a similar message. If you’re trying to open a website that uses Flash, Chrome might tell you that you have to “Click to enable Adobe Flash Player,” like in the screenshot below. What happens if you visit a Flash website in Chrome? Adobe Flash Player is blocked and officially dead. According to the Adobe Flash Player EOL General Information Page, the company also strongly recommends you to uninstall Flash Player from your computers and devices to remove the security issues that came with having this software installed. NOTE: Since December 31, 2020, Adobe stopped supporting Flash Player, and starting with January 12, 2021, the company also started blocking Flash content from running.

Adobe Flash Player is blocked and officially dead.

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