How to Unblock Adobe Flash Player

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How to Unblock Adobe Flash Player in Google Chrome

Last updated on October 4th, 2020

Flash Player is responsible for playing Flash-based content, such as videos and graphics, when you open a website. You can enable Flash Player from the Settings menu in Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, and Safari. You’ll need to download Adobe Flash Player if you want to see Flash content in Firefox. Here is a step by step guide on how to enable Flash Player on different browsers.

How to Unblock Adobe Flash Player in Chrome

  1. Open the menu by clicking on vertically aligned ellipsis ⋮. It’s in the top-right corner of the window. A drop-down menu will appear.

  2. Click on Settings and it opens the setting page in a new tab.

  3. Scroll down to the Privacy and Security section, and click Site Settings.

  4. In Site Settings, scroll down to the Content and click Flash to open the options.

  5. To unblock Flash in Chrome, toggle the Block sites from running a Flash button to Ask first.

  6. The option exists to manage certain Flash behavior on specific sites. When you encounter Flash content, Chrome asks you to Click to enable Adobe Flash Player. When you click to enable Flash, click to Allow or Block Flash for that site.

  7. Review and remove sites you allowed or blocked from Flash settings. Click the Trash icon to the right of a site to remove it from the Allow or Block list.

The latest release of Google Chrome certainly must weaken Flash’s resolve to live for much longer. In June, Google announced in a blog post that it introduced a beta feature in Chrome that would “intelligently pause content (like Flash animations) that aren’t central to the webpage.” The primary intention of killing Flash content in this manner was to help preserve laptop battery life. 

How to Unblock Adobe Flash Player in Edge

  1. Click horizontally aligned ellipsis. It’s in the top-right corner of the window. A drop-down menu will appear.

  2. Click on Settings and it opens the setting page in a new tab.

  3. Click on Site Permissions from the left nav, and click on Adobe Flash.

  4. To unblock Flash in Edge, toggle the Block sites from running a Flash button to Ask first.

How to Unblock Adobe Flash Player in Firefox

  1. Click on the hamburger icon. It’s in the top-right corner of the window. A drop-down menu will appear.

  2. Click on Add-ons and it opens the Add-ons page in a new tab.

  3. Make sure the Plugins tab is selected. Click horizontally aligned ellipsis next to Shockwave Flash.

  4. Select “Ask to Activate” option to be able to load Flash content on the websites you visit.