How do I find Adobe Flash Player on iMac OS 10.11.6

I repeatedly receive a pop up message on my desktop iMac to uninstall Adobe Flash Player since it no longer is supported by Adobe. A Mac telephone support rep could not help me find that Flash Player file on the Mac Book Pro and was concerned that when I did select to uninstall the Flash Player I was sent to an Adobe website and was instructed to download an uninstall file which she advised me not to download. The Apple support rep then conferred with a supervisor who recommends that the G-drive mini external hard drive backups that I have could be compromised by this issue.

I had purchased a new Mac 24” desktop and was hoping to install data & files from that G-drive mini external hard drive and the support rep recommended that I initially set the new Mac up as a new device and to reinstall my data via iCloud first & then drag, from the G-drive mini external hard drive (omitting the Flash Player) any files or data that are missing from the iCloud data/files.

I have taken photos of the Mac Book Pro data information from System Preferences but am concerned that I will not be able to know what data or files that are not in the iCloud data and that I will therefore not be able to retrieve all data/files in this iCloud/external hard drive transfer.

Thank you for any and all assistance in the issue.

iMac, OS X 10.11

Posted on Mar 21, 2022 9:09 AM

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Mar 21, 2022 4:02 PM in response to JLdraw

Adobe Flash Player was retired by Adobe, and major browser vendors by the beginning of 2021. It is no longer available to download from Adobe, and you should not attempt to install it from anywhere else. You may still visit websites that will pop Adobe Flash Player dialogs but those are scam artists.


You won't be able to completely uninstall Adobe Flash Player without Adobe's uninstaller app. Pay attention to which Flash Player for macOS uninstaller that you download from Adobe's official site.

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