Sunday, 21 October 2018

How To Enable Adobe Flash Player in Chrome

In its recent versions, the web browser Google Chrome allows you to deactivate the default use of Adobe Flash Player on web pages that you visit. You may be tempted to do this for security reasons, since many weaknesses in the software have yet to be corrected. However, since many sites use Flash to provide their most useful services — and some are even inaccessible without Flash — you will need to reactivate Flash Player in Google Chrome. This article will show you how to do so. 


  • Enable Flash
  • Modify Default Flash Settings
    • Windows and Mac
    • Android
    • iPhone

Enable Flash

To enable Flash in Google Chrome, go to a website that you trust and click the icon to the left of the URL in the search box. It will be one of the following, depending on if the site uses HTTPS or not: 


or 

Next, click Site Settings:






On the page that opens, change the Adobe Flash setting to Allow


Modify Default Flash Settings

Windows and Mac

Google Chrome provides the possibility to ensure an advanced level of security when accessing Flash content by allowing you to choose on which sites you will let Flash operate. 
The following walk-through applies to recent updates of Google Chrome under Windows and MacOS. 

To begin, open Google Chrome and click the three vertical dots in the top-right corner. In the drop-down menu, select Settings


Next, scroll to the bottom of the page and click Advanced


In the Privacy and security section, click Content settings


In the list that appears, scroll down to Flash and make sure that the option Ask first is activated: 


If it isn't, click Flash and click the slider next to Ask first to activate it: 



If you don't see these settings, you are likely operating under an old version of Chrome. Another option could be that you do not have the rights to edit your Chrome settings because you are using an organization's specific version of the browser. 

Android

Flash is not supported under Android.

iPhone

On devices running on iOS, it is not possible to enable Flash.


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