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I know I can disable Flash in Edge and individually in the other browsers.
However I don't want any trace to remain of Flash on my system.

I've googled all around, but nowhere can I get a tool or tutorial that will fully remove all traces of Flash.

I cannot tell you how much I loath that piece of malware.

How do I completely and permanently remove all traces of Flash from Windows 10?

This answer helps with the files, but I'm still stuck on the registry keys.

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  • You can only disable it not remove it: http://www.howtogeek.com/222275/how-to-uninstall-and-disable-flash-in-every-web-browser/ – Ramhound Oct 09 '16 at 21:12
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    You misunderstand, I want it gone, nuked from orbit. Whatever it takes. – Johan Oct 09 '16 at 21:20
  • Not possible! Remove edge if that's not enough. That will disable the Windows Store though. – Ramhound Oct 09 '16 at 21:35
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    @Ramhound, there is no such thing as not possible. You can take ownership of the files and delete them one by one. There **is** a way. I'm just hoping for a better way than taking ownership of every single flash file on the system and deleting them one at a time and then wading through the registry to do the same. – Johan Oct 09 '16 at 21:41
  • Flash is built into the Edge engine... – Ramhound Oct 09 '16 at 21:53
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    No it is not. There are flash files on the system and in the registry that can be deleted. Without those it will not work. I just want these to be gone and stay gone. The only problem is that these are owned by TrustedInstaller. – Johan Oct 09 '16 at 21:58
  • Flash is NOT malware, it is a good platform for old browser games! – Megan Caithlyn Dec 02 '20 at 17:36

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Download this tool, open a cmd as admin and run 

install_wim_tweak.exe /o /c Adobe-Flash-For-Windows /r

This kills the 2 Flash packages in Windows 10. After a reboot it is gone.

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