How to remove pre-installed Flash Player in Windows 8?

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Windows 8 comes with Flash Player pre-installed. How do I remove it? It does not appear in "Programs and Features".

Try the Flash Player uninstaller from http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-windows.html — Indrek, Mar 01 '13 at 06:29
This tools uninstall ONLY flash player for Firefox, chrome, Opera , Safari and .... — Kaveh, Mar 01 '13 at 06:46
@Kaveh - Adobe software is a collection of insecure junk. I don't allow Adobe products on my network. Its December, 2016. Adobe's garbage is still catching security vulnerabilities, and Microsoft still does not provide a way to remove the junk. Why do users have to suffer security bugs like [KB 3209498](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3209498) when they don't want the sh**t in the first place. It should be illegal for Microsoft to claim any of their OSes are secure when their image ships with the Adobe junk. — jww, Dec 18 '16 at 02:01

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

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Officially this is not supported.

Make a complete Windows Image (recImgexe) first and download the tool win6x_registry_tweak. Now open a cmd prompt with admin rights, in the folder where you stored the Exe, and run this command

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

This kills the Flash package. After a reboot it is gone.

edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

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answered Mar 01 '13 at 07:08

magicandre1981

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Can I assume then there is no "out of the box" way of just removing it? – Dave Mar 01 '13 at 09:21
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@Ramhound if you have no idea, don't reply. This works fine in Windows 8. I've used it to kill Flash and Defender. And yes, Dave MSFT doesn't include an official way, that's why I wrote it is unsupported ;) To customize your Windows, MSFT wants you to buy "Windows Embedded". – magicandre1981 Mar 01 '13 at 19:59
I check the latest files, this month they did it. All former updates where still 11.3. – magicandre1981 Mar 01 '13 at 20:12

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