By clicking the Download now button, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to the Adobe Software Licensing Agreement. Adobe® Flash® Player is a lightweight browser plug-in and rich Internet application runtime that delivers consistent and engaging user experiences, stunning audio/video playback, and exciting gameplay. Installed on more than 1.3 billion systems, Flash Player is the standard for delivering high-impact, rich Web content.
Adobe recommends that you to have the most updated version of Flash Player. However, you can install a previous version of Flash Player by following these steps:
Uninstall the existing version. If a new version is installed, you cannot install a previous version. Use the steps provided in the following docs to uninstall Flash Player.
Download the installer for the previous version of Flash Player from the Archived Flash Player versions page. This page provides links to the archived Flash Player installation files.
Note:
Flash Player 10.3 is the oldest version with the up-to-date security settings.
Extract the zip file. The zip file contains the installers for all the supported operating systems. The file also contains the debug version of Flash Player for the supported operating systems.
Move to the directory based on the system architecture of your computer. For example, if your computer is 64 bit, move to the directory, <version_number>_64.bit.
Double-click the installer and complete the installation.
For more information, see the following:
- Windows
- Windows
A cross-platform browser plug-in that delivers breakthrough web experiences.
Adobe Flash Player is the high performance, lightweight, highly expressive client runtime that delivers powerful and consistent user experiences across major operating systems, browsers, mobile phones and devices.
Installed on over 750 million Internet-connected desktops and mobile devices, Flash Player enables organizations and individuals to build and deliver great digital experiences to their end users.
- Immersive experiences with Flash video, content and applications with full-screen mode.
- Low-bandwidth, high-quality video with advanced compression technology.
- High-fidelity text using the advanced text rendering engine.
- Real-time dynamic effects with filters for Blur, DropShadow, Glow, Bevel, Gradient Glow, Gradient Bevel, Displacement Map, Convolution, and Color Matrix.
- Innovative media compositions with 8-bit video alpha channels.
- Blend modes, radial gradient, and stroke enhancements.
- Additional image formats: GIF, Progressive JPEG, and PNG.
Top new features in Flash Player
Stage 3D accelerated graphics rendering
Explore a new architecture for high-performance 2D/3D GPU hardware accelerated graphics rendering by Adobe, which provides low-level Stage3D APIs for advanced rendering in apps and gives framework developers classes of interactive experiences.
Flash Player On Mac Problems
Native 64-bit support
Flash Player can now take advantage of native support for 64-bit operating systems and 64-bit web browsers on Linux®, Mac OS, and Windows®.
Multi-threaded video decoding
Deliver live streaming and real-time interactive video with improved playback performance and increased frame rates of high bit rate content running on Windows, Mac OS, and Linux.
Enhanced mouse controls and relative coordinates
Create immersive, panoramic games for new classes of content, including first-person games that take advantage of infinite scrolling, mouse lock, relative mouse coordinates, and right- and middle-click events.
- Includes security fixes.