Adobe Flash player is a freeware software widely used for content created on the Adobe Flash platform. It is used to execute rich internet application containing SWF (ShockWave Flash) as well as streaming audio and videos. In the past, the flash player has been used widely to create animations and quality games.

Flash Player was first developed by Macromedia and has been distributed by Adobe Systems since Adobe acquired Macromedia in 2005.

Currently, lots of you might be facing difficulty in playing online flash games due to the recent update of Google Chrome where adobe flash player is blocked by default.

Why Adobe Flash Player is blocked in Google Chrome?

Flash player is well known for being one of the most vulnerable for malware attacks. Over and over bugs have been exposed in Flash, which allows control over other’s computers. That’s why most of the website stopped supporting flash player for its various bugs and security problems, and they started to use HTML videos.

For this very reason in the recent update of Google Chrome adobe flash player is blocked by default.

Another reason to block Flash player can be, the need for updating the Adobe Flash player very frequently just to fix all bugs, which reduce the user experience.

Furthermore, as per Adobe’s official website, the company is planning to end support as well as the development of Flash Player by 31st Dec 2020.

Because of these reasons, you might have seen the following messgae on your browser:

However, luckily Google Chrome allows you to stop blocking flash content manually.

Today, I will show you how to unblock Flash player from Google Chrome manually.

How to unblock Flash Player in Google Chrome on Macbook or Windows 10/8/7?

Let’s get started.

Step 1: When you open a website, a lock appears before the site URL in the address bar. Click on that lock.

Step 2: Status of the site will appear in a dialogue box. At the bottom, you can see ‘Site Settings’. Click there.

Step 3:  Scroll down and search for ‘Flash’ or you can also search by typing Flash on “search settings”.

Step 4: On the right side, click on the drop-down arrow and select ‘Allow’.

Step 5: Return to your site; you will see Chrome asking you for reloading the page. Go ahead and click ‘Reload”.

Step 6: Now the Flash on your Chrome is activated. If you want to check it is status, then click again on the lock. The dialogue box will show additional information that Flash is allowed.

Once you do these step on your Chrome browser, you do not need to repeat all of the steps afterwards.

You can just change the settings by clicking on the lock icon, then selecting the drop-down button beside Flash shown in the above picture.

Conclusion

This was the step-by-step process of how to enable flash player in Google Chrome on a Windows 10/8/7 and Macbook machine. However, this solution is temporary as Google is planning to block adobe based content permanently by the end of this year.

So, you might consider using a replacement for adobe flash player. There are many alternatives for it.

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