With this change, the largest platform used to run Flash content has officially closed its doors to Flash Player. Google has been warning users since 2017 of Adobe Flash Player's removal and has been advising the enterprise to migrate away from using Flash in their environment. With this change, it will no longer be possible for organizations to use Enterprise policy to enable Flash Player again in Google Chrome.

To coordinate with Adobe Flash Player reaching the end of life on January 12th, 2021, Google has completely removed Flash from the browser. The browser will then automatically check for the new update and install it when available. Windows, Mac, and Linux desktop users can upgrade to Chrome 88 by going to Settings -> Help -> About Google Chrome.

Google has released Chrome 88 today, January 19th, 2021, to the Stable desktop channel, and it includes security improvements and the long-awaited removal of Adobe Flash Player.Ĭhrome 88 is now promoted to the Stable channel, Chrome 89 is the new Beta version, and Chrome 90 will be the Canary version.

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