If you installed Adobe Flash Player manually from another source, it will not be removed. This update only removes Adobe Flash Player that was installed by your version of Windows. After this update has been applied, this update cannot be uninstalled. I checked my MS Edge (Chromium) version yesterday at Settings | About Microsoft Edge and was automatically updated from v87.0.664.75 to v88.0.705.50. Applying this update will remove Adobe Flash Player from your Windows device.

Starting with Microsoft Edge Beta version 88, Adobe Flash capability and support will be removed.” I don’t use Google Chrome but the BleepingComputer article Google Chrome 88 Released: RIP Flash Player and FTP Support also notes that the Adobe Flash Player has been removed from the stable release of Google Chrome v.96 (released 1) so I assume this change applies to all browsers based on Chromium v88.

After December 2020, you will no longer receive Security Update for Adobe Flash Player from Microsoft that applies to Microsoft Edge Legacy and Internet Explorer 11. The schedule of changes is available here. In the new Microsoft Edge, Adobe Flash Player will be removed by January 2021. The stable release of MS Edge (Chromium) v88.0.705.50 was released on 2 and the release notes at state “ Adobe Flash support will be removed. Google is releasing a new version of Chrome this week that will improve its dark mode support, alongside removing FTP and Adobe Flash support. End of support from Microsoft in December 2020. If this information is of any use, in Beta Chromium Edge | Settings | Cookies and Site Permissions, Adobe Flash Player is not in the list. Coupled with the question above is another one, having to do with Flash Player inside my browsers (Firefox, Legacy Edge, and Beta Edge):

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