
Whenever you allow Flash for a website, it’s added to the allow list-click the blocked plugin icon and click “Manage” to see it. To run all Flash objects on the page-including any hidden Flash objects running in the background-click the blocked plugin icon at the right side of the Omnibox and click “Run Flash this time.” To run an individual Flash object, click its Play button.

To enable Flash for the site, click the lock icon at the left side of the Omnibox (address bar), click the “Flash” box, and then click “Allow.”Ĭhrome prompts you to reload the page-click “Reload.”Įven after you reload the page, any Flash content won’t be loaded-you have to click it to load it. When you visit a website that uses Flash, you see a “Plugin blocked” message at the right side of Chrome’s Omnibox or address bar. Chrome’s increasingly aggressive moves are supposed to encourage websites to move away from Flash while they still have plenty of time to do so.

If you use Flash, you still have nearly one and a half years until it’s gone. Mozilla is even more aggressive-it will remove Flash support entirely in early 2020. Adobe will also end support for Flash at the end of 2020. Instead, Chrome blocks Flash by default with the message “Flash was blocked on this page.” If you re-enable Flash in Chrome, you see a message that says, “Flash Player will no longer be supported after December 2020,” with a button to turn off Flash.Īs Google explains, when the ball drops on New Year’s Eve, 2020, the countdown will also be counting down to the end of Flash. All that Flash content will be flashing away.Flash isn’t completely gone-yet. Now if you go check your general Flash settings again in Chrome, you'll see that site on your "allowed" list: To allow Flash, you must click that dropdown menu and select "Allow" instead: Find the Flash setting and select "Allow" To the right, you'll see a dropdown that says "Block." His will bring you to a menu with a number of options. Go to your favorite Flash-using site Update its Flash settingsĬlick it, and then select "Site settings" at the bottom: Now that you've given Chrome permission to ask for your permission to run sites with Flash (whew), you need to tell it which sites to allow. How to give specific sites permission to run Flash Now, when you go to a site that uses flash, it'll ask you whether you want to allow Flash to do its thing. It'll now say "Ask first": Flash will ask whether you want to allow it to run Once you're there, scroll down until you see the option for Flash player: Scroll down to Flash, right below JavaScript Allow Flash to runĬlick on "Flash" and, where it says "Block sites from running Flash (recommended)", toggle the switch on.

As Chrome has its own built-in version of Flash, you don't need to install a plugin or anything.Īnd the easiest way to get into Chrome's settings is by visiting chrome://settings/content.
