Cannot Uninstall Adobe Flash on iMac

Hello,
I'm trying to Uninstall Adobe Flash Player. I've gone to the Adobe website and clicked on the appropriate uninstall link. However, it didn't work. The link takes me to the right uninstallation, however after I download it and open it up, it freezes or just stops working and won't proceed with the uninstall.
So how can I get this off my computer? Any ideas? I'm irritated and tired of not being able to play videos on my computer, which only occurred after installing Adobe Flash.
Thanks!

I've the latest Flash Player on my machine and have no issue playing any flash videos on four different OSs. If the down'oaded uninstaller isn't working, DL a fresh copy. Ensure you're getting the right one and set your download, thusly:

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Run http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-windows.html - that should uninstall all Flash Player versions.
Make sure the following folders are empty before you reinstall:
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hi.
i am using avast free antivirus.
they have a software updater and all was fine until last week when my flashplayer activex got stuck 'preparing' to update (it seems 'stuck') and never fully updates.
i was in touch with avast community (http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=150163.new;topicseen#new) and was given links to uninstall flashplayer plugin (and all background files).
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hey pat,
thank you so very much for continuing to follow up. i very much appreciate it.
i'm not sure if the problem is with avast or flash player.
i uninstalled completely (as far as i know ...and per your instructions nothing remains on my computer for flash player)
avast has a software updater and i usually get a popup when there is an update i need to install.
i got an update last week saying a few programs needed updating, and i updated them all. flash player was one of the programs.
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it got 'stuck' in 'preparing' mode.
on this software updater, one can see the icon for the program, but next to the words flash player all i see is what was in the screenshot (i think it is the icon for an executable??)
regarding what i have installed right now, again, i completely uninstalled flash player and did all the steps noted in my initial post, so currently i have no flash player installed.
when i was trying all sorts of things, i did uninstall and reinstall a few times, but that did not fix the issue.
i think i sent you an icon of avast that stays in my taskbar. it is orange all the time, but every few minutes it turns to blue (then back to orange) to show me that it is working.
i was wondering if this is using flash, which might affect the uninstall (as the instructions said to stop all programs using flash).
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Your screenshot of task manager clarifies things.
When I replied, I had been looking at the screenshot of the desktop from the original poster, which shows the uninstaller executable and it's properties. That executable doesn't install anything -- it can just be dragged to the trash; however, that didn't completely align with the behaviors either of you were describing, and we've been trying to figure out what you were talking about. It wasn't making a lot of sense to me, and it's not a question that I've seen come up before, at least not articulated this way.
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The broker service is invoked when Internet Explorer is running in Protected Mode. On my Windows 7 machine running IE 10, running Flash content in Internet Explorer with Protected Mode enabled causes the broker service to be invoked (this is probably true for previous versions as well, but I didn't test them). If I disable Protected Mode and restart Internet Explorer, the broker is not invoked, which is expected.
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Hi Mark,
Thank you for posting the screenshots. They're helpful. I apologize for the installation issues you're having using the online installer. I'd like to get the install log file for the online installer, however, this requires running the installer from the Terminal. If you're comfortable running apps from the Terminal, we'd really appreciate it if you could provide the log file (instructions below). If not, and you just want to get Flash Player installed (totally understandable), a link to the help page that contains the offline installer is posted below.
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Open LaunchPad and in the top search window type Terminal, click the app icon to open the Terminal application
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./Install\ Adobe\ Flash\ Player.app/Contents/MacOS/Install\ Adobe\ Flash\ Player -debug - file
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Go back to back to the location where Install Adobe Flash Player.app is saved to (step 2)
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Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 10:46 PM
Subject: I cannot install Adobe Flash Player. I have windows 7 64bit and firefox browser. During install i get a message 'lost connection', followed by 'trying to reconnect', and then connection failed
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created by Jeromie Clark in Installing Flash Player - View the full discussionPlease use the offline installer Internet Explorer: http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/latest/help/install_flash_player_ax.exe Firefox and other NPAPI browsers: http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/latest/help/install_flash_player.exe If the reply above answers your question, please take a moment to mark this answer as correct by visiting: https://forums.adobe.com/message/7349939#7349939 and clicking ‘Correct’ below the answer Replies to this message go to everyone subscribed to this thread, not directly to the person who posted the message. To post a reply, either reply to this email or visit the message page: Please note that the Adobe Forums do not accept email attachments. If you want to embed an image in your message please visit the thread in the forum and click the camera icon: https://forums.adobe.com/message/7349939#7349939 To unsubscribe from this thread, please visit the message page at , click "Following" at the top right, & "Stop Following" Start a new discussion in Installing Flash Player by email or at Adobe Community For more information about maintaining your forum email notifications please go to https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1516624.

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Hi there,
Welcome to Adobe Community.
You can go to Programs and Features (Windows 7) or Add or remove programs (Win XP) and uninstall the active x from there.
OR
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The steps are mentioned in the below link to use the uninstaller.
http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-windows.html
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