“I want to uninstall shockwave player as it keeps crashing my laptop, help please.” These programs display the video, animation, and graphics in many computer games. If you continue to have trouble after installing the latest video card driver or completing the suggested updates or settings adjustments, follow the steps below to make sure you have completely uninstall Adobe Shockwave Player from computer or laptop.

Before the instruction, there are two ways to uninstall Adobe Shockwave Player from computer, one is the manual way, while one is on the contrary, the automatic method to help completely get rid of it. All you need to do is to follow the instruction we offer below to remove it easily.

How to Uninstall Adobe Shockwave Player Manually?

Most people might know about the manual way in Windows to uninstall Adobe Shockwave Player, follow the removal guides here we provided to remove it step by step in accordance with which system you have.

1. Shut down everything about Adobe Shockwave Player

• Quit all running applications on your computer including your web browser.
• Press Ctrl + Shift + ESC to open Task Manager, find any Adobe Shockwave Player process, click it, and select End Task.

Now follow the instructions to uninstall Adobe Shockwave Player based on different systems:

Windows XP

• Open the Start menu and select Control Panel then Add or Remove Programs.
• Find and select Adobe Shockwave Player then click the Change/Remove button.
• Proceed with the directions on your screen to remove Adobe Shockwave Player from your computer.
• Click UNINSTALL to proceed removal until it finish.
• Restart your computer.

Windows Vista / Windows 7

• Open the Start menu and select Control Panel.
• Under Programs and Features, click Uninstall a program.
• Select Adobe Shockwave Player then click Uninstall.

• Proceed with the directions on your screen to remove Adobe Shockwave Player from your computer.
• Click UNINSTALL to proceed removal until it finish.
• Restart your computer.

Windows 8 / Windows 8.1

• Open the Start menu and select Programs and Features.

• Select Adobe Shockwave Player from the list.
• Click Uninstall/Change.

• Proceed with the directions on your screen to remove Adobe Shockwave Player from your computer.
• Click UNINSTALL to proceed removal until it finish.
• Restart your computer.

Windows 10

• Open the Windows start menu.
• Select Settings.

• In the ‘Find a setting‘ bar, type “Programs and Features” then press the Enter key.
• Select Programs and Features.
• Select Adobe Shockwave Player from the list.
• Click Uninstall.

• Proceed with the directions on your screen to remove Adobe Shockwave Player from your computer.
• Click UNINSTALL to proceed removal until it finish.
• Restart your computer.

Now you are only deleting the icon of Adobe Shockwave Player on computer, the next step is to delete its registry keys in hard drive. Follow the tutorial to make it done:

• Click on the Start menu on the screen, negative Run;
• Type regedit in the box and hit OK;

• Then you will go to Registry Editor, delete the Registry keys related to Adobe Shockwave Player;
• Or press Ctrl + F to negative Search box and type the key words Adobe Adobe Shockwave Player in the box;
• Hit Find Next, delete the target item when it shows up.

Also remove the hidden folder on computer:

• Click on Start < File Explorer and click on the “View” tab at the top.
• Then click on “Options” on the right side of the screen and open it.
• Then, inside the open window, click on “View” tab,

• Enable the option “Show hidden files, folders, and drives”;
• Click on “Apply” and “OK”.
• Then navigate to the hidden folder – C:\Users\username\AppData\ Adobe\Flash Player and remove it.
• The second hidden folder contains user cache. It also must be removed. You will find it here – C:\Users\ Adobe\Macromedia \ Flash Player

How to Uninstall Adobe Shockwave Player Automatically?

If you think this is disturbing and annoying to uninstall Adobe Shockwave Player by manual, then there is a better way to remove it with quite few clicks & steps. Try it now.

Download & register Bloatware Uninstaller on HERE.

Note: No matter you are owning a Windows XP , Windows Vista / Windows 7, Windows 8 / Windows 8.1 or Windows 10, you can still use this tool, for it’s compatible with any Windows system.

Begin the removal:

Step 1. First launch it and select Adobe Flash Player in the installed programs list and then hit the green button of Run Analysis to begin remove it;

Step 2. Just wait for a second to let BU analysis Adobe Shockwave Player, and then easily press Complete Uninstall button to continue;

Step 3. Follow the uninstall direction to complete the auto process, click UNINSTALL to proceed and wait for a while until the Scan Leftovers button lights up, then click on it. Then, click on “Delete Leftovers” button to completely uninstall Adobe Flash Player.

Now Adobe Shockwave Player is gone for good from your computer, learn more details to run BU please watch this video:

For more questions to uninstall Adobe Shockwave Player on PC, please leave a massage down below the comment section. Or read the Adobe Flash Player removal guide on the story:

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