A way to enable flash for specific sites only?

Question

Using Firefox or Chrome... Is there a way to control which sites are allowed to run flash and disable it for all others?

Solution 1

The procedure for the current version of Chrome is detailed below.

1. Open a tab with chrome://flags and verify the the following are set to Default : Prefer HTML over Flash and Run all Flash content when Flash setting is set to “allow”
2. Open another tab with chrome://components and under Adobe Flash Player, click Check for update and wait for it to finish
3. Click on the Chrome menu button at the top-right and then on Settings
4. Click on Show Advanced Settings
5. Under Privacy click on Content Settings
6. In the dialog, under Flash ensure that Ask first before allowing sites to run Flash (recommended) is selected (don't do Allow sites to run Flash)
7. Now Flash is allowed and you need to enable it for your specific sites
8. The hard way to specify an allowed site is under Content Settings – Flash to click on the Manage exceptions button and add each site's URL with Behavior set to Allow
9. The easy way to allow a site is to go to it and then click on the little icon to the left of the URL in the address bar, and set Flash to Always allow on this site instead of the default which does not work in the latest version of Chrome.

More detailed instructions with screenshots can be found in this article.

Solution 2

You could use an add-on to do this.

NoScript Firefox

Flashblock Firefox

Flashblock Chrome

Solution 3

In addition to aforementioned solutions, for Firefox there is a native (built-in) one too:

Click on the icon in the beginning of the address bar in Firefox

1. More Information...
2. Permissions
3. Active Plugins

And now you have full control over this page.

Solution 4

For those using Opera who wish to do the same thing, you can shut off plug-ins (which includes Adobe Flash) for any web site by following these simple steps:

1. Right-click on the web page
2. Select "Edit Site Preferences..."
3. Activate the "Content" tab
4. Disable the "Enable plug-ins" checkbox
5. Click the "OK" button

To enable again, repeat the above steps but read step 4 above as "Enable" instead of "Disable."

Solution 5

I like the accepted answer, but the following method works well for when you want to give wildcard approval for domain.

1. Go to: chrome://settings/content/flash
2. Click Add and enter the site or pattern:

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Comments

[Stevko]

Wow, Flashblock seems like just what I'm looking for. NoScript is a bit overkill.

[I say Reinstate Monica]

This is very useful if you simply want to disable Flash Player on a specific site.

[Robert Gowland]

Chrome has a very similar mechanism as of the time of writing this comment.

[ArtOfWarfare]

The Flashblock Chrome link appears to be dead. :(

[Stevoisiak]

Google Chrome blocks flash by default now. Even if the URL for Flashblock Chrome wasn't dead, it probably wouldn't work on modern versions of Chrome.

[Efekan]

How do I allow flash from my pc but not from the internet?

[harrymc]

@Efekan: This is by site, so allow the local URL but not the Internet one.

[Efekan]

I tried doing what you do and it works for single flashes. It's been added in the settings menu like so file:///D:/swf/myswf.swf. But I couldn't manage to get it working on a folder. What i want is something like file:///D:/swf/* or just file:///D:/swf. Whenever I add it like file:///D:/swf it changes it to file:///swf.

[harrymc]

Interesting: (1) Does it work at all for local content? (2) Does file:///swf work? (3) Try to use point 8 (Manage exceptions) with an asterisk.

[Efekan]

(1) It works when you give in the exact name e.g. file:///D:/swf/myswf.swf. (2) file:///swf does not work at all. Tried putting the flashes on my two drives. C: and D: inside swf folder both didn't work. (3) file:///* does not work. Whenever I type in file:///D:/* it shows it as valid but when I press Enter key it removes the D: part and just becomes file:///*. Same issue with C:

[harrymc]

@Efekan: I have seen reports that the Chrome developers don't like local content for Flash. So that option might be suffering neglect. You might need to move on to another browser.