# Auto detect if flash is installed?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/auto-detect-if-flash-is-installed/313020>\
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**Created:** [August 18, 2010, 8:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/auto-detect-if-flash-is-installed/313020 "2010-08-18T08:27:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![brianharms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@brianharms](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/brianharms)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 8:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/auto-detect-if-flash-is-installed/313020/1 "2010-08-18T08:27:12Z")

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Hi, can anyone tell me how to detect if flash is installed or not on a computer? I’d like to provide alternate content for my site (a basic blog for example) in case the user does not have flash/does not want to see the flash site. Is this possible? I’d like to do it without creating a splash page that requires input.

I would also like this to work for a mobile device like the ipad. I know ipads/iphones cant read flash files, so is there a way to detect that it is a mobile device and route the user to the alternate content?

Thanks a lot,  
-Brian