Brave

A guide to uninstall Brave from your computer

Brave is a software application. This page contains details on how to remove it from your computer. It was coded for Windows by Brave Software. More information about Brave Software can be found here. Brave is commonly set up in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\brave directory, however this location may vary a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the program. C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\brave\Update.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall Brave. Brave's primary file takes around 320.50 KB (328192 bytes) and is called Brave.exe.

Brave is composed of the following executables which occupy 189.21 MB (198395936 bytes) on disk:

• Brave.exe (320.50 KB)
• squirrel.exe (1.52 MB)
• Brave.exe (91.79 MB)
• BraveDefaults.exe (266.00 KB)
• squirrel.exe (1.52 MB)
• BraveDefaults.exe (125.27 KB)
• Brave.exe (91.79 MB)
• BraveDefaults.exe (266.00 KB)
• BraveDefaults.exe (125.27 KB)

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The current web page applies to Brave version 0.12.15 alone. For more Brave versions please click below:

• 0.17.8
• 0.18.15
• 0.16.1
• 0.17.7
• 0.17.16
• 0.10.1
• 0.19.62
• 0.19.124
• 0.18.30
• 0.17.11
• 0.11.0
• 0.18.32
• 0.19.48
• 0.19.49
• 0.18.19
• 0.19.66
• 0.16.3
• 0.20.30
• 0.17.0
• 0.23.18
• 0.17.1
• 0.22.714
• 0.23.73
• 0.23.77
• 0.19.134
• 0.10.4
• 0.17.9
• 0.21.18
• 0.19.133
• 0.21.19
• 0.12.13
• 0.23.107
• 0.23.31
• 0.11.5
• 0.13.3
• 0.12.1
• 0.19.92
• 0.22.665
• 0.19.74
• 0.24.0
• 0.11.4
• 0.15.1
• 0.21.24
• 0.19.91
• 0.19.132
• 0.19.125
• 0.19.70
• 0.19.89
• 0.12.3
• 0.14.2
• 0.23.103
• 0.17.15
• 0.22.709
• 0.19.131
• 0.25.2
• 0.12.6
• 0.18.20
• 0.19.14
• 0.18.25
• 0.18.29
• 0.9.5
• 0.18.26
• 0.20.23
• 0.12.5
• 0.22.721
• 0.19.138
• 0.19.95
• 0.19.116
• 0.19.115
• 0.10.2
• 0.20.27
• 0.12.14
• 0.15.2
• 0.23.19
• 0.19.58
• 0.19.105
• 0.20.46
• 0.23.16
• 0.18.14
• 0.12.9
• 0.22.667
• 0.23.105
• 0.19.140
• 0.19.120
• 0.22.21
• 0.13.4
• 0.19.130
• 0.11.3
• 0.17.17
• 0.19.147
• 0.14.0
• 0.18.17
• 0.13.5
• 0.23.204
• 0.22.17
• 0.13.2
• 0.12.10
• 0.15.310
• 0.15.0
• 0.23.39

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Brave has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Directories that were found:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Brave Developers Crashes
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\brave
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Brave Inc

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall Brave:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app.ico
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\atom_resources.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\blink_image_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\Brave.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\Brave_ExecutionStub.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\content_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\content_shell.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\extensions_api_resources.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\extensions_renderer_resources.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\extensions_resources.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\icudtl.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\libEGL.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\LICENSE
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\am.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\da.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\de.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\el.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\es.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\et.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\fake-bidi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\he.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\id.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\it.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\te.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\th.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\tr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\uk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\vi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\natives_blob.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\node.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\resources\app.asar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\resources\BraveDefaults.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\resources\BraveDefaults_ExecutionStub.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\resources\electron.asar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\resources\extensions\brave\about-about.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\resources\extensions\brave\about-adblock.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\resources\extensions\brave\about-autofill.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\resources\extensions\brave\about-blank.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\resources\extensions\brave\about-bookmarks.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\resources\extensions\brave\about-brave.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\resources\extensions\brave\about-certerror.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\resources\extensions\brave\about-downloads.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\resources\extensions\brave\about-error.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\resources\extensions\brave\about-extensions.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\resources\extensions\brave\about-flash.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\resources\extensions\brave\about-history.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\resources\extensions\brave\about-newtab.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\resources\extensions\brave\about-passwords.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\resources\extensions\brave\about-preferences.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\resources\extensions\brave\about-safebrowsing.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\resources\extensions\brave\about-styles.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\resources\extensions\brave\brave-default.css
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\resources\extensions\brave\content\scripts\adInsertion.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\resources\extensions\brave\content\scripts\block3rdPartyContent.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\resources\extensions\brave\content\scripts\blockCanvasFingerprinting.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\resources\extensions\brave\content\scripts\blockFlash.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\resources\extensions\brave\content\scripts\flashListener.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.12.14\resources\extensions\brave\content\scripts\idleHandler.js

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Brave
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\Brave.exe

Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\brave\Update.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Brave Installer\

A way to erase Brave with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Brave is an application by Brave Software. Sometimes, computer users choose to uninstall it. Sometimes this is hard because removing this manually takes some advanced knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best EASY approach to uninstall Brave is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your Windows computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs installed on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Brave or simply activate the Search field and type in "Brave". If it is installed on your PC the Brave program will be found automatically. After you click Brave in the list of apps, the following information regarding the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding Brave, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Brave.


8. After removing Brave, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Brave which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Brave with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Brave by Brave Software from your PC, nor are we saying that Brave by Brave Software is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Brave supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.