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A guide to uninstall Brave from your system

This page contains complete information on how to remove Brave for Windows. It was coded for Windows by Brave Software Inc. More info about Brave Software Inc can be seen here. Brave is typically set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application directory, subject to the user's decision. The full command line for removing Brave is C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Installer\setup.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may get a notification for admin rights. brave.exe is the Brave's primary executable file and it occupies about 1.87 MB (1959400 bytes) on disk.

Brave installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 7.65 MB (8024504 bytes) on disk.

  • brave.exe (1.87 MB)
  • elevation_service.exe (437.98 KB)
  • notification_helper.exe (558.98 KB)
  • setup.exe (2.41 MB)


This info is about Brave version 71.0.58.21 alone. Click on the links below for other Brave versions:

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Some files and registry entries are regularly left behind when you uninstall Brave.

Directories that were left behind:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser

The files below are left behind on your disk when you remove Brave:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\71.0.58.21.manifest
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\brave_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\brave_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\brave_resources.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\chrome.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\chrome_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\chrome_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\chrome_child.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\chrome_elf.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\chrome_watcher.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\d3dcompiler_47.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\elevation_service.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Extensions\external_extensions.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\icudtl.dat
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Installer\chrome.7z
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Installer\setup.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\libegl.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\libglesv2.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\am.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\ar.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\bg.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\bn.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\ca.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\cs.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\da.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\de.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\el.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\en-GB.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\en-US.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\es.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\es-419.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\et.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\fa.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\fi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\fil.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\fr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\gu.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\he.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\hi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\hr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\hu.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\id.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\it.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\ja.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\kn.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\ko.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\lt.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\lv.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\ml.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\mr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\ms.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\nb.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\nl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\pl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\pt-BR.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\pt-PT.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\ro.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\ru.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\sk.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\sl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\sr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\sv.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\sw.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\ta.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\te.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\th.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\tr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\uk.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\vi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\zh-CN.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\zh-TW.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\MEIPreload\manifest.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\natives_blob.bin
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\notification_helper.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\am\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ar\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bg\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bn\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ca\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\cs\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\da\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\de\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\el\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_GB\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_US\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es_419\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\et\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fa\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fi\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fil\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fr\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\gu\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\he\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hi\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hr\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hu\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\id\messages.json

Registry that is not uninstalled:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Brave.LPFVOPUGSAF36ADP4CD3B5V3FU
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\BraveSoftware Brave-Browser
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\ShimInclusionList\brave.exe


A way to uninstall Brave from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Brave is an application marketed by the software company Brave Software Inc. Some people decide to remove this application. This can be hard because doing this manually requires some knowledge related to PCs. One of the best SIMPLE manner to remove Brave is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your Windows computer.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs existing on the computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Brave or simply click the Search feature and type in "Brave". The Brave application will be found automatically. After you click Brave in the list of applications, some information regarding the program is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating 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.
  • Details regarding the program you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Brave.
Uninstall Brave


8. After removing Brave, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of Brave that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Brave with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.



Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Brave by Brave Software Inc from your computer, we are not saying that Brave by Brave Software Inc is not a good application. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove Brave supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2019-01-11 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2019-01-11 19:36:14.217