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A guide to uninstall Brave from your computer

Brave is a Windows program. Read more about how to uninstall it from your PC. It was coded for Windows by Auteurs de Brave. Take a look here for more information on Auteurs de Brave. The program is frequently found in the C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application directory (same installation drive as Windows). The entire uninstall command line for Brave is C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Installer\setup.exe. brave.exe is the programs's main file and it takes close to 2.62 MB (2746392 bytes) on disk.

Brave installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 29.95 MB (31409344 bytes) on disk.

  • brave.exe (2.62 MB)
  • chrome_proxy.exe (1.14 MB)
  • brave_vpn_helper.exe (2.63 MB)
  • chrome_pwa_launcher.exe (1.44 MB)
  • notification_helper.exe (1.33 MB)
  • brave_vpn_wireguard_service.exe (10.30 MB)
  • setup.exe (5.25 MB)
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This web page is about Brave version 119.1.60.125 alone. You can find below info on other application versions of Brave:

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If you are manually uninstalling Brave we suggest you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders remaining:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser

Usually, the following files are left on disk:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\119.1.60.125.manifest
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\brave.exe.sig
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\brave_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\brave_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\brave_resources.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\brave_vpn_helper.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\BraveVpnWireguardService\brave_vpn_wireguard_service.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\BraveVpnWireguardService\tunnel.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\BraveVpnWireguardService\wireguard.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\chrome.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\chrome_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\chrome_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\chrome_elf.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\chrome_wer.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\d3dcompiler_47.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\dxcompiler.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\dxil.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\eventlog_provider.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Extensions\external_extensions.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\icudtl.dat
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Installer\chrome.7z
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Installer\setup.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\libEGL.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\libGLESv2.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\af.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\am.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\ar.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\bg.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\bn.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\ca.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\cs.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\da.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\de.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\el.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\en-GB.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\en-US.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\es.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\es-419.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\et.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\fa.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\fi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\fil.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\fr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\gu.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\he.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\hi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\hr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\hu.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\id.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\it.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\ja.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\kn.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\ko.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\lt.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\lv.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\ml.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\mr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\ms.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\nb.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\nl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\pl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\pt-BR.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\pt-PT.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\ro.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\ru.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\sk.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\sl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\sr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\sv.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\sw.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\ta.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\te.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\th.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\tr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\uk.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\ur.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\vi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\zh-CN.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\Locales\zh-TW.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\MEIPreload\manifest.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\mojo_core.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\notification_helper.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\resources.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\resources\brave_extension\_locales\af\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\resources\brave_extension\_locales\am\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ar\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bg\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bn\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ca\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\resources\brave_extension\_locales\cs\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\resources\brave_extension\_locales\da\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\resources\brave_extension\_locales\de\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\resources\brave_extension\_locales\el\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_GB\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_US\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es_419\messages.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\119.1.60.125\resources\brave_extension\_locales\et\messages.json

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Brave.PS4G6RUPUPZWPCNKUIUW3V3JVI
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\BraveSoftware Brave-Browser
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\ShimInclusionList\brave.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\brave_RASAPI32
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\brave_RASMANCS

Additional values that you should clean:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1144307128-2359375045-3662285316-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe


How to delete Brave using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Brave is a program offered by Auteurs de Brave. Frequently, computer users want to remove this program. This is troublesome because doing this manually takes some know-how regarding PCs. The best QUICK practice 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 on your Windows system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to clean your Windows computer.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications existing on the PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find Brave or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Brave". The Brave app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select Brave in the list of programs, the following data about the program is made available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have about Brave, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the application you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Brave.
Uninstall Brave


8. After uninstalling Brave, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start 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 uninstalling Brave using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.



Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Brave by Auteurs de Brave from your PC, nor are we saying that Brave by Auteurs de Brave is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove Brave in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2023-11-29 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2023-11-29 17:38:07.843