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A guide to uninstall Brave from your system

This info is about Brave for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It was created for Windows by The Brave Authors. More information on The Brave Authors can be seen here. Brave is normally set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application folder, depending on the user's decision. Brave's entire uninstall command line is C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Installer\setup.exe. brave.exe is the Brave's main executable file and it takes around 1.89 MB (1979048 bytes) on disk.

Brave installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 7.90 MB (8287224 bytes) on disk.

  • brave.exe (1.89 MB)
  • chrome_proxy.exe (672.66 KB)
  • notification_helper.exe (839.66 KB)
  • setup.exe (2.27 MB)


The current page applies to Brave version 81.1.9.76 alone. You can find below info on other application versions of Brave:

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Some files and registry entries are typically left behind when you remove Brave.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Brave from your PC:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser

Usually, the following files remain on disk:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\81.1.9.76.manifest
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\brave.exe.sig
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\brave_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\brave_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\brave_resources.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\chrome.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\chrome_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\chrome_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\chrome_elf.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\chrome_watcher.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\d3dcompiler_47.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\eventlog_provider.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Extensions\external_extensions.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\icudtl.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Installer\chrmstp.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Installer\chrome.7z
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Installer\setup.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\libEGL.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\libGLESv2.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\am.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\ar.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\bg.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\bn.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\ca.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\cs.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\da.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\de.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\el.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\en-GB.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\en-US.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\es.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\es-419.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\et.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\fa.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\fi.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\fil.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\fr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\gu.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\he.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\hi.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\hr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\hu.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\id.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\it.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\ja.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\kn.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\ko.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\lt.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\lv.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\ml.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\mr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\ms.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\nb.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\nl.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\pl.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\pt-BR.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\pt-PT.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\ro.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\ru.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\sk.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\sl.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\sr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\sv.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\sw.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\ta.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\te.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\th.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\tr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\uk.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\vi.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\zh-CN.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\Locales\zh-TW.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\MEIPreload\manifest.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\notification_helper.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\resources.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\am\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ar\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bg\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bn\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ca\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\cs\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\da\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\de\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\el\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_GB\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_US\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es_419\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\et\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fa\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fi\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fil\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fr\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\gu\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\he\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hi\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hr\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hu\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\81.1.9.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\id\messages.json

Generally the following registry data will not be removed:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Brave
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\BraveSoftware Brave-Browser
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\Brave-Browser

Registry values that are not removed from your computer:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-857579439-2979230768-1256381079-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe


How to erase Brave with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Brave is a program marketed by The Brave Authors. Sometimes, users want to uninstall this program. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because doing this manually requires some skill related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best SIMPLE solution to uninstall Brave is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





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4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool
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5. All the programs installed on the computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Brave or simply click the Search field and type in "Brave". If it is installed on your PC the Brave application will be found very quickly. After you click Brave in the list of applications, some data about the application is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about Brave, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the app you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Brave.
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8. After removing Brave, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform 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 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Brave by The Brave Authors from your PC, we are not saying that Brave by The Brave Authors is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove Brave supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2020-05-29 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2020-05-29 17:29:01.200