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How to uninstall Brave from your computer

Brave is a Windows program. Read below about how to uninstall it from your PC. It was created for Windows by Auteurs de Brave. Take a look here for more details on Auteurs de Brave. The program is often placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application folder (same installation drive as Windows). The full command line for removing Brave is C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Installer\setup.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might get a notification for admin rights. The application's main executable file is titled brave.exe and occupies 2.03 MB (2126504 bytes).

Brave is composed of the following executables which occupy 9.35 MB (9801888 bytes) on disk:

  • brave.exe (2.03 MB)
  • chrome_proxy.exe (693.16 KB)
  • chrome_pwa_launcher.exe (1.21 MB)
  • notification_helper.exe (871.16 KB)
  • setup.exe (2.29 MB)


The information on this page is only about version 84.1.12.114 of Brave. You can find below info on other application versions of Brave:

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Some of these are listed below.

Directories left on disk:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser

Files remaining:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\84.1.12.114.manifest
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\brave.exe.sig
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\brave_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\brave_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\brave_resources.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\chrome.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\chrome_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\chrome_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\chrome_elf.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\d3dcompiler_47.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\eventlog_provider.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Extensions\external_extensions.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\icudtl.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Installer\chrmstp.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Installer\chrome.7z
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Installer\setup.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\libEGL.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\libGLESv2.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\am.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\ar.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\bg.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\bn.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\ca.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\cs.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\da.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\de.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\el.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\en-GB.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\en-US.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\es.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\es-419.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\et.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\fa.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\fi.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\fil.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\fr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\gu.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\he.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\hi.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\hr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\hu.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\id.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\it.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\ja.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\kn.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\ko.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\lt.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\lv.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\ml.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\mr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\ms.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\nb.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\nl.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\pl.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\pt-BR.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\pt-PT.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\ro.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\ru.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\sk.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\sl.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\sr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\sv.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\sw.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\ta.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\te.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\th.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\tr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\uk.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\vi.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\zh-CN.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\Locales\zh-TW.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\MEIPreload\manifest.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\notification_helper.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\resources.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\am\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ar\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bg\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bn\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ca\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\cs\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\da\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\de\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\el\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_GB\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_US\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es_419\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\et\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fa\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fi\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fil\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fr\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\gu\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\he\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hi\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hr\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hu\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.12.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\id\messages.json

Registry keys:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type\application/x-vnd.brave.oneclickctrl.9
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type\application/x-vnd.brave.update3webcontrol.3
  • 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\Software\MozillaPlugins\@tools.brave.com/BraveSoftware Update;version=3
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\MozillaPlugins\@tools.brave.com/BraveSoftware Update;version=9
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\brave
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\Brave-Browser

Open regedit.exe to delete the registry values below from the Windows Registry:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2164486449-3280813995-2665061211-1000\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\brave\Description
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\brave\DisplayName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bravem\Description
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bravem\DisplayName


How to uninstall Brave from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Brave is an application offered by Auteurs de Brave. Sometimes, computer users want to remove this application. Sometimes this is difficult because performing this by hand requires some knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. The best EASY action to remove Brave is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows system.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the applications installed on the PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Brave or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Brave". If it exists on your system the Brave application will be found automatically. When you click Brave in the list of applications, the following information about the application is made available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about Brave, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the program you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. 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 able to delete them. By removing Brave with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.



Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Brave by Auteurs de Brave from your PC, we are not saying that Brave by Auteurs de Brave is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove Brave supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2020-08-19 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2020-08-19 20:04:35.027