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How to uninstall Brave from your PC

This page contains detailed information on how to uninstall Brave for Windows. The Windows version was developed by Brave Software Inc. Further information on Brave Software Inc can be seen here. The program is frequently placed in the C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application folder. Take into account that this location can vary depending on the user's decision. The full command line for uninstalling Brave is C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Installer\setup.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might receive a notification for administrator rights. Brave's primary file takes around 2.05 MB (2151080 bytes) and its name is brave.exe.

Brave is composed of the following executables which occupy 9.54 MB (10003952 bytes) on disk:

  • brave.exe (2.05 MB)
  • chrome_proxy.exe (741.66 KB)
  • chrome_pwa_launcher.exe (1.20 MB)
  • notification_helper.exe (931.66 KB)
  • setup.exe (2.33 MB)


The current web page applies to Brave version 87.1.17.73 only. You can find here a few links to other Brave releases:

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When planning to uninstall Brave you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders that were found:
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser

Usually, the following files are left on disk:
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\87.1.17.73.manifest
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\brave.exe.sig
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\brave_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\brave_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\brave_resources.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\chrome.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\chrome_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\chrome_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\chrome_elf.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\d3dcompiler_47.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\eventlog_provider.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Extensions\external_extensions.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\icudtl.dat
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Installer\chrmstp.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Installer\chrome.7z
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Installer\setup.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\libEGL.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\libGLESv2.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\am.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\ar.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\bg.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\bn.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\ca.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\cs.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\da.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\de.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\el.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\en-GB.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\en-US.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\es.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\es-419.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\et.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\fa.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\fi.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\fil.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\fr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\gu.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\he.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\hi.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\hr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\hu.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\id.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\it.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\ja.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\kn.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\ko.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\lt.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\lv.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\ml.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\mr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\ms.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\nb.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\nl.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\pl.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\pt-BR.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\pt-PT.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\ro.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\ru.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\sk.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\sl.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\sr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\sv.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\sw.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\ta.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\te.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\th.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\tr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\uk.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\vi.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\zh-CN.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\Locales\zh-TW.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\MEIPreload\manifest.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\mojo_core.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\notification_helper.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\resources.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\resources\brave_extension\_locales\am\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ar\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bg\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bn\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ca\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\resources\brave_extension\_locales\cs\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\resources\brave_extension\_locales\da\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\resources\brave_extension\_locales\de\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\resources\brave_extension\_locales\el\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_GB\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_US\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es_419\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\resources\brave_extension\_locales\et\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fa\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fi\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fil\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fr\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\resources\brave_extension\_locales\gu\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\resources\brave_extension\_locales\he\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hi\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hr\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\87.1.17.73\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hu\messages.json

Usually the following registry data will not be uninstalled:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DownloadManager\IDMBI\brave
  • 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

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:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe.ApplicationCompany
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe.FriendlyAppName
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser-Dev\Application\brave.exe.ApplicationCompany
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser-Dev\Application\brave.exe.FriendlyAppName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-526938095-1592297423-777669131-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser-Dev\Application\brave.exe


A way to erase Brave from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Brave is a program by the software company Brave Software Inc. Sometimes, users try to uninstall this application. Sometimes this is efortful because deleting this by hand takes some experience regarding Windows internal functioning. The best EASY action to uninstall 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 PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows PC.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

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


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


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

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Brave or simply click the Search field and type in "Brave". The Brave app will be found automatically. When you select Brave in the list , the following data about the program is available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about Brave, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the app you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Brave.
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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 that 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 folders are left behind on your system.

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



Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Brave by Brave Software Inc from your PC, nor are we saying that Brave by Brave Software Inc is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Brave in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2020-11-20 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2020-11-20 16:41:36.593