Brave

How to uninstall Brave from your computer

This web page contains complete information on how to remove Brave for Windows. The Windows release was created by The Brave Authors. Take a look here where you can read more on The Brave Authors. The program is usually located in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application directory. Take into account that this location can vary depending on the user's decision. You can uninstall Brave by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Installer\setup.exe. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for admin rights. The application's main executable file has a size of 1.87 MB (1959400 bytes) on disk and is titled brave.exe.

Brave installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 5.25 MB (5502392 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)

The current web page applies to Brave version 71.0.58.21 alone. You can find here a few links to other Brave releases:

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Many files, folders and Windows registry data can not be deleted when you are trying to remove Brave from your computer.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Brave:

C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall Brave:

C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\71.0.58.21.manifest
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\brave_100_percent.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\brave_200_percent.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\brave_resources.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\chrome.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\chrome_100_percent.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\chrome_200_percent.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\chrome_child.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\chrome_elf.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\chrome_watcher.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\d3dcompiler_47.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\elevation_service.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Extensions\external_extensions.json
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\icudtl.dat
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Installer\chrmstp.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Installer\chrome.7z
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Installer\setup.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\libegl.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\libglesv2.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\am.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\ar.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\bg.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\bn.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\ca.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\cs.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\da.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\de.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\el.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\en-GB.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\en-US.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\es.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\es-419.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\et.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\fa.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\fi.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\fil.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\fr.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\gu.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\he.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\hi.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\hr.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\hu.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\id.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\it.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\ja.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\kn.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\ko.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\lt.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\lv.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\ml.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\mr.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\ms.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\nb.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\nl.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\pl.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\pt-BR.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\pt-PT.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\ro.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\ru.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\sk.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\sl.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\sr.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\sv.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\sw.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\ta.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\te.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\th.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\tr.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\uk.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\vi.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\zh-CN.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\Locales\zh-TW.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\MEIPreload\manifest.json
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\natives_blob.bin
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\notification_helper.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources.pak
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\am\messages.json
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ar\messages.json
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bg\messages.json
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bn\messages.json
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ca\messages.json
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\cs\messages.json
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\da\messages.json
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\de\messages.json
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\el\messages.json
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_GB\messages.json
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_US\messages.json
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es\messages.json
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es_419\messages.json
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\et\messages.json
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fa\messages.json
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fi\messages.json
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fil\messages.json
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fr\messages.json
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\gu\messages.json
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\he\messages.json
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hi\messages.json
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hr\messages.json
C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\71.0.58.21\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hu\messages.json

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

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_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\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 values below from the Windows Registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4176705377-1739526947-4117351532-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume7\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\BraveElevationService\DisplayName
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\BraveElevationService\ImagePath
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bravem\Description
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bravem\DisplayName

A way to erase Brave from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Brave by The Brave Authors from your PC, nor are we saying that Brave by The Brave Authors is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed info 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 our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2019-01-12 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2019-01-12 06:49:42.200

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