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A guide to uninstall Brave from your system

Brave is a software application. This page holds details on how to remove it from your computer. It is developed by Auteurs de Brave. More information on Auteurs de Brave can be seen here. Brave is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application folder, subject to the user's choice. C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Installer\setup.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall Brave. The application's main executable file has a size of 3.06 MB (3212816 bytes) on disk and is labeled brave.exe.

Brave is comprised of the following executables which take 35.52 MB (37242000 bytes) on disk:

  • brave.exe (3.06 MB)
  • chrome_proxy.exe (1.38 MB)
  • brave_vpn_helper.exe (2.94 MB)
  • chrome_pwa_launcher.exe (1.68 MB)
  • elevation_service.exe (3.18 MB)
  • notification_helper.exe (1.60 MB)
  • brave_vpn_wireguard_service.exe (11.80 MB)
  • setup.exe (4.93 MB)
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The information on this page is only about version 134.1.76.73 of Brave. You can find here a few links to other Brave releases:

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

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

The files below remain on your disk by Brave's application uninstaller when you removed it:
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\134.1.76.73.manifest
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\brave.exe.sig
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\brave_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\brave_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\brave_resources.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\brave_vpn_helper.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\BraveVpnWireguardService\brave_vpn_wireguard_service.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\BraveVpnWireguardService\tunnel.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\BraveVpnWireguardService\wireguard.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\chrome.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\chrome_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\chrome_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\chrome_elf.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\chrome_wer.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\d3dcompiler_47.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\dxcompiler.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\dxil.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\elevation_service.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\eventlog_provider.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Extensions\external_extensions.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\icudtl.dat
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Installer\chrmstp.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Installer\chrome.7z
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Installer\setup.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\libEGL.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\libGLESv2.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\af.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\am.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\ar.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\az.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\bg.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\bn.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\ca.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\cs.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\da.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\de.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\el.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\en-GB.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\en-US.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\es.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\es-419.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\et.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\fa.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\fi.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\fil.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\fr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\gu.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\he.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\hi.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\hr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\hu.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\id.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\it.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\ja.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\ka.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\km.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\kn.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\ko.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\lt.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\lv.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\mk.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\ml.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\mn.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\mr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\ms.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\my.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\nb.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\nl.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\pl.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\pt-BR.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\pt-PT.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\ro.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\ru.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\si.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\sk.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\sl.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\sq.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\sr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\sr-Latn.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\sv.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\sw.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\ta.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\te.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\th.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\tr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\uk.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\ur.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\uz.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\vi.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\zh-CN.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\Locales\zh-TW.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\MEIPreload\manifest.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\notification_helper.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\PrivacySandboxAttestationsPreloaded\manifest.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\PrivacySandboxAttestationsPreloaded\privacy-sandbox-attestations.dat
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\resources.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\resources\brave_extension\_locales\af\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\134.1.76.73\resources\brave_extension\_locales\am\messages.json

Usually the following registry keys will not be uninstalled:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Brave
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\ShimInclusionList\brave.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\BraveSoftware Brave-Browser
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\brave
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\Brave-Browser

Open regedit.exe to remove the registry values below from the Windows Registry:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3852554278-1700494810-3882618336-3627\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\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\Description
  • 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 delete Brave using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Brave is an application by the software company Auteurs de Brave. Some people decide to remove this program. This can be troublesome because uninstalling this manually takes some knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best SIMPLE way 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 system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows system.

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  • download the program 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 number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

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


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs installed on your computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Brave or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Brave". If it is installed on your PC the Brave program will be found automatically. After you click Brave in the list , some information regarding the program is made available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding Brave, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details regarding the program you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Brave.
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8. After uninstalling Brave, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Brave which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Brave using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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



Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Brave by Auteurs de Brave from your computer, we are not saying that Brave by Auteurs de Brave is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Brave supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2025-03-05 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2025-03-05 18:54:26.200