Brave
A guide to uninstall Brave from your PC
This web page contains thorough information on how to remove Brave for Windows. It is developed by
The Brave Authors. Additional info about The Brave Authors can be found
here. The application is frequently located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application directory. Keep in mind that this path can vary depending on the user's decision. The full uninstall command line for Brave is C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Installer\setup.exe. Brave's main file takes around 1.90 MB (1995408 bytes) and is named brave.exe.
Brave contains of the executables below. They take 7.80 MB (
8180144 bytes) on disk.
- brave.exe (1.90 MB)
- chrome_proxy.exe (694.14 KB)
- notification_helper.exe (853.64 KB)
- setup.exe (2.19 MB)
The information on this page is only about version
79.1.1.22 of Brave. You can find here a few links to other Brave releases:
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Numerous files, folders and registry entries can not be deleted when you remove Brave from your computer.
Folders that were found:- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GabAI\Dissenter\Application\78.0.70.122\resources\brave_extension
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GabAI\Dissenter\Application\78.0.70.122\resources\brave_rewards
Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall Brave:- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\79.1.1.22.manifest
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\brave.exe.sig
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\brave_100_percent.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\brave_200_percent.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\brave_resources.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\chrome.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\chrome_100_percent.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\chrome_200_percent.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\chrome_child.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\chrome_elf.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\chrome_watcher.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\d3dcompiler_47.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Extensions\external_extensions.json
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\icudtl.dat
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Installer\chrmstp.exe
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Installer\chrome.7z
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Installer\setup.exe
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\libegl.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\libglesv2.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\am.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\ar.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\bg.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\bn.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\ca.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\cs.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\da.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\de.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\el.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\en-GB.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\en-US.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\es.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\es-419.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\et.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\fa.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\fi.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\fil.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\fr.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\gu.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\he.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\hi.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\hr.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\hu.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\id.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\it.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\ja.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\kn.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\ko.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\lt.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\lv.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\ml.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\mr.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\ms.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\nb.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\nl.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\pl.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\pt-BR.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\pt-PT.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\ro.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\ru.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\sk.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\sl.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\sr.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\sv.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\sw.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\ta.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\te.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\th.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\tr.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\uk.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\vi.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\zh-CN.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\Locales\zh-TW.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\MEIPreload\manifest.json
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\natives_blob.bin
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\notification_helper.exe
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\resources.pak
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\resources\brave_extension\_locales\am\messages.json
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ar\messages.json
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bg\messages.json
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bn\messages.json
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ca\messages.json
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\resources\brave_extension\_locales\cs\messages.json
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\resources\brave_extension\_locales\da\messages.json
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\resources\brave_extension\_locales\de\messages.json
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\resources\brave_extension\_locales\el\messages.json
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_GB\messages.json
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_US\messages.json
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es\messages.json
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es_419\messages.json
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\resources\brave_extension\_locales\et\messages.json
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fa\messages.json
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fi\messages.json
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fil\messages.json
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fr\messages.json
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\resources\brave_extension\_locales\gu\messages.json
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\resources\brave_extension\_locales\he\messages.json
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hi\messages.json
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hr\messages.json
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\79.1.1.22\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hu\messages.json
You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be uninstalled; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:- 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
Supplementary values that are not removed:- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2267842255-953162232-1923614565-1002\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\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 remove Brave from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO
Brave is a program offered by the software company The Brave Authors. Some users choose to uninstall this application. Sometimes this is troublesome because doing this by hand takes some advanced knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best SIMPLE procedure to uninstall Brave is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:
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2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.
3. Click on the General Tools button
4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature
5. A list of the programs installed on the PC will be made available to you
6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Brave or simply click the Search feature and type in "Brave". If it is installed on your PC the Brave program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click Brave in the list of apps, the following data about the application is available to you:
- Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about Brave, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
- Details about the program you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Brave.
8. After uninstalling Brave, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Brave that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Brave using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.
Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.
Disclaimer
The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Brave by The Brave Authors from your computer, nor are we saying that Brave by The Brave Authors is not a good application for your computer. This text simply 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 stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.
Last update on: 2019-12-17 00:59:14.750