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A guide to uninstall Brave from your PC

This info is about Brave for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows version was developed by Forfatterne til Brave. More info about Forfatterne til Brave can be found here. The program is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application directory. Keep in mind that this location can differ being determined by the user's choice. Brave's entire uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Installer\setup.exe. brave.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 3.07 MB (3217200 bytes) on disk.

Brave is composed of the following executables which take 13.74 MB (14402848 bytes) on disk:

  • brave.exe (3.07 MB)
  • chrome_proxy.exe (1.05 MB)
  • chrome_pwa_launcher.exe (1.41 MB)
  • notification_helper.exe (1.28 MB)
  • setup.exe (3.47 MB)


The information on this page is only about version 109.1.47.186 of Brave. Click on the links below for other Brave versions:

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

Folders left behind when you uninstall Brave:
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser

The files below are left behind on your disk by Brave's application uninstaller when you removed it:
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\109.1.47.186.manifest
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\brave.exe.sig
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\brave_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\brave_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\brave_resources.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\chrome.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\chrome_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\chrome_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\chrome_elf.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\chrome_wer.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\d3dcompiler_47.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\eventlog_provider.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Extensions\external_extensions.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\icudtl.dat
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Installer\chrmstp.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Installer\chrome.7z
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Installer\setup.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\libEGL.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\libGLESv2.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\af.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\am.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\ar.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\bg.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\bn.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\ca.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\cs.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\da.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\de.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\el.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\en-GB.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\en-US.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\es.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\es-419.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\et.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\fa.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\fi.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\fil.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\fr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\gu.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\he.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\hi.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\hr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\hu.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\id.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\it.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\ja.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\kn.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\ko.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\lt.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\lv.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\ml.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\mr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\ms.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\nb.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\nl.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\pl.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\pt-BR.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\pt-PT.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\ro.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\ru.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\sk.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\sl.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\sr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\sv.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\sw.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\ta.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\te.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\th.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\tr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\uk.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\ur.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\vi.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\zh-CN.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\Locales\zh-TW.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\MEIPreload\manifest.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\mojo_core.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\notification_helper.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\resources.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\resources\brave_extension\_locales\af\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\resources\brave_extension\_locales\am\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ar\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bg\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bn\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ca\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\resources\brave_extension\_locales\cs\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\resources\brave_extension\_locales\da\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\resources\brave_extension\_locales\de\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\resources\brave_extension\_locales\el\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_GB\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_US\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es_419\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\resources\brave_extension\_locales\et\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fa\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fi\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fil\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fr\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\109.1.47.186\resources\brave_extension\_locales\gu\messages.json

Registry that is not removed:
  • 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\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\brave
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\Brave-Browser

Use regedit.exe to delete the following additional values from the Windows Registry:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1294377243-3941987747-801609216-1001\\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\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 uninstall Brave from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Brave is a program offered by Forfatterne til Brave. Some users choose to remove this program. This is efortful because uninstalling this manually requires some knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best EASY way to remove Brave is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your computer.

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2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools button
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4. Press the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications existing on the PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find Brave or simply click the Search field and type in "Brave". If it exists on your system the Brave application will be found very quickly. After you click Brave in the list of applications, some information about the application is made available to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains 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 app you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Brave.
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8. After removing Brave, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of 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 are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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



Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Brave by Forfatterne til Brave from your computer, we are not saying that Brave by Forfatterne til Brave is not a good application for your computer. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Brave in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2023-02-05 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2023-02-05 19:07:29.227