Brave

How to uninstall Brave from your PC

This page is about Brave for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows release was created by Brave Software Inc. More data about Brave Software Inc can be found here. Usually the Brave program is found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application directory, depending on the user's option during install. You can uninstall Brave by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Installer\setup.exe. Note that you might get a notification for admin rights. brave.exe is the programs's main file and it takes approximately 1.90 MB (1987728 bytes) on disk.

Brave is comprised of the following executables which occupy 15.61 MB (16367456 bytes) on disk:

• brave.exe (1.90 MB)
• chrome_proxy.exe (694.64 KB)
• new_chrome.exe (1.90 MB)
• new_chrome_proxy.exe (694.64 KB)
• notification_helper.exe (857.14 KB)
• setup.exe (2.20 MB)
• notification_helper.exe (857.14 KB)
• setup.exe (2.20 MB)

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The current page applies to Brave version 77.0.69.135 alone. You can find below info on other application versions of Brave:

• 79.1.2.42
• 115.1.56.9
• 70.0.55.18
• 86.1.15.75
• 112.1.50.118
• 83.1.10.97
• 77.0.71.90
• 102.1.39.122
• 79.1.2.43
• 123.1.64.113
• 120.1.61.106
• 87.1.17.68
• 74.0.63.48
• 116.1.57.57
• 123.1.64.109
• 84.1.11.101
• 103.1.40.105
• 91.1.25.68
• 116.1.57.47
• 77.0.68.138
• 89.1.22.66
• 89.1.22.71
• 116.1.57.64
• 81.1.9.72
• 78.1.3.39
• 90.1.24.86
• 75.0.65.118
• 91.1.28.22
• 101.1.38.109
• 75.0.65.121
• 99.1.36.109
• 104.1.42.97
• 97.1.34.80
• 108.1.46.133
• 116.1.57.53
• 81.1.9.68
• 114.1.52.117
• 107.1.45.133
• 86.1.15.69
• 89.1.21.76
• 121.1.62.156
• 117.1.58.129
• 100.1.37.113
• 88.1.19.90
• 80.1.5.113
• 107.1.45.127
• 85.1.14.83
• 92.1.27.108
• 80.1.5.115
• 105.1.43.93
• 110.1.48.167
• 74.0.64.76
• 110.1.48.171
• 91.1.25.72
• 73.0.61.51
• 73.0.61.52
• 107.1.45.131
• 76.0.67.125
• 81.1.8.86
• 71.0.58.18
• 109.1.47.186
• 83.1.10.95
• 75.0.66.101
• 106.1.44.101
• 124.1.65.114
• 106.1.44.108
• 72.0.59.35
• 90.1.24.85
• 89.1.22.67
• 88.1.19.86
• 98.1.35.100
• 103.1.40.113
• 105.1.43.85
• 72.0.59.34
• 86.1.16.76
• 90.1.24.82
• 96.1.33.99
• 108.1.46.134
• 117.1.58.131
• 106.1.44.112
• 90.1.24.84
• 84.1.12.112
• 95.1.31.88
• 83.1.10.90
• 81.1.8.95
• 114.1.52.122
• 90.1.23.75
• 88.1.20.110
• 91.1.26.74
• 120.1.61.109
• 89.1.22.72
• 94.1.30.89
• 90.1.23.69
• 71.0.60.2
• 101.1.38.111
• 94.1.30.86
• 123.1.64.122
• 105.1.43.88
• 99.1.36.116
• 72.0.60.48

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Brave has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

You should delete the folders below after 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\77.0.69.135\77.0.69.135.manifest
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\brave.exe.sig
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\brave_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\brave_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\brave_resources.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\chrome.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\chrome_child.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\chrome_elf.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\chrome_watcher.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Extensions\external_extensions.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Installer\chrmstp.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Installer\chrome.7z
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Installer\setup.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\libegl.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\libglesv2.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\am.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\ar.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\bg.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\bn.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\ca.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\cs.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\da.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\de.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\el.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\es.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\et.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\fa.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\fi.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\fil.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\fr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\gu.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\he.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\hi.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\hr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\hu.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\id.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\it.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\ja.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\kn.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\ko.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\lt.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\lv.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\ml.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\mr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\ms.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\nb.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\nl.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\pl.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\ro.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\ru.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\sk.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\sl.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\sr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\sv.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\sw.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\ta.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\te.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\th.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\tr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\uk.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\vi.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\Locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\MEIPreload\manifest.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\natives_blob.bin
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\notification_helper.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\resources.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\resources\brave_extension\_locales\am\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ar\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bg\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bn\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ca\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\resources\brave_extension\_locales\cs\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\resources\brave_extension\_locales\da\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\resources\brave_extension\_locales\de\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\resources\brave_extension\_locales\el\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_GB\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_US\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es_419\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\resources\brave_extension\_locales\et\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fa\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fi\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fil\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fr\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\resources\brave_extension\_locales\gu\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\resources\brave_extension\_locales\he\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hi\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hr\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.69.135\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hu\messages.json

Registry keys:

• 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\MediaPlayer\ShimInclusionList\brave.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\brave.exe
• 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 remove the registry values below from the Windows Registry:

• 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 Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Brave is an application released by the software company Brave Software Inc. Some people want to uninstall this program. Sometimes this is easier said than done because removing this manually takes some know-how related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best SIMPLE approach to uninstall 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 Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to take care of your Windows PC.

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Brave or simply activate the Search field and type in "Brave". The Brave application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select Brave in the list of programs, the following data regarding the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding Brave, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Brave.


8. After uninstalling Brave, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of Brave which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Brave using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

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 software application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Brave supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.