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A way to uninstall Brave from your computer

You can find below details on how to remove Brave for Windows. It was coded for Windows by The Brave Authors. Further information on The Brave Authors can be found here. Usually the Brave program is to be found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application directory, depending on the user's option during install. You can remove Brave by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Installer\setup.exe. Keep in mind that you might receive a notification for admin rights. The program's main executable file has a size of 1.98 MB (2081256 bytes) on disk and is titled brave.exe.

Brave installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 8.95 MB (9385400 bytes) on disk.

  • brave.exe (1.98 MB)
  • elevation_service.exe (1.22 MB)
  • notification_helper.exe (684.48 KB)
  • setup.exe (2.54 MB)


This data is about Brave version 72.0.60.45 only. Click on the links below for other Brave versions:

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Some files and registry entries are regularly left behind when you remove Brave.

Directories found on disk:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser

Generally, the following files remain on disk:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\72.0.60.45.manifest
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\brave_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\brave_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\brave_resources.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\chrome.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\chrome_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\chrome_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\chrome_child.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\chrome_elf.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\chrome_watcher.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\d3dcompiler_47.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\elevation_service.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Extensions\external_extensions.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\icudtl.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Installer\chrmstp.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Installer\chrome.7z
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Installer\setup.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\libegl.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\libglesv2.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\am.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\ar.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\bg.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\bn.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\ca.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\cs.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\da.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\de.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\el.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\en-GB.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\en-US.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\es.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\es-419.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\et.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\fa.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\fi.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\fil.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\fr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\gu.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\he.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\hi.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\hr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\hu.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\id.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\it.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\ja.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\kn.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\ko.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\lt.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\lv.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\ml.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\mr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\ms.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\nb.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\nl.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\pl.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\pt-BR.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\pt-PT.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\ro.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\ru.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\sk.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\sl.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\sr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\sv.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\sw.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\ta.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\te.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\th.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\tr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\uk.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\vi.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\zh-CN.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\Locales\zh-TW.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\MEIPreload\manifest.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\natives_blob.bin
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\notification_helper.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\resources.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\resources\brave_extension\_locales\am\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ar\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bg\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bn\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ca\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\resources\brave_extension\_locales\cs\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\resources\brave_extension\_locales\da\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\resources\brave_extension\_locales\de\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\resources\brave_extension\_locales\el\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_GB\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_US\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es_419\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\resources\brave_extension\_locales\et\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fa\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fi\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fil\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fr\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\resources\brave_extension\_locales\gu\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\resources\brave_extension\_locales\he\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hi\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hr\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\72.0.60.45\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hu\messages.json

Registry that is not cleaned:
  • 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

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-433796989-123758466-1538004644-1002\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\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 delete Brave from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Brave is an application offered by The Brave Authors. Frequently, computer users try to remove this program. Sometimes this can be troublesome because uninstalling this by hand takes some know-how regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK manner to remove Brave is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general tool to clean your computer.

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2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

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


5. A list of the applications installed on your PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find Brave or simply click the Search feature and type in "Brave". If it is installed on your PC the Brave application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click Brave in the list , the following information about the program is available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about Brave, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the program you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Brave.
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8. After removing Brave, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed 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 uninstalling Brave using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.



Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Brave by The Brave Authors from your computer, we are not saying that Brave by The Brave Authors is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed info 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' computers.

2019-02-23 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2019-02-23 01:41:28.690