Brave

A way to uninstall Brave from your computer

Brave is a software application. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows release was created by Auteurs de Brave. Take a look here for more info on Auteurs de Brave. Brave is typically installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application directory, however this location can differ a lot depending on the user's option when installing the application. 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\76.0.67.124\Installer\setup.exe. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for admin rights. Brave's primary file takes about 1.87 MB (1964176 bytes) and is named brave.exe.

The executables below are part of Brave. They occupy an average of 7.79 MB (8171440 bytes) on disk.

• brave.exe (1.87 MB)
• chrome_proxy.exe (738.64 KB)
• notification_helper.exe (853.14 KB)
• setup.exe (2.18 MB)

The current page applies to Brave version 76.0.67.124 alone. Click on the links below for other Brave versions:

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• 72.0.59.35
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• 86.1.15.75
• 88.1.19.90
• 92.1.27.108
• 74.0.64.76
• 80.1.5.115
• 105.1.43.93
• 85.1.14.81
• 79.1.5.27
• 107.1.45.131
• 76.0.67.125
• 89.1.21.73
• 124.1.65.114
• 107.1.45.127
• 89.1.22.71
• 77.0.68.142
• 109.1.47.186
• 83.1.10.95
• 86.1.16.72
• 81.1.9.76
• 98.1.35.100
• 113.1.51.118
• 87.1.18.75
• 108.1.46.153
• 101.1.38.111
• 86.1.16.76
• 72.0.59.34
• 114.1.52.117
• 71.0.57.18
• 73.0.61.52
• 73.0.62.51
• 120.1.61.114
• 106.1.44.112
• 84.1.12.112
• 83.1.10.90
• 81.1.8.95
• 80.1.5.113
• 106.1.44.108
• 97.1.34.80
• 85.1.13.86
• 110.1.48.158
• 90.1.23.75
• 120.1.61.109
• 118.1.59.117
• 71.0.58.18
• 93.1.29.77
• 91.1.26.77
• 94.1.30.86
• 105.1.43.88
• 105.1.43.89
• 88.1.19.92
• 85.1.14.84
• 72.0.60.45
• 76.0.67.123
• 119.1.60.125
• 70.0.56.15
• 87.1.18.77
• 90.1.23.71
• 71.0.58.16
• 121.1.62.162
• 70.0.56.12
• 120.1.61.104
• 115.1.56.11
• 80.1.5.112
• 88.1.19.86
• 72.0.60.48
• 75.0.66.101
• 90.1.24.82
• 110.1.48.167
• 72.0.60.47
• 79.1.2.41

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Many files, folders and registry data can be left behind when you want to remove Brave from your computer.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Brave from your computer:

• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppHang_brave.exe_c784625b9fa0c87e8f388854be1c51c6bb0fbfd_c581da0a_05adb6ba

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\76.0.67.124.manifest
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\brave_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\brave_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\brave_resources.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\chrome.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\chrome_child.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\chrome_elf.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\chrome_watcher.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Extensions\external_extensions.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Installer\chrmstp.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Installer\chrome.7z
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Installer\setup.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\libegl.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\libglesv2.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\am.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\ar.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\bg.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\bn.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\ca.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\cs.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\da.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\de.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\el.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\es.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\et.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\fa.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\fi.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\fil.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\fr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\gu.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\he.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\hi.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\hr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\hu.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\id.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\it.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\ja.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\kn.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\ko.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\lt.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\lv.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\ml.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\mr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\ms.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\nb.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\nl.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\pl.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\ro.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\ru.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\sk.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\sl.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\sr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\sv.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\sw.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\ta.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\te.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\th.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\tr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\uk.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\vi.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\Locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\MEIPreload\manifest.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\natives_blob.bin
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\notification_helper.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\resources.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\resources\brave_extension\_locales\am\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ar\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bg\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bn\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ca\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\resources\brave_extension\_locales\cs\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\resources\brave_extension\_locales\da\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\resources\brave_extension\_locales\de\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\resources\brave_extension\_locales\el\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_GB\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_US\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es_419\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\resources\brave_extension\_locales\et\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fa\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fi\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fil\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fr\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\resources\brave_extension\_locales\gu\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\resources\brave_extension\_locales\he\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hi\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hr\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hu\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.67.124\resources\brave_extension\_locales\id\messages.json

Many times the following registry data will not be uninstalled:

• 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\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage\brave.com
• 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 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 uninstall Brave from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Brave is a program by the software company Auteurs de Brave. Sometimes, people want to erase it. This can be hard because deleting this manually takes some knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best EASY approach to erase 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 already installed on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the applications existing on your computer will appear

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 app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click Brave in the list of apps, the following information about the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about Brave, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Brave.


8. After removing Brave, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Brave which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Brave with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Brave by Auteurs de Brave from your computer, nor are we saying that Brave by Auteurs de Brave is not a good application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Brave supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.