Brave

A guide to uninstall Brave from your PC

This web 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 De auteurs van Brave. Further information on De auteurs van Brave can be seen here. The application is usually located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application folder (same installation drive as Windows). The full command line for removing Brave is C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Installer\setup.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might be prompted for admin rights. The program's main executable file has a size of 2.15 MB (2256328 bytes) on disk and is called brave.exe.

The following executable files are incorporated in Brave. They take 10.34 MB (10838704 bytes) on disk.

• brave.exe (2.15 MB)
• chrome_proxy.exe (878.45 KB)
• chrome_pwa_launcher.exe (1.38 MB)
• notification_helper.exe (1,014.95 KB)
• setup.exe (2.48 MB)

This info is about Brave version 91.1.25.70 alone. You can find below info on other versions of Brave:

• 73.0.62.51
• 120.1.61.106
• 70.0.55.18
• 108.1.46.140
• 101.1.38.117
• 89.1.22.71
• 95.1.31.87
• 111.1.49.128
• 77.0.68.139
• 94.1.30.87
• 123.1.64.122
• 87.1.18.75
• 73.0.61.51
• 84.1.11.101
• 101.1.38.109
• 99.1.36.109
• 97.1.34.80
• 110.1.48.171
• 90.1.24.86
• 117.1.58.124
• 77.0.68.142
• 108.1.46.133
• 91.1.25.72
• 84.1.11.104
• 75.0.65.118
• 77.0.68.140
• 98.1.35.101
• 88.1.19.90
• 71.0.57.18
• 80.1.5.112
• 86.1.15.75
• 101.1.38.119
• 85.1.14.81
• 92.1.27.108
• 85.1.13.82
• 106.1.44.105
• 80.1.5.115
• 110.1.48.167
• 80.1.5.113
• 80.1.4.95
• 109.1.47.186
• 89.1.21.73
• 71.0.58.18
• 124.1.65.114
• 99.1.36.111
• 107.1.45.127
• 105.1.43.93
• 81.1.9.80
• 88.1.20.103
• 98.1.35.100
• 115.1.56.20
• 90.1.24.84
• 103.1.40.113
• 81.1.9.76
• 86.1.16.75
• 93.1.29.77
• 106.1.44.101
• 77.0.69.135
• 72.0.59.35
• 101.1.38.111
• 103.1.41.100
• 113.1.51.118
• 124.1.65.122
• 76.0.68.132
• 92.1.27.111
• 98.1.35.103
• 80.1.5.123
• 76.0.67.123
• 81.1.9.72
• 73.0.61.52
• 122.1.63.174
• 77.0.68.138
• 117.1.58.131
• 114.1.52.122
• 95.1.31.88
• 108.1.46.134
• 122.1.63.161
• 81.1.8.95
• 120.1.61.109
• 110.1.48.158
• 122.1.63.162
• 106.1.44.108
• 91.1.26.74
• 74.0.63.48
• 88.1.20.110
• 118.1.59.117
• 121.1.62.153
• 121.1.62.162
• 91.1.26.77
• 76.0.67.124
• 80.1.7.92
• 89.1.22.67
• 94.1.30.86
• 74.0.64.77
• 90.1.23.71
• 103.1.40.105
• 71.0.58.16
• 86.1.16.72
• 114.1.52.130
• 112.1.50.121

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the PC. Some of these are listed below.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Brave:

• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser

The files below remain on your disk by Brave's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\91.1.25.70.manifest
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\brave.exe.sig
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\brave_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\brave_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\brave_resources.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\chrome.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\chrome_elf.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\eventlog_provider.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Extensions\external_extensions.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Installer\chrmstp.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Installer\chrome.7z
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Installer\setup.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\am.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\ar.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\bg.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\bn.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\ca.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\cs.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\da.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\de.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\el.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\es.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\et.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\fa.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\fi.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\fil.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\fr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\gu.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\he.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\hi.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\hr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\hu.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\id.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\it.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\ja.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\kn.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\ko.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\lt.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\lv.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\ml.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\mr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\ms.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\nb.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\nl.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\pl.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\ro.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\ru.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\sk.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\sl.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\sr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\sv.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\sw.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\ta.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\te.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\th.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\tr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\uk.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\vi.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\Locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\MEIPreload\manifest.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\mojo_core.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\notification_helper.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\resources.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\resources\brave_extension\_locales\am\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ar\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bg\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bn\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ca\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\resources\brave_extension\_locales\cs\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\resources\brave_extension\_locales\da\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\resources\brave_extension\_locales\de\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\resources\brave_extension\_locales\el\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_GB\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_US\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es_419\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\resources\brave_extension\_locales\et\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fa\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fi\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fil\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fr\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\resources\brave_extension\_locales\gu\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\resources\brave_extension\_locales\he\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hi\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hr\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\91.1.25.70\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hu\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 registry values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3676398057-821021207-3242432118-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\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\bravem\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bravem\DisplayName

How to remove Brave with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Brave is an application by the software company De auteurs van Brave. Some users try to remove this program. Sometimes this is difficult because deleting this manually takes some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK procedure 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 Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your Windows system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Brave or simply click the Search field and type in "Brave". The Brave app will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Brave in the list of apps, the following information regarding the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding Brave, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Brave.


8. After uninstalling Brave, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Brave that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Brave using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure 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

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Brave by De auteurs van Brave from your PC, nor are we saying that Brave by De auteurs van Brave is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Brave in case 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.