Brave

How to uninstall Brave from your computer

This page contains thorough information on how to uninstall Brave for Windows. It was developed for Windows by Brave Software Inc. More data about Brave Software Inc can be read here. The program is usually installed in the C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application folder (same installation drive as Windows). You can uninstall Brave by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Installer\setup.exe. Note that you might be prompted for administrator rights. The program's main executable file is titled brave.exe and it has a size of 3.00 MB (3149840 bytes).

The executables below are part of Brave. They take an average of 36.02 MB (37769360 bytes) on disk.

• brave.exe (3.00 MB)
• chrome_proxy.exe (1.40 MB)
• brave_vpn_helper.exe (2.81 MB)
• chrome_pwa_launcher.exe (1.69 MB)
• elevation_service.exe (3.04 MB)
• notification_helper.exe (1.61 MB)
• brave_vpn_wireguard_service.exe (12.89 MB)
• setup.exe (4.78 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 138.1.80.113 of Brave. For more Brave versions please click below:

• 79.1.2.42
• 132.1.74.51
• 115.1.56.9
• 70.0.55.18
• 133.1.75.178
• 86.1.15.75
• 112.1.50.118
• 83.1.10.97
• 77.0.71.90
• 102.1.39.122
• 79.1.2.43
• 124.1.65.133
• 123.1.64.113
• 120.1.61.106
• 87.1.17.68
• 74.0.63.48
• 116.1.57.57
• 137.1.79.123
• 134.1.78.9
• 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
• 125.1.66.115
• 127.1.68.141
• 134.1.76.74
• 90.1.24.86
• 75.0.65.118
• 91.1.28.22
• 135.1.77.100
• 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
• 128.1.69.162
• 86.1.15.69
• 124.1.65.130
• 130.1.71.114
• 89.1.21.76
• 121.1.62.156
• 117.1.58.129
• 100.1.37.113
• 132.1.74.50
• 88.1.19.90
• 80.1.5.113
• 107.1.45.127
• 127.1.68.134
• 85.1.14.83
• 92.1.27.108
• 137.1.79.118
• 80.1.5.115
• 135.1.77.101
• 105.1.43.93
• 110.1.48.167
• 74.0.64.76
• 110.1.48.171
• 91.1.25.72
• 73.0.61.51
• 131.1.75.18
• 126.1.67.116
• 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
• 128.1.69.153
• 98.1.35.100
• 103.1.40.113
• 105.1.43.85
• 102.1.39.109
• 72.0.59.34
• 123.1.66.43
• 86.1.16.76
• 135.1.77.97
• 90.1.24.82
• 96.1.33.99
• 108.1.46.134

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If you are manually uninstalling Brave we recommend you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

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

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

The files below remain on your disk when you remove Brave:

• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\138.1.80.113.manifest
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\brave.exe.sig
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\brave_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\brave_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\brave_resources.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\brave_vpn_helper.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\BraveVpnWireguardService\brave_vpn_wireguard_service.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\BraveVpnWireguardService\tunnel.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\BraveVpnWireguardService\wireguard.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\chrome.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\chrome_elf.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\chrome_wer.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\dxcompiler.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\dxil.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\elevation_service.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\eventlog_provider.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Extensions\external_extensions.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Installer\chrmstp.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Installer\chrome.7z
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Installer\setup.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\IwaKeyDistribution\iwa-key-distribution.pb
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\IwaKeyDistribution\manifest.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\af.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\am.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\ar.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\az.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\bg.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\bn.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\ca.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\cs.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\da.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\de.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\el.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\es.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\et.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\fa.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\fi.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\fil.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\fr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\gu.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\he.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\hi.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\hr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\hu.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\id.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\it.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\ja.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\ka.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\km.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\kn.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\ko.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\lt.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\lv.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\mk.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\ml.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\mn.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\mr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\ms.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\my.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\nb.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\nl.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\pl.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\ro.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\ru.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\si.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\sk.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\sl.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\sq.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\sr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\sr-Latn.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\sv.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\sw.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\ta.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\te.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\th.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\tr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\uk.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\ur.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\uz.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\vi.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\MEIPreload\manifest.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\notification_helper.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\PrivacySandboxAttestationsPreloaded\manifest.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\PrivacySandboxAttestationsPreloaded\privacy-sandbox-attestations.dat
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\resources.pak

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

• 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\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\BraveSoftware Brave-Browser
• 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 computer:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1110399652-4162702247-2830855833-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\brave\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\BraveElevationService\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\BraveElevationService\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\BraveElevationService\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bravem\DisplayName

A way to erase Brave from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Brave is an application marketed by Brave Software Inc. Some users try to erase this application. Sometimes this is troublesome because doing this manually takes some skill regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best EASY practice to erase Brave is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your system.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications existing on the computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Brave or simply activate the Search field and type in "Brave". If it is installed on your PC the Brave program will be found automatically. Notice that when you select Brave in the list , the following information regarding the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding Brave, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Brave.


8. After removing Brave, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of 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 can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Brave by Brave Software Inc from your PC, we are not saying that Brave by Brave Software Inc is not a good software application. This text 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 Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.