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A guide to uninstall Brave from your system

This page is about Brave for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows release was created by Autores do Brave. Further information on Autores do Brave can be seen here. The application is usually located in the C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application folder (same installation drive as Windows). You can remove Brave by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Installer\setup.exe. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for administrator rights. brave.exe is the Brave's primary executable file and it takes circa 1.88 MB (1967272 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are incorporated in Brave. They take 8.30 MB (8703648 bytes) on disk.

  • brave.exe (1.88 MB)
  • chrome_proxy.exe (566.66 KB)
  • chrome_pwa_launcher.exe (1.11 MB)
  • notification_helper.exe (715.66 KB)
  • setup.exe (2.03 MB)


The current web page applies to Brave version 84.1.11.97 only. You can find below info on other releases of Brave:

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Brave has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders remaining:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser

The files below remain on your disk by Brave when you uninstall it:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\84.1.11.97.manifest
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\brave.exe.sig
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\brave_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\brave_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\brave_resources.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\chrome.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\chrome_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\chrome_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\chrome_elf.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\d3dcompiler_47.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\eventlog_provider.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Extensions\external_extensions.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\icudtl.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Installer\chrmstp.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Installer\chrome.7z
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Installer\setup.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\libEGL.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\libGLESv2.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\am.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\ar.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\bg.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\bn.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\ca.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\cs.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\da.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\de.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\el.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\en-GB.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\en-US.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\es.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\es-419.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\et.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\fa.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\fi.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\fil.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\fr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\gu.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\he.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\hi.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\hr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\hu.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\id.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\it.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\ja.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\kn.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\ko.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\lt.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\lv.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\ml.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\mr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\ms.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\nb.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\nl.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\pl.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\pt-BR.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\pt-PT.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\ro.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\ru.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\sk.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\sl.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\sr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\sv.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\sw.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\ta.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\te.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\th.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\tr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\uk.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\vi.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\zh-CN.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\Locales\zh-TW.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\MEIPreload\manifest.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\notification_helper.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\resources.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\resources\brave_extension\_locales\am\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ar\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bg\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bn\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ca\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\resources\brave_extension\_locales\cs\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\resources\brave_extension\_locales\da\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\resources\brave_extension\_locales\de\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\resources\brave_extension\_locales\el\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_GB\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_US\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es_419\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\resources\brave_extension\_locales\et\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fa\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fi\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fil\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fr\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\resources\brave_extension\_locales\gu\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\resources\brave_extension\_locales\he\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hi\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hr\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hu\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\84.1.11.97\resources\brave_extension\_locales\id\messages.json

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:
  • 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\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 delete the values below from the Windows Registry:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4261281257-1002069334-2761008872-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume1\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 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Brave is an application released by Autores do Brave. Frequently, users choose to uninstall this application. Sometimes this is efortful because uninstalling this by hand requires some advanced knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE practice to uninstall 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 Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows computer.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

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


5. A list of the applications installed on the 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 automatically. Notice that after you click Brave in the list , the following information about the application is available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have about Brave, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the app you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Brave.
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8. After removing Brave, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Brave that 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 entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.



Disclaimer

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

2020-07-17 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2020-07-17 13:04:15.560