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A way to uninstall Brave from your PC

Brave is a Windows program. Read below about how to remove it from your computer. The Windows release was created by Los creadores de Brave. You can read more on Los creadores de Brave or check for application updates here. Brave is normally set up in the C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application directory, however this location may vary a lot depending on the user's option while installing the program. You can uninstall Brave by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Installer\setup.exe. Keep in mind that you might be prompted for admin rights. brave.exe is the Brave's primary executable file and it takes about 2.63 MB (2759704 bytes) on disk.

The following executable files are incorporated in Brave. They take 26.25 MB (27521216 bytes) on disk.

  • brave.exe (2.63 MB)
  • chrome_proxy.exe (1.14 MB)
  • brave_vpn_helper.exe (2.64 MB)
  • chrome_pwa_launcher.exe (1.43 MB)
  • notification_helper.exe (1.32 MB)
  • brave_vpn_wireguard_service.exe (10.34 MB)
  • setup.exe (3.37 MB)
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This info is about Brave version 120.1.61.114 only. You can find here a few links to other Brave versions:

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

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

The files below were left behind on your disk when you remove Brave:
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\120.1.61.114.manifest
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\brave.exe.sig
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\brave_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\brave_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\brave_resources.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\brave_vpn_helper.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\BraveVpnWireguardService\brave_vpn_wireguard_service.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\BraveVpnWireguardService\tunnel.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\BraveVpnWireguardService\wireguard.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\chrome.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\chrome_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\chrome_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\chrome_elf.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\chrome_wer.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\d3dcompiler_47.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\dxcompiler.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\dxil.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\eventlog_provider.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Extensions\external_extensions.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\icudtl.dat
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Installer\chrmstp.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Installer\chrome.7z
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Installer\setup.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\libEGL.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\libGLESv2.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\af.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\am.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\ar.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\bg.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\bn.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\ca.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\cs.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\da.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\de.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\el.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\en-GB.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\en-US.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\es.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\es-419.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\et.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\fa.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\fi.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\fil.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\fr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\gu.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\he.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\hi.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\hr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\hu.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\id.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\it.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\ja.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\kn.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\ko.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\lt.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\lv.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\ml.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\mr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\ms.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\nb.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\nl.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\pl.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\pt-BR.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\pt-PT.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\ro.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\ru.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\sk.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\sl.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\sr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\sv.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\sw.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\ta.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\te.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\th.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\tr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\uk.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\ur.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\vi.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\zh-CN.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\Locales\zh-TW.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\MEIPreload\manifest.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\mojo_core.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\notification_helper.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\resources.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\af\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\am\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ar\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bg\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bn\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ca\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\cs\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\da\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\de\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\el\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_GB\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_US\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\120.1.61.114\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es_419\messages.json

Registry keys:
  • 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 remove the following additional values from the Windows Registry:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\117.1.58.137\brave_vpn_helper.exe.ApplicationCompany
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\117.1.58.137\brave_vpn_helper.exe.FriendlyAppName
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe.ApplicationCompany
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe.FriendlyAppName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\brave\Description
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\brave\DisplayName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\BraveElevationService\DisplayName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\BraveElevationService\ImagePath
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bravem\Description
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bravem\DisplayName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\BraveVpnService\DisplayName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\BraveVpnService\ImagePath
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\BraveVpnWireguardService\DisplayName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\BraveVpnWireguardService\ImagePath


How to erase Brave with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Brave is an application by Los creadores de Brave. Sometimes, people decide to erase this application. Sometimes this can be hard because uninstalling this manually takes some skill regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK practice 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 on your Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general utility to take care of your Windows computer.

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  • visit Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs installed on your computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Brave or simply activate the Search field and type in "Brave". If it exists on your system the Brave app will be found automatically. Notice that when you select Brave in the list of applications, some information regarding the program is shown to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding Brave, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the application you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Brave.
Uninstall Brave


8. After removing Brave, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Brave that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Brave with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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



Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Brave by Los creadores de Brave from your PC, we are not saying that Brave by Los creadores de Brave 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 other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2024-01-04 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2024-01-04 17:29:03.813