Brave

A guide to uninstall Brave from your PC

This web page contains complete information on how to uninstall Brave for Windows. It is written by Brave Software Inc. Additional info about Brave Software Inc can be seen here. Brave is usually set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application folder, regulated by the user's decision. You can remove Brave by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Installer\setup.exe. Note that you might get a notification for administrator rights. Brave's main file takes around 2.00 MB (2095272 bytes) and its name is brave.exe.

Brave installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 9.25 MB (9698800 bytes) on disk.

• brave.exe (2.00 MB)
• chrome_proxy.exe (704.16 KB)
• chrome_pwa_launcher.exe (1.16 MB)
• notification_helper.exe (889.16 KB)
• setup.exe (2.27 MB)

The current page applies to Brave version 86.1.15.72 only. Click on the links below for other Brave versions:

• 79.1.2.42
• 115.1.56.9
• 70.0.55.18
• 86.1.15.75
• 112.1.50.118
• 83.1.10.97
• 77.0.71.90
• 102.1.39.122
• 79.1.2.43
• 123.1.64.113
• 120.1.61.106
• 87.1.17.68
• 74.0.63.48
• 116.1.57.57
• 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
• 90.1.24.86
• 75.0.65.118
• 91.1.28.22
• 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
• 86.1.15.69
• 89.1.21.76
• 121.1.62.156
• 117.1.58.129
• 100.1.37.113
• 88.1.19.90
• 80.1.5.113
• 107.1.45.127
• 85.1.14.83
• 92.1.27.108
• 80.1.5.115
• 105.1.43.93
• 110.1.48.167
• 74.0.64.76
• 110.1.48.171
• 91.1.25.72
• 73.0.61.51
• 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
• 98.1.35.100
• 103.1.40.113
• 105.1.43.85
• 72.0.59.34
• 86.1.16.76
• 90.1.24.82
• 96.1.33.99
• 108.1.46.134
• 117.1.58.131
• 106.1.44.112
• 90.1.24.84
• 84.1.12.112
• 95.1.31.88
• 83.1.10.90
• 81.1.8.95
• 114.1.52.122
• 90.1.23.75
• 88.1.20.110
• 91.1.26.74
• 120.1.61.109
• 89.1.22.72
• 94.1.30.89
• 90.1.23.69
• 71.0.60.2
• 101.1.38.111
• 94.1.30.86
• 123.1.64.122
• 105.1.43.88
• 99.1.36.116
• 72.0.60.48

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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 are left behind on your disk by Brave when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\86.1.15.72.manifest
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\brave.exe.sig
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\brave_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\brave_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\brave_resources.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\chrome.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\chrome_elf.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\eventlog_provider.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Extensions\external_extensions.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Installer\chrmstp.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Installer\chrome.7z
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Installer\setup.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\am.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\ar.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\bg.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\bn.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\ca.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\cs.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\da.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\de.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\el.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\es.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\et.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\fa.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\fi.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\fil.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\fr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\gu.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\he.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\hi.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\hr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\hu.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\id.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\it.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\ja.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\kn.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\ko.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\lt.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\lv.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\ml.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\mr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\ms.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\nb.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\nl.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\pl.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\ro.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\ru.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\sk.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\sl.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\sr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\sv.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\sw.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\ta.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\te.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\th.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\tr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\uk.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\vi.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\Locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\MEIPreload\manifest.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\mojo_core.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\notification_helper.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\resources.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\resources\brave_extension\_locales\am\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ar\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bg\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bn\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ca\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\resources\brave_extension\_locales\cs\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\resources\brave_extension\_locales\da\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\resources\brave_extension\_locales\de\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\resources\brave_extension\_locales\el\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_GB\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_US\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es_419\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\resources\brave_extension\_locales\et\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fa\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fi\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fil\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fr\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\resources\brave_extension\_locales\gu\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\resources\brave_extension\_locales\he\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hi\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hr\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\86.1.15.72\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hu\messages.json

Frequently the following registry keys will not be 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\EventLog\Application\Brave-Browser

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following registry values:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1838832117-3376462550-3014801000-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe

How to delete Brave from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Brave is an application offered by Brave Software Inc. Some computer users want to uninstall this program. This is difficult because performing this by hand requires some advanced knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best EASY 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 on your system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your system.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system utility.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications installed on the computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Brave or simply click the Search feature and type in "Brave". The Brave app will be found very quickly. After you select Brave in the list of applications, the following information about the application is available to you:

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

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


8. After removing Brave, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong 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 are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Brave by Brave Software Inc from your computer, we are not saying that Brave by Brave Software Inc is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove 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.