Brave

A way to uninstall Brave from your PC

Brave is a software application. This page holds details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It was coded for Windows by Les auteurs de Brave. Check out here where you can find out more on Les auteurs de Brave. Brave is normally installed in the C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application folder, depending on the user's decision. The full command line for uninstalling Brave is C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\138.1.80.113\Installer\setup.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may be prompted for administrator rights. brave.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 3.00 MB (3149840 bytes) on disk.

Brave installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 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 current web page applies to Brave version 138.1.80.113 alone. You can find here a few links to other Brave versions:

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• 137.1.79.123

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

Folders remaining:

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

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

• 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

Registry that is not cleaned:

• 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

Use regedit.exe to delete 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\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\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2381906612-3826260867-1099656053-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\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\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\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bravem\DisplayName

How to uninstall Brave from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Brave is a program offered by the software company Les auteurs de Brave. Some users choose to erase this program. This can be efortful because performing this manually requires some skill regarding Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK action 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 system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows system.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications installed on the computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find Brave or simply click the Search field and type in "Brave". The Brave app will be found very quickly. When you click Brave in the list of programs, the following data about the program is shown to you:

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

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Brave.


8. After removing Brave, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Brave which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Brave using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Brave by Les auteurs de Brave from your PC, nor are we saying that Brave by Les auteurs de Brave is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove Brave in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.