Brave

A way to uninstall Brave from your system

This page contains detailed information on how to uninstall Brave for Windows. It is produced by Brave Software Inc. Open here for more info on Brave Software Inc. Brave is typically installed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application directory, however this location can vary a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the application. You can remove Brave by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Installer\setup.exe. Keep in mind that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. Brave's primary file takes around 2.98 MB (3121232 bytes) and is called brave.exe.

The following executables are installed together with Brave. They occupy about 31.57 MB (33099904 bytes) on disk.

• brave.exe (2.98 MB)
• chrome_proxy.exe (1.41 MB)
• brave_vpn_helper.exe (2.80 MB)
• chrome_pwa_launcher.exe (1.71 MB)
• elevation_service.exe (3.06 MB)
• notification_helper.exe (1.63 MB)
• brave_vpn_wireguard_service.exe (13.16 MB)
• setup.exe (4.82 MB)

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This page is about Brave version 137.1.79.123 alone. Click on the links below for other Brave versions:

• 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
• 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
• 117.1.58.131

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Brave has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Directories left on disk:

• 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 when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\137.1.79.123.manifest
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\brave.exe.sig
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\brave_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\brave_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\brave_resources.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\brave_vpn_helper.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\BraveVpnWireguardService\brave_vpn_wireguard_service.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\BraveVpnWireguardService\tunnel.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\BraveVpnWireguardService\wireguard.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\chrome.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\chrome_elf.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\chrome_wer.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\dxcompiler.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\dxil.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\elevation_service.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\eventlog_provider.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Extensions\external_extensions.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Installer\chrmstp.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Installer\chrome.7z
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Installer\setup.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\IwaKeyDistribution\iwa-key-distribution.pb
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\IwaKeyDistribution\manifest.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\af.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\am.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\ar.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\az.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\bg.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\bn.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\ca.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\cs.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\da.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\de.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\el.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\es.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\et.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\fa.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\fi.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\fil.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\fr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\gu.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\he.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\hi.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\hr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\hu.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\id.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\it.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\ja.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\ka.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\km.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\kn.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\ko.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\lt.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\lv.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\mk.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\ml.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\mn.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\mr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\ms.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\my.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\nb.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\nl.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\pl.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\ro.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\ru.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\si.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\sk.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\sl.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\sq.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\sr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\sr-Latn.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\sv.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\sw.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\ta.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\te.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\th.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\tr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\uk.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\ur.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\uz.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\vi.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\Locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\MEIPreload\manifest.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\notification_helper.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\PrivacySandboxAttestationsPreloaded\manifest.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\PrivacySandboxAttestationsPreloaded\privacy-sandbox-attestations.dat
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\137.1.79.123\resources.pak

Registry that is not removed:

• 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

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following values:

• 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-1-5-21-3281672596-615190703-228905053-1001\\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

How to uninstall Brave from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Brave is a program released by Brave Software Inc. Frequently, computer users decide to uninstall this program. This is efortful because performing this manually takes some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY action 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 good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to clean your Windows PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good program.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the applications installed on your PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find Brave or simply click the Search field and type in "Brave". The Brave application will be found automatically. Notice that when you select Brave in the list , some information regarding the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding Brave, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Brave.


8. After removing Brave, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Brave that 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 registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Brave by Brave Software Inc from your PC, we are not saying that Brave by Brave Software Inc is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Brave supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.