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A way to uninstall Brave from your computer

You can find on this page detailed information on how to remove Brave for Windows. The Windows version was developed by Brave Software Inc. You can read more on Brave Software Inc or check for application updates here. Usually the Brave application is to be found in the C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application directory, depending on the user's option during install. Brave's full uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Installer\setup.exe. The program's main executable file is labeled brave.exe and it has a size of 2.62 MB (2747896 bytes).

The executable files below are installed along with Brave. They take about 12.17 MB (12765648 bytes) on disk.

  • brave.exe (2.62 MB)
  • chrome_proxy.exe (988.49 KB)
  • chrome_pwa_launcher.exe (1.59 MB)
  • notification_helper.exe (1.17 MB)
  • setup.exe (2.91 MB)


This page is about Brave version 102.1.39.122 only. You can find below info on other versions of Brave:

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If planning to uninstall Brave you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Brave from your PC:
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\???????? Brave

Generally, the following files are left on disk:
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\102.1.39.122.manifest
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\brave.exe.sig
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\brave_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\brave_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\brave_resources.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\chrome.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\chrome_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\chrome_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\chrome_elf.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\d3dcompiler_47.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\eventlog_provider.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Extensions\external_extensions.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\icudtl.dat
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Installer\chrmstp.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Installer\chrome.7z
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Installer\setup.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\libEGL.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\libGLESv2.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\af.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\am.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\ar.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\bg.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\bn.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\ca.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\cs.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\da.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\de.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\el.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\en-GB.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\en-US.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\es.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\es-419.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\et.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\fa.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\fi.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\fil.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\fr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\gu.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\he.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\hi.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\hr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\hu.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\id.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\it.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\ja.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\kn.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\ko.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\lt.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\lv.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\ml.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\mr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\ms.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\nb.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\nl.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\pl.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\pt-BR.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\pt-PT.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\ro.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\ru.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\sk.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\sl.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\sr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\sv.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\sw.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\ta.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\te.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\th.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\tr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\uk.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\ur.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\vi.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\zh-CN.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\Locales\zh-TW.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\MEIPreload\manifest.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\mojo_core.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\notification_helper.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\resources.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\resources\brave_extension\_locales\af\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\resources\brave_extension\_locales\am\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ar\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bg\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bn\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ca\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\resources\brave_extension\_locales\cs\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\resources\brave_extension\_locales\da\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\resources\brave_extension\_locales\de\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\resources\brave_extension\_locales\el\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_GB\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_US\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es_419\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\resources\brave_extension\_locales\et\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fa\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fi\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fil\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fr\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\resources\brave_extension\_locales\gu\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\102.1.39.122\resources\brave_extension\_locales\he\messages.json

Generally the following registry data will not be uninstalled:
  • 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

Open regedit.exe to remove the registry values below 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_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\chrome_proxy.exe.ApplicationCompany
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\chrome_proxy.exe.FriendlyAppName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1465832182-1313626399-655919129-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\brave\DisplayName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bravem\DisplayName


A way to erase Brave from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Brave is a program marketed by the software company Brave Software Inc. Some users want to remove this application. Sometimes this is easier said than done because removing this by hand requires some experience related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best QUICK practice to remove Brave is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general utility to clean your system.

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2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

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


5. All the programs existing on your computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Brave or simply click the Search field and type in "Brave". If it exists on your system the Brave program will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Brave in the list of programs, the following data regarding the application is made available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding Brave, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the program you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Brave.
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8. After uninstalling Brave, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Brave which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Brave with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories 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 recommendation to remove Brave by Brave Software Inc from your PC, nor are we 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 in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2022-06-10 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2022-06-10 17:05:02.680