Brave

A way to uninstall Brave from your system

This web page contains thorough information on how to uninstall Brave for Windows. The Windows release was created by The Brave Authors. You can read more on The Brave Authors or check for application updates here. Brave is typically installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application folder, regulated by the user's decision. C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Installer\setup.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall Brave. brave.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 1.83 MB (1916560 bytes) on disk.

Brave installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 7.46 MB (7826352 bytes) on disk.

• brave.exe (1.83 MB)
• chrome_proxy.exe (632.64 KB)
• notification_helper.exe (747.64 KB)
• setup.exe (2.14 MB)

The information on this page is only about version 75.0.66.101 of Brave. You can find below info on other application versions of Brave:

• 74.0.63.48
• 76.0.67.123
• 77.0.68.139
• 73.0.61.51
• 81.1.9.72
• 75.0.65.118
• 79.1.2.42
• 80.1.5.115
• 73.0.64.4
• 74.0.64.76
• 71.0.58.18
• 77.0.68.142
• 70.0.55.22
• 83.1.10.95
• 78.0.70.123
• 72.0.59.34
• 72.0.59.35
• 73.0.61.52
• 72.0.59.33
• 83.1.10.86
• 81.1.8.95
• 80.1.5.113
• 71.0.58.16
• 83.1.10.90
• 72.0.60.48
• 72.0.60.45
• 76.0.67.125
• 80.1.5.112
• 71.0.57.18
• 72.0.60.47
• 76.0.67.124
• 79.1.2.41
• 73.0.62.51
• 78.0.70.121
• 79.1.1.21
• 83.1.10.93
• 70.0.56.14
• 80.1.7.92
• 78.1.0.1
• 80.1.3.115
• 81.1.8.96
• 74.0.63.55
• 78.1.3.17
• 80.1.5.122
• 80.1.5.123
• 81.1.9.76
• 77.0.68.141
• 79.1.1.20
• 79.1.2.43
• 80.1.4.95
• 78.1.0.0
• 73.0.62.50
• 75.0.65.121
• 80.1.3.113
• 70.0.56.12
• 74.0.64.77
• 77.0.69.132
• 77.0.68.138
• 75.0.66.100
• 81.1.9.80
• 70.0.56.15
• 80.1.3.118
• 75.0.65.120
• 83.1.10.97
• 81.1.8.86
• 74.0.64.75
• 71.0.58.17
• 75.0.68.100
• 78.0.70.122
• 79.1.1.23
• 76.0.68.131
• 80.1.4.96
• 70.0.55.20
• 79.1.1.22
• 75.0.66.99
• 81.1.8.90
• 76.0.68.132
• 77.0.69.135
• 79.1.5.27
• 70.0.55.18
• 71.0.58.21
• 77.0.68.140
• 81.1.7.98

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

Directories found on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser

The files below remain on your disk when you remove Brave:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\75.0.66.101.manifest
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\brave_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\brave_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\brave_resources.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\chrome.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\chrome_child.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\chrome_elf.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\chrome_watcher.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Extensions\external_extensions.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Installer\chrmstp.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Installer\chrome.7z
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Installer\setup.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\libegl.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\libglesv2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\am.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\ar.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\bg.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\bn.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\ca.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\cs.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\da.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\de.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\el.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\es.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\et.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\fa.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\fi.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\fil.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\fr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\gu.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\he.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\hi.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\hr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\hu.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\id.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\it.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\ja.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\kn.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\ko.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\lt.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\lv.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\ml.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\mr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\ms.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\nb.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\nl.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\pl.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\ro.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\ru.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\sk.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\sl.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\sr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\sv.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\sw.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\ta.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\te.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\th.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\tr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\uk.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\vi.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\Locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\MEIPreload\manifest.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\natives_blob.bin
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\notification_helper.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\resources.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\resources\brave_extension\_locales\am\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ar\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bg\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bn\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ca\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\resources\brave_extension\_locales\cs\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\resources\brave_extension\_locales\da\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\resources\brave_extension\_locales\de\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\resources\brave_extension\_locales\el\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_GB\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_US\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es_419\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\resources\brave_extension\_locales\et\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fa\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fi\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fil\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fr\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\resources\brave_extension\_locales\gu\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\resources\brave_extension\_locales\he\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hi\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hr\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hu\messages.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\75.0.66.101\resources\brave_extension\_locales\id\messages.json

Registry that is not removed:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type\application/x-vnd.brave.oneclickctrl.9
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type\application/x-vnd.brave.update3webcontrol.3
• HKEY_CURRENT_UserName\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\Software\MozillaPlugins\@tools.brave.com/BraveSoftware Update;version=3
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\MozillaPlugins\@tools.brave.com/BraveSoftware Update;version=9
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\brave
• 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\UserNameSettings\S-1-5-21-4218292017-3765191847-534764053-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files (x86)\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\bravem\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bravem\DisplayName

How to uninstall Brave with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Brave is an application by the software company The Brave Authors. Sometimes, users choose to remove it. This is efortful because performing this manually takes some advanced knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. The best QUICK approach to remove Brave is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to optimize your computer.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Brave or simply activate the Search field and type in "Brave". If it is installed on your PC the Brave program will be found automatically. When you click Brave in the list of programs, the following information about the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about Brave, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Brave.


8. After uninstalling Brave, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Brave that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Brave using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Brave by The Brave Authors from your computer, nor are we saying that Brave by The Brave Authors is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove Brave in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.