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How to uninstall Brave from your computer

You can find below detailed information on how to uninstall Brave for Windows. The Windows release was created by Brave Software Inc. Open here for more details on Brave Software Inc. The application is frequently located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application directory. Take into account that this location can vary depending on the user's decision. Brave's full uninstall command line is C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Installer\setup.exe. The application's main executable file occupies 1.90 MB (1987728 bytes) on disk and is named brave.exe.

The following executables are incorporated in Brave. They occupy 7.81 MB (8184752 bytes) on disk.

  • brave.exe (1.90 MB)
  • chrome_proxy.exe (694.64 KB)
  • notification_helper.exe (857.14 KB)
  • setup.exe (2.20 MB)


The information on this page is only about version 77.0.68.141 of Brave. You can find below a few links to other Brave versions:

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the computer. Some of these are shown below.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Brave:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser

The files below were left behind on your disk by Brave's application uninstaller when you removed it:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\77.0.68.141.manifest
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\brave.exe.sig
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\brave_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\brave_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\brave_resources.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\chrome.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\chrome_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\chrome_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\chrome_child.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\chrome_elf.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\chrome_watcher.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\d3dcompiler_47.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Extensions\external_extensions.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\icudtl.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Installer\chrmstp.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Installer\chrome.7z
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Installer\setup.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\libegl.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\libglesv2.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\am.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\ar.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\bg.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\bn.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\ca.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\cs.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\da.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\de.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\el.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\en-GB.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\en-US.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\es.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\es-419.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\et.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\fa.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\fi.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\fil.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\fr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\gu.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\he.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\hi.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\hr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\hu.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\id.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\it.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\ja.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\kn.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\ko.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\lt.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\lv.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\ml.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\mr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\ms.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\nb.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\nl.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\pl.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\pt-BR.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\pt-PT.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\ro.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\ru.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\sk.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\sl.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\sr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\sv.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\sw.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\ta.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\te.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\th.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\tr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\uk.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\vi.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\zh-CN.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\Locales\zh-TW.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\MEIPreload\manifest.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\natives_blob.bin
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\notification_helper.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\resources.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\resources\brave_extension\_locales\am\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ar\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bg\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bn\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ca\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\resources\brave_extension\_locales\cs\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\resources\brave_extension\_locales\da\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\resources\brave_extension\_locales\de\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\resources\brave_extension\_locales\el\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_GB\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_US\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es_419\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\resources\brave_extension\_locales\et\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fa\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fi\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fil\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fr\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\resources\brave_extension\_locales\gu\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\resources\brave_extension\_locales\he\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hi\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hr\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.141\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hu\messages.json

Many times the following registry keys will not be uninstalled:
  • 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_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\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 remove the following values:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\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


A way to uninstall Brave using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Brave is a program by Brave Software Inc. Frequently, users try to uninstall it. This can be easier said than done because performing this by hand requires some skill regarding PCs. One of the best SIMPLE manner to uninstall 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 Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your Windows PC.

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  • download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications existing on your PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find Brave or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Brave". The Brave application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select Brave in the list of applications, some data regarding the program is made available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding Brave, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the application you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Brave.
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8. After removing Brave, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click 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 uninstalling Brave with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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



Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Brave by Brave Software Inc from your computer, nor are we saying that Brave by Brave Software Inc is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Brave in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2019-09-25 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2019-09-25 17:16:13.993