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How to uninstall Brave from your system

This web page contains thorough information on how to uninstall Brave for Windows. It was coded for Windows by The Brave Authors. Go over here for more details on The Brave Authors. Brave is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application folder, however this location may vary a lot depending on the user's decision while installing the application. The entire uninstall command line for Brave is C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Installer\setup.exe. The application's main executable file has a size of 1.97 MB (2069992 bytes) on disk and is labeled brave.exe.

The following executables are installed alongside Brave. They occupy about 7.78 MB (8162232 bytes) on disk.

  • brave.exe (1.97 MB)
  • chrome_proxy.exe (568.98 KB)
  • notification_helper.exe (686.48 KB)
  • setup.exe (2.29 MB)


The current page applies to Brave version 74.0.64.76 alone. You can find below info on other releases of Brave:

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A considerable amount of files, folders and registry data can not be deleted when you are trying to remove Brave from your PC.

Directories found on disk:
  • 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 when you remove Brave:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\74.0.64.76.manifest
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\brave_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\brave_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\brave_resources.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\chrome.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\chrome_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\chrome_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\chrome_child.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\chrome_elf.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\chrome_watcher.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\d3dcompiler_47.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Extensions\external_extensions.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\icudtl.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Installer\chrmstp.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Installer\chrome.7z
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Installer\setup.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\libegl.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\libglesv2.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\am.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\ar.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\bg.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\bn.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\ca.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\cs.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\da.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\de.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\el.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\en-GB.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\en-US.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\es.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\es-419.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\et.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\fa.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\fi.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\fil.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\fr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\gu.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\he.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\hi.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\hr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\hu.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\id.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\it.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\ja.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\kn.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\ko.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\lt.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\lv.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\ml.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\mr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\ms.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\nb.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\nl.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\pl.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\pt-BR.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\pt-PT.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\ro.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\ru.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\sk.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\sl.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\sr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\sv.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\sw.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\ta.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\te.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\th.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\tr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\uk.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\vi.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\zh-CN.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\Locales\zh-TW.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\MEIPreload\manifest.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\natives_blob.bin
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\notification_helper.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\resources.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\am\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ar\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bg\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bn\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ca\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\cs\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\da\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\de\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\el\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_GB\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_US\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es_419\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\et\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fa\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fi\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fil\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fr\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\gu\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\he\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hi\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hr\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hu\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\74.0.64.76\resources\brave_extension\_locales\id\messages.json

Registry that is not 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

Use regedit.exe to delete the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe.ApplicationCompany
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe.FriendlyAppName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1918559427-1004069104-1748159610-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\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
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{6C8FCD6E-4069-4848-B665-8EDDEDAA4075}C:\program files (x86)\bravesoftware\brave-browser\application\brave.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{15F8D32F-8404-49BE-8FF8-D0348FED0828}C:\program files (x86)\bravesoftware\brave-browser\application\brave.exe


A way to remove Brave from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Brave is an application released by the software company The Brave Authors. Sometimes, users want to uninstall this program. Sometimes this is difficult because doing this manually requires some experience regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY solution to uninstall 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, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to take care of your computer.

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  • visit Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


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


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Brave or simply activate the Search field and type in "Brave". The Brave app will be found very quickly. When you select Brave in the list , the following data about the program is made available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about Brave, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the program you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Brave.
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8. After uninstalling Brave, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Brave which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Brave using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows system 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 The Brave Authors from your PC, nor are we saying that Brave by The Brave Authors is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Brave supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2019-05-17 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2019-05-17 09:18:39.200