Brave

A guide to uninstall Brave from your PC

This page contains complete information on how to remove Brave for Windows. The Windows release was developed by Brave Software Inc. Go over here where you can get more info on Brave Software Inc. Usually the Brave application is placed in the C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application directory, depending on the user's option during install. The full command line for uninstalling Brave is C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Installer\setup.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may get a notification for admin rights. The program's main executable file is named brave.exe and occupies 3.05 MB (3203088 bytes).

The following executable files are contained in Brave. They occupy 33.65 MB (35281552 bytes) on disk.

• brave.exe (3.05 MB)
• chrome_proxy.exe (1.08 MB)
• brave_vpn_helper.exe (2.90 MB)
• chrome_pwa_launcher.exe (1.39 MB)
• elevation_service.exe (2.88 MB)
• notification_helper.exe (1.34 MB)
• brave_vpn_wireguard_service.exe (11.72 MB)
• setup.exe (4.64 MB)

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The current page applies to Brave version 133.1.75.178 only. 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
• 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
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• 74.0.63.48
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• 84.1.11.101
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• 91.1.25.68
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• 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
• 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
• 106.1.44.112
• 132.1.74.48

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

Folders remaining:

• 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 Apps

The files below remain on your disk by Brave when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\133.1.75.178.manifest
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\brave.exe.sig
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\brave_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\brave_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\brave_resources.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\brave_vpn_helper.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\BraveVpnWireguardService\brave_vpn_wireguard_service.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\BraveVpnWireguardService\tunnel.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\BraveVpnWireguardService\wireguard.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\chrome.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\chrome_elf.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\chrome_wer.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\dxcompiler.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\dxil.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\elevation_service.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\eventlog_provider.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Extensions\external_extensions.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Installer\chrmstp.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Installer\chrome.7z
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Installer\setup.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\af.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\am.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\ar.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\bg.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\bn.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\ca.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\cs.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\da.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\de.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\el.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\es.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\et.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\fa.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\fi.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\fil.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\fr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\gu.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\he.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\hi.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\hr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\hu.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\id.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\it.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\ja.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\kn.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\ko.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\lt.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\lv.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\ml.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\mr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\ms.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\nb.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\nl.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\pl.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\ro.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\ru.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\sk.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\sl.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\sr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\sv.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\sw.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\ta.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\te.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\th.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\tr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\uk.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\ur.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\vi.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\Locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\MEIPreload\manifest.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\notification_helper.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\PrivacySandboxAttestationsPreloaded\manifest.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\PrivacySandboxAttestationsPreloaded\privacy-sandbox-attestations.dat
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\resources.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\resources\brave_extension\_locales\af\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\resources\brave_extension\_locales\am\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ar\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bg\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bn\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ca\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\resources\brave_extension\_locales\cs\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\resources\brave_extension\_locales\da\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\resources\brave_extension\_locales\de\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\resources\brave_extension\_locales\el\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_GB\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\133.1.75.178\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_US\messages.json

Registry that is not cleaned:

• 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

Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional values 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_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1230252087-3081991688-3739135146-1001\\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 remove Brave with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Brave is an application by the software company Brave Software Inc. Sometimes, people decide to erase it. This is troublesome because removing this by hand requires some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY way to erase Brave is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general utility to optimize your Windows PC.

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• visit Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs installed on the PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll 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. After you select Brave in the list of apps, the following data regarding the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding Brave, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Brave.


8. After uninstalling Brave, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Brave that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want 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 computer.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

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 PC. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Brave supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.