Brave

A guide to uninstall Brave from your computer

Brave is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to remove it from your computer. The Windows release was created by Brave Software Inc. Further information on Brave Software Inc can be found here. Brave is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application directory, however this location may vary a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the application. Brave's full uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Installer\setup.exe. The application's main executable file occupies 3.13 MB (3284504 bytes) on disk and is titled brave.exe.

Brave contains of the executables below. They occupy 19.71 MB (20667584 bytes) on disk.

• brave.exe (3.13 MB)
• chrome_proxy.exe (1.12 MB)
• brave_vpn_helper.exe (3.02 MB)
• chrome_pwa_launcher.exe (1.48 MB)
• notification_helper.exe (1.31 MB)
• brave_vpn_wireguard_service.exe (2.08 MB)
• setup.exe (3.78 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 116.1.57.47 of Brave. You can find here a few links to other Brave releases:

• 79.1.2.42
• 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
• 87.1.17.68
• 74.0.63.48
• 116.1.57.57
• 123.1.64.109
• 84.1.11.101
• 103.1.40.105
• 91.1.25.68
• 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
• 90.1.24.86
• 75.0.65.118
• 91.1.28.22
• 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
• 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
• 105.1.43.93
• 110.1.48.167
• 74.0.64.76
• 110.1.48.171
• 91.1.25.72
• 73.0.61.51
• 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
• 90.1.24.82
• 96.1.33.99
• 108.1.46.134
• 117.1.58.131
• 106.1.44.112
• 90.1.24.84
• 84.1.12.112
• 95.1.31.88
• 83.1.10.90
• 81.1.8.95
• 114.1.52.122
• 90.1.23.75
• 88.1.20.110
• 91.1.26.74
• 120.1.61.109

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Numerous files, folders and Windows registry entries will be left behind when you remove Brave from your computer.

Directories found on disk:

• 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

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall Brave:

• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\116.1.57.47.manifest
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\brave.exe.sig
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\brave_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\brave_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\brave_resources.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\brave_vpn_helper.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\BraveVpnWireguardService\brave_vpn_wireguard_service.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\BraveVpnWireguardService\tunnel.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\BraveVpnWireguardService\wireguard.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\chrome.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\chrome_elf.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\chrome_wer.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\eventlog_provider.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Extensions\external_extensions.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Installer\chrmstp.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Installer\chrome.7z
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Installer\setup.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\af.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\am.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\ar.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\bg.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\bn.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\ca.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\cs.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\da.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\de.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\el.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\es.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\et.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\fa.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\fi.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\fil.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\fr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\gu.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\he.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\hi.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\hr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\hu.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\id.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\it.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\ja.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\kn.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\ko.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\lt.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\lv.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\ml.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\mr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\ms.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\nb.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\nl.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\pl.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\ro.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\ru.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\sk.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\sl.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\sr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\sv.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\sw.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\ta.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\te.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\th.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\tr.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\uk.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\ur.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\vi.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\Locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\MEIPreload\manifest.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\mojo_core.dll
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\notification_helper.exe
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\resources.pak
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\resources\brave_extension\_locales\af\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\resources\brave_extension\_locales\am\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ar\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bg\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bn\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ca\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\resources\brave_extension\_locales\cs\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\resources\brave_extension\_locales\da\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\resources\brave_extension\_locales\de\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\resources\brave_extension\_locales\el\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_GB\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_US\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es_419\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\resources\brave_extension\_locales\et\messages.json
• C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\116.1.57.47\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fa\messages.json

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:

• 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

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\114.1.52.130\brave_vpn_helper.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\114.1.52.130\brave_vpn_helper.exe.FriendlyAppName
• 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-1-5-21-3130619852-56669179-451259-1001\\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\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\BraveElevationService\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\BraveVpnService\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\BraveVpnService\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\BraveVpnWireguardService\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\BraveVpnWireguardService\ImagePath

How to remove Brave from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Brave is an application marketed by the software company Brave Software Inc. Frequently, computer users try to uninstall this application. Sometimes this is hard because removing this manually requires some knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best EASY manner 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 a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications existing on your 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". The Brave app will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Brave in the list of apps, the following data about the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about Brave, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Brave.


8. After removing Brave, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Brave which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing 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 uninstall Brave by Brave Software Inc from your PC, we are not saying that Brave by Brave Software Inc is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Brave supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.