Brave
A way to uninstall Brave from your computer
You can find below details on how to uninstall Brave for Windows. It was coded for Windows by Brave Software Inc. You can find out more on Brave Software Inc or check for application updates here. Usually the Brave application is installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application folder, depending on the user's option during setup. You can uninstall Brave by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\77.0.68.138\Installer\setup.exe. Note that you might get a notification for admin rights. Brave's primary file takes about 1.87 MB (1964176 bytes) and is named brave.exe.Brave is comprised of the following executables which take 15.60 MB (16356192 bytes) on disk:
- brave.exe (1.87 MB)
- chrome_proxy.exe (738.64 KB)
- new_chrome.exe (1.90 MB)
- new_chrome_proxy.exe (694.64 KB)
- notification_helper.exe (853.14 KB)
- setup.exe (2.18 MB)
- notification_helper.exe (857.14 KB)
- setup.exe (2.20 MB)
The information on this page is only about version 77.0.68.138 of Brave. Click on the links below for other Brave versions:
- 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
- 116.1.57.47
- 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
After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Some of these are listed below.
Directories found on disk:
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser
Generally, the following files are left on disk:
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\76.0.68.132.manifest
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\brave.exe.sig
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\brave_100_percent.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\brave_200_percent.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\brave_resources.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\chrome.dll
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\chrome_100_percent.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\chrome_200_percent.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\chrome_child.dll
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\chrome_elf.dll
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\chrome_watcher.dll
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\d3dcompiler_47.dll
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Extensions\external_extensions.json
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\icudtl.dat
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Installer\chrmstp.exe
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Installer\setup.exe
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\libegl.dll
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\libglesv2.dll
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\am.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\ar.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\bg.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\bn.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\ca.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\cs.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\da.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\de.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\el.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\en-GB.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\en-US.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\es.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\es-419.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\et.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\fa.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\fi.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\fil.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\fr.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\gu.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\he.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\hi.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\hr.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\hu.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\id.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\it.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\ja.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\kn.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\ko.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\lt.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\lv.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\ml.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\mr.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\ms.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\nb.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\nl.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\pl.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\pt-BR.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\pt-PT.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\ro.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\ru.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\sk.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\sl.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\sr.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\sv.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\sw.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\ta.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\te.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\th.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\tr.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\uk.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\vi.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\zh-CN.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\Locales\zh-TW.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\MEIPreload\manifest.json
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\natives_blob.bin
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\notification_helper.exe
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\resources.pak
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\resources\brave_extension\_locales\am\messages.json
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ar\messages.json
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bg\messages.json
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bn\messages.json
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ca\messages.json
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\resources\brave_extension\_locales\cs\messages.json
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\resources\brave_extension\_locales\da\messages.json
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\resources\brave_extension\_locales\de\messages.json
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\resources\brave_extension\_locales\el\messages.json
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_GB\messages.json
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_US\messages.json
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es\messages.json
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es_419\messages.json
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\resources\brave_extension\_locales\et\messages.json
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fa\messages.json
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fi\messages.json
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fil\messages.json
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\resources\brave_extension\_locales\fr\messages.json
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\resources\brave_extension\_locales\gu\messages.json
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\resources\brave_extension\_locales\he\messages.json
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hi\messages.json
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hr\messages.json
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\resources\brave_extension\_locales\hu\messages.json
- C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\76.0.68.132\resources\brave_extension\_locales\id\messages.json
You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be uninstalled; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
- 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\MediaPlayer\ShimInclusionList\brave.exe
- 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
Supplementary registry values that are not removed:
- 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 erase Brave with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO
Brave is an application by the software company Brave Software Inc. Sometimes, people want to uninstall it. Sometimes this can be efortful because deleting this manually requires some knowledge related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best SIMPLE 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 Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to take care of your Windows computer.
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- go to Download Link
- download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
- set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
3. Click on the General Tools button
4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature
5. A list of the applications installed on your computer will be shown to you
6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Brave or simply click the Search field and type in "Brave". The Brave application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click Brave in the list of programs, the following data about the program is made available to you:
- Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have about Brave, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
- Details about the program you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
8. After uninstalling Brave, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of Brave that 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 are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.
Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.
Disclaimer
This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Brave by Brave Software Inc from your computer, we are not saying that Brave by Brave Software Inc is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Brave in case you want to. 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' computers.
2019-09-16 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO
follow @DeeaKartmanLast update on: 2019-09-16 20:00:05.440