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A guide to uninstall Brave from your PC

This web page is about Brave for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. It is written by Brave Software Inc. More information on Brave Software Inc can be found here. Brave is commonly set up in the C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application directory, subject to the user's option. The full command line for removing Brave is C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Installer\setup.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might be prompted for administrator rights. Brave's main file takes around 2.72 MB (2849816 bytes) and is called brave.exe.

Brave is composed of the following executables which take 29.53 MB (30968536 bytes) on disk:

  • brave.exe (2.72 MB)
  • chrome_proxy.exe (1.05 MB)
  • brave_vpn_helper.exe (2.60 MB)
  • chrome_pwa_launcher.exe (1.34 MB)
  • elevation_service.exe (2.56 MB)
  • notification_helper.exe (1.27 MB)
  • brave_vpn_wireguard_service.exe (10.77 MB)
  • setup.exe (3.61 MB)
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The current page applies to Brave version 125.1.66.115 alone. You can find below a few links to other Brave versions:

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If you are manually uninstalling Brave we suggest you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories found on disk:
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser

The files below remain on your disk by Brave's application uninstaller when you removed it:
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\125.1.66.115.manifest
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\brave.exe.sig
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\brave_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\brave_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\brave_resources.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\brave_vpn_helper.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\BraveVpnWireguardService\brave_vpn_wireguard_service.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\BraveVpnWireguardService\tunnel.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\BraveVpnWireguardService\wireguard.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\chrome.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\chrome_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\chrome_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\chrome_elf.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\chrome_wer.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\d3dcompiler_47.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\dxcompiler.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\dxil.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\elevation_service.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\eventlog_provider.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Extensions\external_extensions.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\icudtl.dat
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Installer\chrmstp.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Installer\chrome.7z
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Installer\setup.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\libEGL.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\libGLESv2.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\af.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\am.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\ar.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\bg.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\bn.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\ca.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\cs.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\da.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\de.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\el.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\en-GB.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\en-US.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\es.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\es-419.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\et.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\fa.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\fi.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\fil.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\fr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\gu.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\he.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\hi.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\hr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\hu.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\id.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\it.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\ja.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\kn.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\ko.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\lt.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\lv.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\ml.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\mr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\ms.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\nb.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\nl.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\pl.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\pt-BR.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\pt-PT.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\ro.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\ru.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\sk.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\sl.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\sr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\sv.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\sw.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\ta.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\te.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\th.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\tr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\uk.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\ur.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\vi.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\zh-CN.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\Locales\zh-TW.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\MEIPreload\manifest.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\mojo_core.dll
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\notification_helper.exe
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\resources.pak
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\resources\brave_extension\_locales\af\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\resources\brave_extension\_locales\am\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ar\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bg\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\resources\brave_extension\_locales\bn\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\resources\brave_extension\_locales\ca\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\resources\brave_extension\_locales\cs\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\resources\brave_extension\_locales\da\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\resources\brave_extension\_locales\de\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\resources\brave_extension\_locales\el\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_GB\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\resources\brave_extension\_locales\en_US\messages.json
  • C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\125.1.66.115\resources\brave_extension\_locales\es\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

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following values:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-821031068-3244784487-1667725064-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume1\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\bravem\DisplayName


How to uninstall Brave from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Brave is a program by the software company Brave Software Inc. Frequently, computer users decide to remove this application. Sometimes this can be efortful because deleting this manually takes some knowledge related to PCs. The best QUICK action to remove Brave is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on 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 one of the best uninstaller and all around utility to clean your computer.

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  • download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
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2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Press the General Tools category
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4. Press the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs existing on the computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Brave or simply activate the Search field and type in "Brave". If it exists on your system the Brave application will be found very quickly. After you select Brave in the list of applications, the following data regarding the program is shown to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower 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 application you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Brave.
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8. After removing Brave, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Brave which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Brave using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.



Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation 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 only contains detailed info on how to uninstall 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 stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2024-05-24 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2024-05-24 15:12:56.410