How do I uninstall Brave? Follow
This article covers how to uninstall Brave browser as well as any data associated with the application.
Uninstall Brave on Windows
To uninstall Brave on Windows:
- In the Windows search bar, search for and open the
Add or Remove programs
window. - Find Brave in the list of applications installed on your PC and select
Uninstall
(note that if you are uninstalling the Beta, Dev or Nightly version of the browser, you must select that specific version from the list). - Before the uninstall process initiates, you will be prompted to choose whether or not to delete any other data associated with the browser as well. Doing so will completely wipe all Brave data from your PC -- that is, if you reinstall the browser, it will be as if you had never installed it. Leaving this box unchecked will uninstall the browser, but retain any associated application data, such that reinstalling would return your browser to the state it was before you uninstalled
- After checking the box (or leaving it unchecked), click
Uninstall
.
Uninstall Brave on macOS:
To Uninstall Brave on macOS:
- Trash the Brave app, found in your systems
Applications
folder, as well as any dock icons, if necessary. - On your Mac, open Finder, click
Go
on the menu bar at the top and hold down theoption
key to reveal theLibrary
directory -- select it. - Once in the Library directory, navigate to the
Application Support
folder. - Trash the
BraveSoftware
directory found here. Note that doing so will completely wipe all Brave data from your machine -- that is, if you reinstall the browser, it will be as if you had never installed it.-
- Note: If you are looking to uninstall only a specific version of the browser, such as Brave Nightly, Dev or Beta, simply look inside the
BraveSoftware
folder and delete the folder for the relevant version inside.
- Note: If you are looking to uninstall only a specific version of the browser, such as Brave Nightly, Dev or Beta, simply look inside the
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Uninstall Brave on Linux systems:
To uninstall Brave on your Linux system, open the Terminal
and use the commands appropriate for your distribution. Note that if you want to remove a specific version of the browser, simply change brave-browser to be
- Beta -
brave-browser-beta
- Dev -
brave-browser-dev
- Nightly -
brave-browser-nightly
Debian 9+, Ubuntu 16.04+ and Mint 18+
sudo apt remove brave-browser brave-keyring
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-*.list
Fedora 28+, CentOS/RHEL 8+
sudo dnf remove brave-browser brave-keyring
sudo rm /etc/yum.repos.d/brave-browser-*.repo
sudo rpm -e gpg-pubkey-c2d4e821-5e7252b8
OpenSUSE 15+
sudo zypper remove brave-browser brave-keyring
sudo zypper removerepo brave-browser
sudo rpm -e gpg-pubkey-c2d4e821-5e7252b8
Arch
The Arch packages are available as brave-bin, brave-beta-bin and brave-nightly-bin in the Arch User Repository. To uninstall it, you’ll need to use an AUR helper, such as yay.
yay -Rns brave-bin
yay -Rns brave-beta-bin
yay -Rns brave-nightly-bin