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How do I remove Brave completely?

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Some time ago I installed Brave but I didn't like it, so I removed it with sudo apt-get remove --purge brave-browser. After some time I had to reinstall it because I needed a Chromium-based browser. As soon as I opened it it asked be to redeem my old BATs, so I deduce that apt-get left something in my system.

Now I don't need Brave anymore and I'm wondering how to remove it completely. I would use sudo apt-get remove --purge brave-browser once more but it looks like it doesn't really remove everything - what command should I use instead?

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answered 3 Years ago ingwhin · Accepted Answer

TIP: Don't forget to export your bookmarks & passwords, just in case you want to import those in some other browser you want to use.

I had to do this all:

sudo apt remove brave-browser

sudo apt purge brave-browser

rm -rf ~/.config/BraveSoftware

rm -rf ~/.cache/BraveSoftware

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