Download BraveDebloater
BraveDebloater is a command-line utility that applies Brave and Chromium enterprise policies to remove bundled services from the browser. The program covers Rewards, Wallet, VPN, Leo AI Chat, News, Talk, Playlist, Email Aliases, Speedreader, and Wayback prompts in addition to telemetry collectors such as P3A and Web Discovery. It starts in preview mode and creates backups before each applied run. The Extreme preset removes extra UI elements including background mode, promotions, Browser Labs, new tab cards, shopping list, QR generator, translate prompts, autofill, and the Google search side panel. Profile preference cleanup edits local Preferences JSON files to hide sponsored backgrounds and some toolbar surfaces. The script supports Windows registry policies, macOS defaults and plist payloads, and Linux managed JSON files with native format writes for each platform.
BraveDebloater provides policy-based cleanup with read-only preview commands and backup management for Brave browser installations. The tool includes Doctor mode for diagnosing policy conflicts, feature toggles for selective removal, and export options for MDM deployments on iOS and Android. Machine-wide policy mode writes to local-machine registry, managed preferences, or managed policy files and requires elevation only for the apply step. Restore operations validate backup files and limit writes to Brave policy keys and Preferences files. The script does not require installation and runs directly from an extracted folder using the Invoke-BraveDebloat.ps1 entrypoint.
BraveDebloater removes Brave-specific surfaces and Chromium telemetry through enterprise policies that the browser displays in brave://policy. The project releases include SHA256SUMS.txt files for archive verification, and the PowerShell script supports dry-run, WhatIf, ListFeatures, Doctor, and ExportPolicyPath modes. The default Extreme preset removes most Brave extras while the Standard and High presets provide lighter cleanup levels. The tool refuses to weaken Safe Browsing, disable updates, or modify Shield allowlists, which keeps the focus on advertising surfaces, AI assistant entry points, telemetry reporting, and promotional UI elements.
Use Cases for BraveDebloater
| Policy-driven removal of wallet and rewards UI surfaces | Disables VPN prompts and Leo AI assistant entry points |
| Strips news feed, talk, playlist, and alias generator widgets | Removes Speedreader button and Wayback archive error prompts |
| Blocks P3A, metrics, URL-keyed collection, and remote spellcheck | Kills background mode, promotional cards, and sponsored content prompts |
| Disables autofill form storage and foreign-language translate offers | Hides Google search side panel via Extreme preset policies |
| Edits Preferences JSON to remove sponsored backgrounds and toolbar surfaces | Read-only diagnostic scans policy locations and profile backups |
| Exports registry, plist, mobileconfig, or JSON policy files | Validated JSON backup restoration limited to Brave policy keys |
| Enterprise-enforced Shields locking with HTTPS upgrades and fingerprinting | Machine-wide registry, plist, or managed JSON policy application |
| Channel-specific profile targeting for Stable, Beta, and Nightly | Extreme preset excludes selectable features via parameter override |
| Remote search suggestions and network prediction fully suppressed | Policy-only changes skip Preferences file modifications safely |
| Managed-policy detection reveals machine-wide settings overriding user scope | UTF-8 without BOM preserves non-ASCII profile file characters |
What’s new in BraveDebloater
- Apply now halts before making any changes when a current policy value (such as the string "true" for a boolean policy, null, or an array in…
- Profile preference cleanup now skips a setting with a warning when a parent value along its path is null, a scalar, or an array, rather tha…
- Profile Preferences writes now respect -Confirm and -WhatIf.