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Brave

macOS | 1.78.97.0

Brave is a web browser designed with privacy, blocking ads and trackers by default while maintaining fast speed.

Self-service install

To install Brave on your work computer:

  1. Navigate to the Fleet Desktop icon in the OS menu bar and select My device.
  2. From the Self-service tab, navigate to Brave and click Install.

Don’t see Brave or the Fleet Desktop icon? Send a link to this page to your IT team.

Uninstall Brave

Run the following command in your terminal to uninstall Brave:

APPDIR="/Applications/" && LOGGED_IN_USER=$(scutil <<< "show State:/Users/ConsoleUser" | awk '/Name :/ { print $3 }') && trash() { local logged_in_user="$1"; local target_file="$2"; local timestamp="$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%s)"; local rand="$(jot -r 1 0 99999)"; if [[ "$target_file" == ~* ]]; then target_file="/Users/$logged_in_user${target_file:1}"; fi; local trash="/Users/$logged_in_user/.Trash"; local file_name="$(basename "${target_file}")"; if [[ -e "$target_file" ]]; then echo "removing $target_file."; mv -f "$target_file" "$trash/${file_name}_${timestamp}_${rand}"; else echo "$target_file doesn't exist."; fi } && sudo rm -rf "$APPDIR/Brave Browser.app" && sudo rmdir '~/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware' && sudo rmdir '~/Library/Caches/BraveSoftware' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Caches/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Caches/com.brave.Browser' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/HTTPStorages/com.brave.Browser' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Preferences/com.brave.Browser.plist' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Saved Application State/com.brave.Browser.savedState'

Is Brave up to date?

Run this query in Fleet to find old versions of Brave across all your computers:

SELECT 1 FROM apps WHERE bundle_identifier = 'com.brave.Browser' AND bundle_short_version <= '1.78.97.0';

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