🦁 Brave Debloater

A single Windows Registry script and Linux JSON file to safely debloat Brave Browser.

This project disables Brave AI, Rewards, Wallet, VPN, Telemetry, News, Talk, Speedreader, Playlist, and other non-essential features, giving you a cleaner, faster, and more privacy-focused browsing experience.

Note: Sync setting is left untouched so you can continue using sync preferences or disable it yourself.
Note: Secure DNS is enforced, but you can choose your preferred DNS provider.

✨ Features

• 🚫 Disable Brave AI (Chat, Leo, Summarizer)
• 💰 Turn off Rewards, Wallet, VPN, and Tor
• 📊 Disable Telemetry (P3A, Stats Ping, Web Discovery)
• 📰 Remove News, Talk, Speedreader, Playlist, and Wayback Machine
• 🔒 Disable Autofill, Password Manager, and Translation
• 🌐 Enforce secure DNS (customizable DoH provider)
• 🛡️ Leave Shields and Sync untouched

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🪟 Usage – Windows

1. Download the "brave-debloater.reg" file from the repo root.
2. Double-click the file to import it into the Windows registry.
3. Restart Brave (or Brave Portable) to apply the changes.
4. Verify applied policies by visiting: brave://policy/

🐧 Usage – Linux

1. Create the managed policies directory (if it doesn't exist):
   sudo mkdir -p /etc/brave/policies/managed/
2. Copy policies.json into the directory:
   cd /etc/brave/policies/managed/
sudo curl -L -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anxarden/brave-debloater/main/policies.json
3. Restart Brave to apply the changes. Verify applied policies by visiting: brave://policy/

📦 Usage – Flatpak

1. Create the managed policies directory (if it doesn't exist):
   sudo mkdir -p /etc/brave/policies/managed/
2. Copy policies.json into the directory:
   cd /etc/brave/policies/managed/
sudo curl -L -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anxarden/brave-debloater/main/policies.json
3. Grant the Flatpak app access to the policies directory:
   sudo flatpak override --filesystem=/etc/brave/policies/managed com.brave.Browser
4. Restart Brave to apply the changes. Verify applied policies by visiting: brave://policy/

Note: The JSON file can be used as-is; no renaming is required. Secure DNS is enforced by default, but you can choose a different provider.

📜 Policies

For a detailed explanation of each policy used in this script, see Policies.md.

🌍 DNS over HTTPS

For more information about DNS-over-HTTPS, changing providers, and popular options, see DNS.md.

🔗 References

• Brave Official Group Policy Documentation

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⚖️ License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.