I keep removing the "Brave VPN Wireguard service" manually, and I deleted the auto-update services too, yet somehow the browser continues to update itself silently, reinstalling a VPN service that I didn't want nor ask for.

Before I uninstall this browser for good, is there any way I can stop this from happening?

Open cmd and paste:

reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\BraveSoftware\Brave" /v SuppressUnsupportedOSWarning /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

OR

use the more complicated way:

• Press Win + R and type regedit

• Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\BraveSoftware\Brave

• Right-click on Brave and create a new Dword (32-bit) Value

• Rename the value to SuppressUnsupportedOSWarning

• Double-click on the value and change its value to 1

• Restart

RTX video enhancements haven't worked on any release for about the last year. I've troubleshooted for hours and the only solution was to rollback to an earlier version that still works. But the browser randomly updates itself. I've firewalled everything in the install folder, disabled all Brave services, paused windows update, and it STILL randomly updates. Whose great idea was it to not allow a toggle to pause updates?

If you want to show a notification there's an update for enhanced security every launch that's fine, but I get autonomy over what's installed on my PC. I won't use this garbage.

New to Brave.

I don't need any of the following:

• Brave Rewards

• Brave Wallet

• crypto/blockchain shit

• Brave VPN

• Brave AI Chat

• Included Password Manager

• Tor (since their implementation is NOT safe)

• Brave Ads

• Brave Sync

or anything similar

Do you use Brave Debloatinator or SlimBrave, and why? (I'm assuming these just automate the group policy and registry stuff, and that they both turn off and hide things rather than remove them.)

https://search.brave.com/search?q=mulesgaming+brave+debloatinator+vs+slim+brave&source=web&summary=1&conversation=08ab9db799ac7c397e294af9e500201f30a0

(The group policy stuff: https://support.brave.app/hc/en-us/articles/360039248271-Group-Policy )

Do you do anything to prevent Brave from updating, since Brave seems to update too often and causes problems when it does?

https://search.brave.com/search?q=prevent+brave+from+updating+2025+reddit&source=desktop&summary=1&conversation=08ab821d617a329645bd588aede7c30f40a1

Do you do these privacy settings?

https://www.privacyguides.org/en/desktop-browsers/#brave

Is there anything else we should do?

Thank you!

I can't find the answer to this simple question ANYWHERE on the entire internet. Please, help. Thank you.

I've done like a dozen variations of a search for this

found dozenS of articles about how to disable it for windows or mac, not a single one for linux

the ways for mac and windows do not work

I found one way that says to change your hosts file to ignore the host it checks for updates from with:

0.0.0.0updates-cdn.bravesoftware.com

but that doesn't work, it was pretty old so maybe they use a different update URL

I also saw several posts about why they shouldn't allow it to be disabled, i don't give a shit about all those reasons, i won't be annoyed EVERY DAMN TIME i open my browser with a popup that steals keyboard focus and fucks up my typing EVERY DAMN TIME.. thats one of the reasons i removed chrome

I got this browser for options and i can't for the life of me figure out how to opt out of this annoying popup

SOLUTION: Make this text file with a .reg extension then double click on it, to enter it into registry, restart Brave:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\BraveSoftware\Brave]

"SuppressUnsupportedOSWarning"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome]

"SuppressUnsupportedOSWarning"=dword:00000001

This is getting very annoying. Randomly while browsing Brave has started to automatically open the Google Play app without even asking bothering me for an update. Now, if I want to update or not, and when it's only my business and this constant interruption is making me furious.

Please tell me there's a way to disable it.

TL;DR:

Brave is a solid personal browser. Privacy-friendly, fast, lightweight. But in enterprise contexts? It’s still more of a tech demo with opinions than a browser that respects enterprise policy needs.

If Brave wants to be taken seriously by sysadmins, it’s time for them to show up with real tools - not just toggles and vibes.

Every few months I check in to see if Brave has finally matured into a browser that’s actually viable for managed deployments in business or education. And every few months, I end up writing one of these posts again. So here we are.

Recently, I asked how to disable Leo and Brave Talk using ADMX policies: https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/s/aGRnkkReyR

Leo and Brave Talk: Can’t Disable What You Can’t Catch

There is technically a DisableAIChat policy. It’s supposed to disable Leo. Spoiler: It doesn't. Leo still shows up.

Brave Talk? Not a single ADMX policy exists for it. No option to completely strip AI, even in locked-down environments.

When I say “disable,” I don’t mean “tucked away but still breathing.” I mean actually disabled - like how grown-up enterprise software behaves.

What “Business-Ready” Should Mean

1. Predictable updates, not “surprise, here’s an AI assistant.”

2. Policy controls that can actually disable or remove features.

3. No unexplained traffic to AI or crypto domains from locked-down machines.

Let me know if you’ve cracked some of this with undocumented flags or deeper config tricks. Otherwise, it's back to Edge / Firefox / Chrome for now.

So today, my laptop was lagging like crazy. Some background task was going on, and I just couldn't find anything abnormal.
Until, I see brave having a recent update registry change on my pc. It seems brave had updated. But unlike always, this update was a bit more... serious?
It lagged my laptop unlike how it usually updates normally, and when I opened brave, I had that annoying footer and sidebar on again.
Yes I know, not that big of a deal, I went to the settings and changed it at once. But, I don't appreciate you changing my customizations, brave.
Anyways, I am just leaving this out here for anyone as confused as I was, to know the problem is not just for them. Also, anyone else faced this, and any idea why?

I don't know what changed with the battle between Brave and Youtube but YT is either winning right now, or Brave has a broken update.

On my 2 side by side systems while I was on one I saw a Brave update yesterday while watching YT and without thinking I went ahead and restarted Brave to get the update. This instantly broke any and all Youtube functionality. Whether I enable or disable Adblock Plus it makes no difference. Videos completely refuse to load while I see the spinning circle and never get the actual video.

Sometimes I can get a video to start with ABP enabled by refreshing the page repeatedly but it oddly starts the video about 2 minutes in. Trying to refresh or wait it out with ABP disabled leaves it stuck. Overall it's made YT completely unwatchable regardless if I'm using ABP or not. Disabling all extensions has zero effect.

I thought maybe it was something with YT but shifting over to my other system where I haven't accepted the Brave update ABP is still working perfectly and videos load instantly without ads.

Is anyone else experiencing this or is there something broken on my end?

EDIT: FIXED. I thought it was something to do with adblocking as it would load YT's player frame but nothing else. Reinstalling Brave made it go away so I must have just gotten a corrupted update. Good to know it wasn't a widespread issue and it was easy enough to fix.