# Black Screen on Brave, can't even uninstall **URL:** \ **Category:** Desktop Support\ **Tags:** windows, browser, bug\ **Created:** [August 6, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/black-screen-on-brave-cant-even-uninstall/637992 "2025-08-06T18:09:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rostam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@Rostam](https://community.brave.app/u/Rostam)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/black-screen-on-brave-cant-even-uninstall/637992/1 "2025-08-06T18:09:53Z")
* * * \*\*Description of the issue: When opening Brave, it opens the previous Tabs I believe, but the entire window is blac. When PRessing ALT + F, the menu appears, but nothing else. I can’t even unistall Brave because the unistall menu has the same problem. \*\* **No clue, happened out of nowhere** 1. 2. 3. **Expected result:** **Unable to ckeck** **Any help is much appreciated.** ---
**Author:** ![Mattches](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/mattches/32/25189_2.png) [@Mattches](https://community.brave.app/u/Mattches)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/black-screen-on-brave-cant-even-uninstall/637992/2 "2025-08-06T18:13:08Z")
Can you please try the following? 1. Right-click on the Brave shortcut on your desktop 2. Click `Properties` 3. In the `Target` field after the last quotation mark, type in `--disable-gpu` and save the shortcut 4. Launch Brave from the shortcut you just edited. Let me know if the browser launches as expected here. ---
**Author:** ![Rostam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@Rostam](https://community.brave.app/u/Rostam)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/black-screen-on-brave-cant-even-uninstall/637992/3 "2025-08-06T18:17:38Z")
## This actually worked. But I haven’t updated my GPU driver recently, or anything. Happened out of nowhere, during use actually. Will this lead to problems or will the functionality be compromised in any way now? Thanks in advance, you responded faster than lightning! \*\*Description of the issue: When opening Brave, it opens the previous Tabs I believe, but the entire window is blac. When PRessing ALT + F, the menu appears, but nothing else. I can’t even unistall Brave because the unistall menu has the same problem. \*\* **No clue, happened out of nowhere** 1. 2. 3. **Expected result:** **Unable to ckeck** **Any help is much appreciated.** ---
**Author:** ![Rostam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@Rostam](https://community.brave.app/u/Rostam)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/black-screen-on-brave-cant-even-uninstall/637992/4 "2025-08-06T18:20:09Z")
Btw, problem still persists when opening Brave via task bar icon or if I open it from install folder exe ---
**Author:** ![Mattches](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/mattches/32/25189_2.png) [@Mattches](https://community.brave.app/u/Mattches)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/black-screen-on-brave-cant-even-uninstall/637992/5 "2025-08-06T19:26:20Z")
@Rostam it depends on what you use the browser for. Most users will not notice any difference with `Graphics Acceleration` enabled/disabled but if you’re running graphics intensive/demanding sites in Brave (online games, for example), you may notice some performance differences. Additionally, launch the browser from the shortcut, then go to Settings → System and toggle the `Graphics Acceleration` option “off” then relaunch the browser when prompted (from anywhere). ---
**Author:** ![donniedarkouk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/91b2a8/32.png) [@donniedarkouk](https://community.brave.app/u/donniedarkouk)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/black-screen-on-brave-cant-even-uninstall/637992/6 "2025-08-06T21:57:03Z")
I’ve encountered exactly the same issue today - presumably there was a bug in today’s update? ---
**Author:** ![Mattches](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/mattches/32/25189_2.png) [@Mattches](https://community.brave.app/u/Mattches)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/black-screen-on-brave-cant-even-uninstall/637992/7 "2025-08-06T22:16:42Z")
We are looking into this presently. ---
**Author:** ![Mattches](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/mattches/32/25189_2.png) [@Mattches](https://community.brave.app/u/Mattches)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/black-screen-on-brave-cant-even-uninstall/637992/8 "2025-08-06T22:27:45Z")
I’ve opened the following issue for this on our Github: > > > \### Description > > Several users have reported that Brave launches as a blank scre…en that cannot be interacted with after the update to version 1.80.131. Some users are able to "resolve" the issue by disabling \`Graphics Acceleration\` via flag. Of note, none of these users have changed any settings and Brave was working fine until after the update. > > \Image > > Further, some users also claim that they're unable to uninstall the browser as it shows a blank screen there as well -- although I'm unclear on exactly how this is possible. I've asked for a recording of this particular behavior. > > \### Steps to reproduce > > 1. Update to v.1.80.131 on Windows 11 > 2. Attempt to launch Brave > > \### Actual result > > Blank screen shows > > \### Expected result > > Browser should launch normally > > \### Reproduces how often > > Easily reproduced > > \### Brave version (brave://version info) > > v1.80.131 > > \### Channel information > > \- \[x\] release (stable) > \- \[\] beta > \- \[\] nightly > > \### Reproducibility > > \- \[\] with Brave Shields disabled > \- \[\] with Brave Rewards disabled > \- \[\] in the latest version of Chrome > > \### Miscellaneous information > > Reports: > https://community.brave.app/t/brave-browser-turned-transparent-and-cannot-be-used-or-uninstalled/637975 > https://community.brave.app/t/black-screen-on-brave-cant-even-uninstall/637992/7 ---
**Author:** ![kamil](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/kamil/32/2078_2.png) [@kamil](https://community.brave.app/u/kamil)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 8:30am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/black-screen-on-brave-cant-even-uninstall/637992/9 "2025-08-07T08:30:25Z")
Please take a look at [Brave browser turned transparent and cannot be used or uninstalled - #69 by kamil](https://community.brave.app/t/brave-browser-turned-transparent-and-cannot-be-used-or-uninstalled/637975/69) . Basically check and ensure that `brave://flags/#use-angle` is set as `Default`. ---
**Author:** ![Rostam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@Rostam](https://community.brave.app/u/Rostam)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/black-screen-on-brave-cant-even-uninstall/637992/10 "2025-08-07T10:48:25Z")
It is set to “Open GL”, not Default: ” **Choose ANGLE graphics backend** Choose the graphics backend for ANGLE. D3D11 is used on most Windows computers by default. Using the OpenGL backend is not supported and will likely exhibit rendering artifacts. – Windows” Has this option been reset with the Update? I see that several people experience this problem recently. Just for clarification: disabling gpu or graphics acceleration both solved the problem. I just wonder if this will compromise functionality. Should I re-activite graphics acceleration and gpu in order to check whether your latest solution #use angle Default will solve the problem on its own? ---
**Author:** ![Rostam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@Rostam](https://community.brave.app/u/Rostam)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 10:50am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/black-screen-on-brave-cant-even-uninstall/637992/11 "2025-08-07T10:50:33Z")
As of now, this solution works, even after re-activiting graphics acceleration. I will wait to see if the problem reoccurs after a while. Thanks for your support. ---
**Author:** ![steeven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/steeven/32/17661_2.png) [@steeven](https://community.brave.app/u/steeven)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/black-screen-on-brave-cant-even-uninstall/637992/12 "2025-08-07T13:02:46Z")
@Rostam great to hear, thank you for confirming! ---
**Author:** ![SerdarS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/serdars/32/206722_2.png) [@SerdarS](https://community.brave.app/u/SerdarS)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/black-screen-on-brave-cant-even-uninstall/637992/13 "2025-08-07T13:30:40Z")
I started having the same problem 1 hours ago. Brave v1.81.131 Update like pipeline sabotage. ---
**Author:** ![trova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@trova](https://community.brave.app/u/trova)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/black-screen-on-brave-cant-even-uninstall/637992/14 "2025-08-07T13:45:20Z")
me too.. cant use brave. blank screen.. ---
**Author:** ![steeven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/steeven/32/17661_2.png) [@steeven](https://community.brave.app/u/steeven)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/black-screen-on-brave-cant-even-uninstall/637992/15 "2025-08-07T13:49:21Z")
@trova @SerdarS following these steps should resolve the issue: - Launch Brave w/ `--disable-gpu` - Once inside, you can visit brave://flags/#use-angle - Change the value to `Default` - Restart Brave (without the disable GPU flag) ---
**Author:** ![SerdarS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/serdars/32/206722_2.png) [@SerdarS](https://community.brave.app/u/SerdarS)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/black-screen-on-brave-cant-even-uninstall/637992/16 "2025-08-07T14:05:59Z")
--disable-gpu This solution only works to save the moment. Think big: 90% of people won’t be able to do this and won’t know this is a temporary solution. It shouldn’t be this difficult to issue a hotfix update immediately. Take action. This could be a serious loss of users, I think of you. ---
**Author:** ![trova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@trova](https://community.brave.app/u/trova)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/black-screen-on-brave-cant-even-uninstall/637992/17 "2025-08-07T14:08:05Z")
Hi, thanks for helping. Cant do a thing. Brave window is blank. Tried to install/uninstall.. window is blank.. restarted and whatever.. cant ---
**Author:** ![steeven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/steeven/32/17661_2.png) [@steeven](https://community.brave.app/u/steeven)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/black-screen-on-brave-cant-even-uninstall/637992/18 "2025-08-07T15:05:10Z")
@trova I’ll follow up in a DM 👍 ---
**Author:** ![SerdarS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/serdars/32/206722_2.png) [@SerdarS](https://community.brave.app/u/SerdarS)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/black-screen-on-brave-cant-even-uninstall/637992/19 "2025-08-07T16:50:19Z")
I think I found the exact source of the problem. brave://flags/ Choose ANGLE graphics backend If you set this to default, you don’t need to disable GPU and the browser works. If D3D9 is selected, the browser doesn’t work in that setting. Oh, damn it. ---
**Author:** ![steeven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/steeven/32/17661_2.png) [@steeven](https://community.brave.app/u/steeven)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/black-screen-on-brave-cant-even-uninstall/637992/20 "2025-08-07T17:31:20Z")
Hi @SerdarS, thanks for confirming. Yes that’s it as mentioned above [Black Screen on Brave, can't even uninstall - #15 by steeven](https://community.brave.app/t/black-screen-on-brave-cant-even-uninstall/637992/15) [Next page](https://community.brave.app/t/black-screen-on-brave-cant-even-uninstall/637992.md?page=2)