# BraveSoftware folder location **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [November 8, 2021, 4:45am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/bravesoftware-folder-location/297887 "2021-11-08T04:45:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aduseia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@aduseia](https://community.brave.app/u/aduseia)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 4:45am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/bravesoftware-folder-location/297887/1 "2021-11-08T04:45:23Z")
I’m having an issue locating the ‘BraveSoftware’ folder as per many different threads on this forum. I’ve been trying to completely uninstall Brave and reinstall it to fix some display issues I’m having with some websites, but I can’t seem to do that if I can’t completely get rid of the folder. What can I do to locate this folder? ---
**Author:** ![aduseia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@aduseia](https://community.brave.app/u/aduseia)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/bravesoftware-folder-location/297887/3 "2021-12-30T17:23:54Z")
MacOS Monterey I’ve looked in all the system folders, but nothing. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/bravesoftware-folder-location/297887/5 "2021-12-30T20:56:20Z")
@aduseia, The path on macOS to Brave data is ```auto ~/Users/[your user name]/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser ``` ---
**Author:** ![aduseia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@aduseia](https://community.brave.app/u/aduseia)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/bravesoftware-folder-location/297887/6 "2021-12-31T16:24:19Z")
Weird thing, I don’t have it there. I see another folder of a program I installed, but not Brave ---
**Author:** ![aduseia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@aduseia](https://community.brave.app/u/aduseia)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/bravesoftware-folder-location/297887/7 "2021-12-31T16:26:59Z")
I’ve tried and it doesn’t find anything ---
**Author:** ![aduseia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@aduseia](https://community.brave.app/u/aduseia)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/bravesoftware-folder-location/297887/9 "2022-01-01T23:09:58Z")
I’ve done it couple times, but seems like it’s in the same state when re=installed. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/bravesoftware-folder-location/297887/10 "2022-01-03T20:07:52Z")
@aduseia, To be clear, are you currently able to open/run Brave or is it currently uninstalled? If it’s currently installed but the user data folder isn’t in the location listed above, it may be because you did not drag the Brave icon to the `Applications` folder when prompted during install. Did you install from the [official website](https://brave.com/download) using the `.dmg` file? ---
**Author:** ![aduseia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@aduseia](https://community.brave.app/u/aduseia)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/bravesoftware-folder-location/297887/11 "2022-01-03T20:28:29Z")
Yes I currently am able to run/open Brave and I’m pretty sure I downloaded it from the official website. I will try again and see what happens. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/bravesoftware-folder-location/297887/12 "2022-01-03T21:10:28Z")
@aduseia, Do you recall dragging/dropping the icon into the `Applications` folder when prompted? ---
**Author:** ![aduseia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@aduseia](https://community.brave.app/u/aduseia)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/bravesoftware-folder-location/297887/13 "2022-01-04T01:50:17Z")
It’s been a while, but I do recall dragging to applications. I will try it again and see what happens. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/1/8/182067f3480d1a5e7aea5ae3131b116ca1ef7918.png) [@system](https://community.brave.app/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/bravesoftware-folder-location/297887/14 "2022-03-05T01:50:36Z")
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