Brave does not launches, even after deleting User Data

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@stanger @keyopp I think the reason it’s still crashing for you guys is that you’re opted-in to Brave News.

You’ll have to remove the "today": { ... }, section from the Preferences file:

  1. click on the Windows button at the bottom
  2. type “explorer”
  3. click on File Explorer
  4. paste %localappdata%/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/User Data/Default in the address bar
  5. back up/make a copy of the Preferences file
  6. open the Preferences file (e.g. right click on it, Open with, select Notepad)
  7. remove the "today": { ... }, section

By "today": { ... }, I mean "today": and everything else that’s in "today"'s curly braces ({ ... }) and the comma (,) after the curly braces, e.g.:

"today":{"opted_in":true,"p3a_curr_session_card_views":"0","p3a_total_card_views":[{"day":1726293600,"value":0}],"p3a_weekly_card_views_count":[{"day":1726293600,"value":0}],"p3a_weekly_card_visits_count":[{"day":1726293600,"value":0}]},
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