I can't clear Brave's notion of what apps it's created

[cpryland]

Description of the issue:

Once I’ve created an app for a given website (e.g., in my case emsoftware.com) using Save and Share > Install , even if I delete and expunge the created app, anytime I try to create another app for the same domain, it wants to open in the previously-created app for that domain.

Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary): 1. 2. 3.

Start fresh at http://emsoftware.com, *Save and Share > Install Em Software", and it creates the app. (I move them to /Applications to make them global, but that doesn’t appear to affect the results.)

Try to create another app on a sub-page of emsoftware.com, and it only offers Save and Share > Open Em Software.

I’ve deleted the created app “Em Software” and emptied the trash, but it makes no differnce.

Actual Result (gifs and screenshots are welcome!):

(See above.)

Expected result:
Allows me to create a new app at a sub-page of the originally-created app’s domain.

Is there some way to clear Brave’s idea of what it’s already created as apps? It still thinks there’s an “Em Software” app somewhere when there isn’t.

But also, it should allow me to create another app with a sub-page of the original domain.

Reproduces how often:
Every time.

Operating System and Brave Version(See the About Brave page in the main menu):
MacOS Sequoia
Version 1.77.95 Chromium: 135.0.7049.52 (Official Build) (arm64)

Additional Information:

[cpryland]

In fact, even if I delete all the apps it’s created in ~/Applications/Brave Browser Apps, and empty the trash, Brave keeps re-creating the old “Em Software” app I don’t want, apparently from nothing, as it’s there when I go to Save and Share.

[Mattches]

Recently responded to a similar issue here:

How do I make a stand-alone Brave app that goes to a PARTICULAR PAGE, not just a site?

Oh, it also asked me about the Facebook thing, to which it wanted to give another example. Perfect. I’ll walk you through where you can do it manually using Automator. Option 2: Do It Yourself Now Here’s how to create it manually with your Facebook group link: Example: Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1234567890 Step-by-Step: Open Automator (use Spotlight or go to Applications). Select New Document, then choose “Application”. In the search bar on the left,…

It looks like you have a couple issues here – first, is that the “Em software” app won’t delete itself or at least will re-create itself, correct? If so, can you please launch Brave and go to brave://apps and delete the PWA this way? Then test to see if it reappears again.

@cpryland

Allows me to create a new app at a sub-page of the originally-created app’s domain.

Is there some way to clear Brave’s idea of what it’s already created as apps? It still thinks there’s an “Em Software” app somewhere when there isn’t.

But also, it should allow me to create another app with a sub-page of the original domain.

For this second part, to my knowledge, this just isn’t the way PWAs work in Chromium-based browsers. When you install a page as an app/PWA, you’re installing the base domain as an app, not a specific page. So any time you go to install the “Em software” app, you’re installing https://emsoftware.com/ not https://emsoftware.com/some/sub/page. You can test this on other sites as well – youtube is an easy one.

[cpryland]

Ah, didn’t know about brave://apps. Deleting it there cleared things up.

Much appreciated!