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"An error occurred." YouTube Brave error still ongoing as of August 2026.
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"An error occurred." YouTube Brave error still ongoing as of August 2026.

I have tried a bunch of solutions and still am getting this error, and it's been happening for the past week, actually. I even tried switching off Shields and trying uBlock Origin but it didn't change anything.

u/Theagames10 — 7 hours ago
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Crunchyroll player is no longer playing on the brave web browser?

I was trying to watch Crunchyroll on brave like normal, I am a ultimate fan and I also did unblock ads from crunchyroll as well. The past week it has not worked on the brave web browser but it works on google chrome. Anyone else having this issue?

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u/Boonshy — 12 hours ago
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I moved to Brave yesterday. I love it so much. Wow, I wish I had done that long before. It's perfect, except for one thing: Is there a way to hide that Brave Shield icon?

Or at least change its color to black instead of orange?

Edit: I mean, the Brave Shield icon at the right of the address bar.

Edit 2: Solved. Someone gave the solution in the comments. Great!

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u/nietzschecode — 18 hours ago
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Why Does Brave Wipe Passwords?

Whenever I close Brave, all my passwords get wiped. I don't see anything in here that affects passwords so I am confused? Any ideas?
This is the latest Brave on MacOS

u/dris77 — 1 day ago
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Brave search vs Google search

Can someone please explain me that why should I continue to use #GoogleSearch instead of #BraveSearch when u/brave too provided AI search with privacy better than u/Google u/GeminiApp #Gemini

u/euphoria1101 — 3 days ago
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Youtube Music not working on Brave

I've always used YT on brave, but as of today, I can't pick a song from the homepage after having another one playing. Does anyone know how to solve it?? Btw my phone is Android

u/Fluffy_Ad_2804 — 2 days ago
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Youtube interface issues

Anyone else experiencing this issue ? It only happens when trying to get to another page while having an active play

u/risky_biscuit13 — 2 days ago
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passwords deleted from brave after downloading Tlou2

I downloaded The Last of Us 2 from the real fitgirl site. I ran the setup.exe although my Window Defender flagged it as Trojan:Win32/Malgent because I saw reddit posts about it being safe. When I finish the setup and went to brave to browse, my facebook and youtube were logged out, and so were my google account and email etc... and all of my passwords in the password manager is gone too. I suspect that the torrent from fitgirl did this, but maybe it's a bug from Brave? I read a post about Brave having this bug. Can anyone explain this weird behaviour? Does an info stealer or any other virus delete passwords and logs you out of every web?

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u/80sDat — 4 days ago
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Youtube Buffering When Brave Shield is On.

My youtube is now Buffering out of no ware I restarted Whole PC and everything is Updated, Just Disabling shiel is Only Option, but After That It still Buffering IN long Breaks

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Photo of download Speed And Stats For Nerds

https://preview.redd.it/dv4tvkmwnrjh1.png?width=1919&format=png&auto=webp&s=fc258f982841de508cf469eab1a61e311ed583d0

https://preview.redd.it/i52b2omwnrjh1.png?width=1919&format=png&auto=webp&s=80568a892ee4e2e9734fbaaa9a71c47791a7a0fc

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u/INDIANSNIPER24 — 4 days ago
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Brave is taking things way too seriously... Is it necessary?

u/AmadeusC13 — 5 days ago
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Google Account failing to sign in brave

When trying to sign in. I put all my details, passes the google authentication and then instead of showing my account. It again ask for sign in in brave browser. It started since yesterday.

I tried cleaning cookies, disable brave shield but still not able to sign in.

Any idea ?
In edge and chrome the sign in works fine

https://preview.redd.it/plb5ozhc5pjh1.png?width=1622&format=png&auto=webp&s=3107725e7ccbcc0c8765552f2632153a127fe0ae

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u/Massive-Front6959 — 4 days ago
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iOS - Landscape Videos

Brave Browser won't switch to landscape mode when I rotate my iPhone.

Am I missing a setting, or is this a bug?

Device: iPhone 12
iOS: 26.6
Brave: 1.92

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u/whatthe3se — 5 days ago
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When moving tabs, it locks for a split second before going past another tab

EDIT: apparently tab groups move fine and doesn't have that momentary "locking" or "freezing" Here's a screen recording so you know exactly what the issue is, also for some reason this issue isn't present when in private tabs, over there the tabs slide past each other like butter, but over here on the standard tabs it keeps locking momentarily when going past another tab

u/Difficult_War_5657 — 6 days ago
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STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION - What has been working for me (excluding CPU core)

https://preview.redd.it/m3yjfvc4unch1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=efaf8331adb6f4ba5d5271bb5db787f403f7fa1b

Hey everyone,

I've been dealing with frequent STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION crashes (Aw, Snap!) in Brave Browser for a while. I tried everything — updating the browser, disabling extensions, resetting the profile, turning off hardware acceleration, etc. — but the crashes kept coming back.

I have an Intel Core i9-14900HX, and I finally found something that has been working very well.

What worked for me:

I used Process Lasso to change the CPU affinity of the browser and exclude Core 8.

Steps:

  1. Download and install Process Lasso (free version is enough).
  2. Go to the Active Processes tab.
  3. Select all browser processes (brave.exe, chrome.exe, msedge.exe, etc.).
  4. Right-click → CPU AffinitySet Affinity.
  5. Uncheck Core 8 only.
  6. (Optional) Set the CPU Priority of the browser to "High".

Since excluding Core 8, the crashes have almost completely stopped.

Extra info:

  • This solution should work on Brave, Chrome, Edge and other Chromium-based browsers.
  • On Intel 13th/14th gen processors (especially i9 HX series), Core 8 seems to be the most problematic one.
  • Some users also report good results excluding Cores 8 and 12.
  • If excluding only Core 8 doesn't fully solve it, try disabling cores one by one to identify the bad one(s).

This is a workaround (best long-term solution would be BIOS update or checking warranty), but it has made the browser much more stable for daily use.

If you're having the same issue with an i9-14900HX or similar CPU, give it a try and let me know if it helps.

Cheers!

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u/Various_Item2863 — 7 days ago
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Brave freezes/crash for a few seconds and I just see a grey or blue/grey screen color on Brave.

Anyone know how can I fix this?

It just happen randomly, while I'm using the browser the screen freezes in a grey color and after a few seconds I can use Brave again. I already delete cookies and that. I already saw the Brave updates. I already changed the acceleration setting thing and didnt work.

This freeze grey screen started happening a few days ago

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u/chester123_123 — 8 days ago
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Switched to Brave after years of struggling. Why are other browsers so far behind?

I almost never write stuff like this, but I honestly can’t overstate how happy I am that I switched to Brave. Sure, like with anything else, there are a few trade-offs, but as you can tell, they’re kept to an absolute minimum here. I’m happy with pretty much everything, unlike other browsers, disabling most of the bloat turned out to be surprisingly easy.

I’m also just genuinely blown away. It’s been a while since I last checked out newer versions of Brave, and I’m amazed at how well it handles ad blocking, tracker blocking, and all that stuff. In my personal experience, uBlock has done nothing but give me headaches for the past couple of years. Yeah, classic Windows performance is a bit worse, but on Mac and iPhone, it runs like an absolute dream.

And that feature for watching YouTube on iPhone? Pure killer feature. I really hope it doesn’t go anywhere, but that was pretty much the final nail in the coffin for all other browsers for me.

That said, this isn't just a review. Do you guys think is actually behind this kind of insane performance? And in your opinion, why are all the other browsers so surprisingly bad in comparison?

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u/Maitzwile — 11 days ago