How to Restore Safari Web Browser to Default Settings in Mac OS

This Page explains how to restore the default Safari browser preferences.

Method 1:

1. Open Safari and click on Safari in the upper left hand corner.


2. Click Reset Safari.

3. Restart Safari. This will resolve most problems.

4. A warning dialog will now appear detailing the items that will be removed.

5. Click the button on the dialog labeled Reset to complete the process.

6. Your Safari browser will now restart automatically

If this does not solve the problem, proceed on to Method 2.

Click on the hard drive icon located on the desktop.

1. Browse to Users > (Users Home) > Library > Safari folder.

2. Drag every file but "Bookmarks.plist" into the trash.

3. Browse to Users > (User Home) > Library > Preferences.

4. Locate "com.apple.Safari.plist", "com.apple.internetconfigpriv.plist", and 

"com.apple.internetconfig.plist" and drag them to the trash. If 

"com.apple.internetconfigpriv.plist does not exist, ignore it and just trash the other two files.

5. Safari should now be back to factory default status.