How To Uninstall Safari Extensions on Mac

By Tasnia Salinas, on January 17, 2021, in Mac Uninstaller

Safari is a graphical web browser developed by Apple and powers on all Apple devices by default. Thanks for the new Safari App Extensions feature added in Safari 12, you can explore the web the way you want, add more favorite services, change the appearance of webpages, and much more. Once you start downloading and installing an array of new extensions for your Safari browser (How To Uninstall Firefox on Mac), you're probably going to want to manage their use, or uninstall these Safari extensions you don't like or just never use. We'll discuss how to delete/uninstall unwanted Safari extensions on macOS Catalina.

Table of Content:

• Part 1: How To Clean Uninstall Safari Extensions on Mac
• Part 2: How To Uninstall Safari Extensions with Omni Remover
• Part 3:  More Helpful Safari Extension Uninstall Tips

Some Safari extensions, like Honey, 1Password, Grammarly, can be useful, but sometimes they are no longer needed, or they can be problematic and cause freezes or trouble with Safari on Mac. To troubleshoot these Safari Extension problems, always give a try to uninstall that Safari Extensions and reinstall the latest version. Follow steps below to learn how to delete Extensions in Safari.

• Step 1: Open Safari > Launch Preferences in menu:

• Step 2: Extensions > Choose the Extensions that you don't want to keep > Uninstall (Important: Uncheck this Safari Extension before uninstall it):

• Step 3: Then you'll get a message: The 'XXX' Extension is part of the 'XXX' application, to uninstall Honey, you must remove the Honey application > Click Show in Finder to continue.

• Step 4: Then you'll see this unwanted Safari Extension in Applications folder > Drag it to Trash:

• Step 5: Move on to clean up Safari Extension remnant orphans and cache junk. Open Finder > Go > Go to folder > Enter Enter ~/Library/Safari/Extensions/ > Search all Safari Extension related cookies, temporary settings and pre-fetch configs.

• Step 6: Clean the files associated with Safari Extension to Trash > Empty Trash and restart your Mac to finish the uninstallation of Safari Extension on your Mac.

Similar as standalone macOS applications, a Safari extension may also produce maintenance support scripts, generate running log, and store cache data at predefined intervals. So to completely uninstall Safari extension is not as simple as you would think. Omni Remover is made to search all Safari Extension leftovers, so as to clean them up in 1-Click. Follow easy steps below to learn how to fully remove Safari Extension on macOS Catalina.

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Safari browser extensions are incorporated throughout the Mac system and can be controlled through the intuitive Safari preference panel. But for system wild extensions management, Omni Remover is made to find all Extensions in Safari, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, list them in one place and allows you with full control. Check out more extra values brought by Omni Remover.

One last thing, also give a check on these plugins, which may potentially hold dangerous or vulnerable plug-ins on Safari. We recommend you to download Omni Remover to start safely and completely uninstalling Safari Extension from your Mac. Free Download >

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