{"id":21233,"date":"2025-05-16T17:55:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T17:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/?p=21233"},"modified":"2026-01-18T14:56:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T14:56:56","slug":"how-to-reset-the-safari-extensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/browser-extension\/how-to-reset-the-safari-extensions\/","title":{"rendered":"How to reset the Safari extensions settings (Working Solution 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Table of Contents<\/h2><nav><div><div><a href=\"#solution-reset-the-safari-extensions-settings\">Solution: Reset the Safari Extensions settings<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you have an issue as a developer who wants to test your Safari extension as a new user again? But it also shows the previously saved settings. Even when you reset Safari, you only do &#8220;empty cache&#8221; and &#8220;history&#8221;. But the settings of the extensions are still there. Here is the solution on how to reset the Safari extensions on your Mac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f1f5c7\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p style=\"font-size:36px;line-height:1.2\"><strong>Safari Extension reset in 3 easy Steps<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\">\u2013 Turn Off the Lights<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/safari-extension-permission-1024x582.png\" alt=\"Solution to reset the Safari extensions\" class=\"wp-image-5313 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/safari-extension-permission-1024x582.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/safari-extension-permission-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/safari-extension-permission-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/safari-extension-permission-1536x873.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/safari-extension-permission-60x34.png 60w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/safari-extension-permission-150x85.png 150w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/safari-extension-permission.png 2034w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"solution-reset-the-safari-extensions-settings\">Solution: Reset the Safari Extensions settings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First, make sure you have quit all Safari windows, and that the Safari web-browser app is not open. If it is open, quit the app.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then, open your Terminal and paste this:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>rm ~\/Library\/Preferences\/com.apple.Safari*\nrm -r ~\/Library\/Containers\/com.apple.Safari\nrm -r ~\/Library\/Caches\/com.apple.Safari<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Now press the Enter key, and it will remove all the settings from Safari, the cache, and also reset the Safari extension settings.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>So now you can test and use, for example, the most popular <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/turn-off-the-lights-for-safari\/id1273998507\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Turn Off the Lights Safari extension<\/a> on your Mac computer. If you need help with the installation of the Turn Off the Lights Safari extension, see this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/browser-extension\/solution-on-safari-extension-not-showing\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"7105\">troubleshooting help page for Safari<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have an issue as a developer who wants to test your Safari extension as a new user again? But it also shows the previously saved settings. Even when you reset Safari, you only do &#8220;empty cache&#8221; and &#8220;history&#8221;. But the settings of the extensions are still there. 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