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this will delete all of Safari's cookies, local storage (including website previews) and database files.
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reset-safari.sh
#!/bin/sh
# LogoutHooks run as root, which is why you have to
# use logname to make sure you are cleaning out the right files
cd ~`/usr/bin/logname` &&
/bin/rm -rf \
Library/Cookies/Cookies.binarycookies \
Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/* \
Library/Safari/LocalStorage/* \
Library/Safari/Databases/*
exit 0
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