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cant delete safari

i cant delete safari and put it in the trash. Safari is not responding so I wast to delete it and reinstall



MacBook Air

Posted on Aug 13, 2019 5:55 AM

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Posted on Aug 13, 2019 6:02 AM

As Miskeecare says, Safari cannot be deleted, It is part of the OS.

See these Apple Support Topics for detailed advice:


If Safari is slow, stops responding, quits unexpectedly, or has other issues - Apple Support


If Safari doesn't load a page or webpage items are missing - Apple Support


Safari for Mac: If Safari can’t open a website

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Aug 13, 2019 9:14 AM in response to adam_45

You may  have adware/malware installed. Try downloading this program which was written by Thomas R, a long time poster. The program will search for malware/adware. The program will do the work for you which makes it easy. It may be necessary to run more than one scan. After running the scans, restart the computer.


Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac      10.10 and later


Malwarebytes uninstall


Try setting up another admin user account in System Preferences/Users & Groups to see if the same problem continues. Please post back on whether or not this worked. Also try the Safe Mode. Please post back on whether or not this worked.


Isolating an issue by using another user account 


Safe Mode - About


If it works in the Safe Mode, try running this program when booted normally and then copy and paste the output in a reply. The program was created by Etresoft, a frequent contributor.  Please use copy and paste as screen shots can be hard to read. Click “Share Report” button in the toolbar, select “Copy to Clipboard” and then paste into a reply. This will show what is running on your computer. No personal information is shown. If the log won’t post, try posting it in Pastebin and provide a link in a reply. After pasting the report in a PasteBin page, go to the top of the page, and copy the address in the URL bar. Paste that in a new reply.        Pastebin


Etrecheck – System Information

cant delete safari

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