How does one clear the Local Storage in Safari 6.0?

hpr3, thanks for your response but you didn't read my post correctly. I am not referring to 'normal' cookies. The ones which are stored under the section Local Storage are special and survive the general 'clear all website data' action via Safari's preferences. I know several people have pointed this out before me. I was able to clear these cookies in the Local Storage folder before but it was always quite a lot of 'clicking through' to be done and one had to go through the Finder via user/library/safari/local storage etc. I recall there was a folder involved named Macromedia as well. But with the upgrade of the operating system and Safari this path doesn't exist anymore.

If you clear the cookies via preferences, then click out of Privacy and back in, you might notice that even though you haven't used your web browser at all, there are still cookies which magically re-appear. And they are tagged as Local Storage.

Now, can anyone else come up with a helpful answer?

Tried the Developer Forum but it doesn't look quite right for me...during log-in process system wanted to know what I am developing etc. As I am not a developer I didn't preceed with this.

Sorry, but what exactly do you mean by 'root library'? Are you referring to Macintosh HD/Library? I can't find a library folder in either the user nor the Safari folder (the latter only has subfolders named Bookmarks and History).

By now I am rather confusseled...

Right, I understand. Unfortunately it doesn't in my installation. Guess I need to get in touch with our IT support team and see if they can shed some light on this.

Success! Spoken to our IT team and got some very helpful advise.

So for everyone out there who struggles with Local Storage cookies and runs the new Lion operating system, this is what you do:

Click on 'Finder'

On the top menu bar click on 'go' and simultaneously hold down the option key (= alt key).

While you're holding down the alt key, you will see 'Library' in the drop-down menu...click on that (still holding down the alt-key as otherwise this folder disappears).

Scroll down to 'Safari' and click on it,

then click on Local Storage...and there you'll find these persistent cookies, which you can then drag in your trash bin.

PS: Contrary to older versions, Lion hides this Library-'tree' to the normal user. The question 'Why?' remains...

Yes, that's correct! hpr3, thanks for your help and finding a solution to my problem! :-)