Safari Container

This folder stores Safari’s sandboxed app data in your user Library, including settings, website data, and other browser-related files.

What is Safari Container?

The folder ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Safari is Safari’s sandbox container on macOS. Apps distributed with sandboxing use a container folder to store data that belongs specifically to that app. For Safari, this can include local app data, website-related storage, session information, and files used for normal browser operation within your account.

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Safety overview

Status: Use with caution

This is related to Apple Safari and may contain browsing data, website storage, session information, and app state. Removing data here can sign you out of websites, reset parts of Safari, or cause loss of locally stored browser data.

Recommendation: Keep this folder if you use Safari or may use it again. Review its contents only if you are troubleshooting Safari storage or resetting browser data, and avoid deleting it casually because it can affect saved website data and app behavior.

File path

  • ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Safari

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