Erase Safari cookies from Terminal

Question

I am making an application that involves controlling Safari from Applescript. Is there a way in the Terminal (preferred) or Applescript to erase Safari's cookies. Basically I want to the "Reset Safari" item from the menu using the Terminal. Is there a method that can do this?

Answer 1

Reset Safari does more than just erasing the cookies:

Basically I want to the "Reset Safari" item from the menu using the Terminal.

If you would want to completely reset Safari from the terminal, you would use (depending on the Safari version the commands may vary):

rm ~/Library/Safari/History.plist

rm ~/Library/Safari/Downloads.plist

rm ~/Library/Safari/HistoryIndex.sk

rm ~/Library/Safari/LastSession.plist

rm ~/Library/Safari/TopSites.plist

rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.safari

And (a little unsure about the last one):

rm ~/Library/Safari/SearchProviders.plist.signed

Answer 2

You could simply delete the Cookies.plist file:

rm ~/Library/Cookies/Cookies.plist

Or take a look at this: List & delete Safari cookies