Can't Remove SafariFamily

Hi,


I have recently removed Safari Technological Preview using AppCleaner from https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/.

The issue that I am facing is that there is a residual file named "SafariFamily" (with no extension) that I can't seem to get rid of no matter what i tried.

Dragging the item into the trash would result in the error message:

"The operation can’t be completed because one or more required items can’t be found. (Error code -43)"

Placing the file in a folder, put the folder in trash and trying to empty trash would result in:

"The operation can’t be completed because the item “Folder” is in use."

Using sudo rm on the file results in:

"rm: SafariFamily: Operation not permitted"


I have also tried deleting the item from safe mode as will as using the First Aid in Disk Utility.


Any idea how I can remove it?

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Not sure if you've found a fix for it yet, but I was having the same issue.

What worked for me is booting into recovery mode and disabling system integrity protection (csrutil disable) and rebooting. Then I used terminal to force empty the trash containing Safarifamily (sudo rm -R <path to file in trash>) You can just simply open the trash in finder and drag the file or parent folder into the terminal, just make sure there is a space after -R


just remember to boot back into recovery mode afterwards and re-enable system integrity protection (csrutil enable)

Thank you, this worked right away!😁

Thanks a ton. This really worked. Pesky files sitting for almost an year got removed today

Hello,

I have done your direction but terminal didn't work, it wasn't except to type my password although I have been able to write (sudo rm -R and path to file safarifamily in trash)

Help me, please!

Thanks got rid of the whole damn Safari family. What a relief.