How to Erase iCal & Address book files

Need to erase all data in iCal & Address files to start over on sync problem. How can I do this??
Thanks,
Bob
Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.8)
Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.8)

ICal and Address Book, and many other applications, store user specific details in the Library folder for each user on the machine. Preferences files are located in the Preferences folder in Library, other data is often stored in an application-specific folder in Library/Application Support. In the discussions, the "~" symbol is used to indicate the home directory for a user, so iCal's files are in ~/Library/Application Support/iCal, and Address Book's are in ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook.
However, both these applications use Sync Services, which may have a separate copy of the data, and may try to restore it if you just delete the application data files. (And, yes, SS stores its data in ~/Library/Application Support/SyncServices). So rather than going for the data files, you will probaly get better results by using the apps themselves to delete their data.
iCal: Make a new calendar (I think iCal doesn't like having none). Select any other calendars and use Edit/Delete. You will get a warning if they contain data.
Address Book: Click the All pseudo-group. Click any of the contact cards. Use Edit/Select All then Edit/Delete Cards.
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