Safari uninstall - install previous older version

I responded to the Apple software update prompt and now Safari keeps quitting. Is there a way to completely uninstall the new version and install the previous version? I am not much of a Mac whiz so a very simple answer would be helpful and much appreciated. Thank you !

Hi,
The problem is more likely to be that you have some incompatible Safari extension installed that are causing the crashes.
Go to these 2 locations to see if you have any 3rd party extensions and move anything present in them onto your Desktop to deactivate them:
/Users/YourUsername/Library/InputManagers/
/Library/InputManagers/
Restart Safari to pick up the change. If it works now, you can try moving the items back one by one until you find the culprit.
If that doesn't work, one quick test you can do to help narrow down things is to try Safari in another user account.
This will help us to know whether your problem is local to your account or system wide. If you don't have another account you can use System Preferences -> Accounts -> \[+\] to create a test one (and \[-\] to remove it if needed)

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