Trash Safari preferences

How do I trash my safari preferences? It refuses to launch and I think that may help. I'm also open to other ideas.
Thanks in advance.

Trashing the preference file did not solve the problem. Going into the terminal did not solve the problem. Doing a custom install from the OS disc did not solve the problem. I did however create a new user account per your suggestion and safari did start to work. I then duplicated info from the user account with the corrupted Safari app, brought the preference files and app support ect. to the new account (but not any old Safari file) and deleted the old one. So far so good. I still wish I new why the old one stopped working.

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Hello Matthew:
Welcome to Apple discussions.
You might try to trash the safari preference file. Close Safari. Trash com.apple.safari.plist. Restart and enter your personal preferences.
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Open a Finder window. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type or copy paste the following:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist
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Open a Finder window. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type or copy paste the following:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist
Click Go then move the com.apple.Safari.plist file to the trash.
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~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist
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Open a Finder window. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type or copy paste the following:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist
Click Go then move the com.apple.Safari.plist file to the trash.
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