Safari beachballs on start

[SamVilde]

For the past month, maybe, 100% of the time I open Safari it freezes and beachballs for about 15-20 seconds - which is a way long time when you opened Safari with a plan to do something.

It's not a specific page. Even if the browser is not loading a page - just opens to the favorites & frequently visited page - same thing. Just a google search page - same thing. Not the internet.

Restarted computer. Checked for updates.
Any ideas?

 

[chscag]

Have you cleared the Safari cache? How many open Safari tabs? And assuming you're using the machine in your Sig line, how about other browsers, any beach balling?

 

[SamVilde]

Have you cleared the Safari cache? How many open Safari tabs? And assuming you're using the machine in your Sig line, how about other browsers, any beach balling?

Thanks - cleared cache but it makes no difference.
No beach balling on other browsers - I guess I can change if I can't fix?
Yes - this is the problem on this 2017 MacBook Pro, High Sierra.
This is recurring when I first open - or sometime switch to - Safari, even if #of tabs is one or two, and no tabs contain heavy loading data.