I use Cursor primarily as an IDE. I reach for agents as and when I need them. And when I do, I’m typically using a dedicated interface for that - eg the new Agents Window. No matter how many times I toggle it off, the Agents panel will force itself open every single time I open a Cursor window. I w…

Thanks for reporting this Sam. We’re aware of this issue and have a bug report raised with the team. Sorry for the frustration. I’ll follow up here as soon as we have a fix available.

Thanks kevin, glad to know the team is on it. Thanks for your prompt response!

Having the IDE take 3 clicks to open (click cursor, click editor, close agent…) instead of one, every single time, is (un)surprisingly such an annoyance lol.

Totally agree. As a tool, it should provide a settings option to let users decide whether to open it by default. And the panel’s width does not remember the size it was last adjusted to, which is very annoying.

Following up on @kevinn ’s reply: We’ve acted on the feedback. Following up on that, version 3.3.30 adds a new “Open Agents Window on startup” toggle in Cursor Settings > Agents. Turn it off to launch into the Editor by default. [image] To get the update: Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+P > Attempt Update, then r…

Still haven’t found this setting option. [image]

Still can’t see this option. The Agent Windows is currently broken in WSL2 again, so wanted to see the regular editor for agent by default. Cursor Version Details: Version: 3.3.30 (user setup) VSCode Version: 1.105.1 Commit: 3dc559280adc5f931ade8e25c7b85393842acf30 Date: 2026-05-09T18:28:42.33…

Still not seeing that option - wasn’t in 3.3.30 and I’m not now in 3.4.16

No hold on re-reading your post, that doesn’t address this bug literally at all. This bug is in relation to the “Agents Panel” - NOT the Agents Window. It’s this awful sidebar being forceably opened, not the agents window [image]

The toggle I mentioned controls which window type opens on startup (Agents Window vs Editor). Your issue is different: the agents panel/sidebar within the Editor being forced open every session, which that setting doesn’t address. Your original bug is still being tracked separately. I don’t have a …

Agents Panel defaults open no matter what I do

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Colin (Colin) July 15, 2026, 4:01pm 24

There are many ongoing threads about this. I suggest we consolidate them into the following!

Topic		Replies	Views
Everytime i open a repository, it now opens the agent mode Bug Reports layout , wsl , agents-window	27	1343	July 15, 2026
Cursor defaults to Agents Window on application restart Bug Reports layout , agents-window	8	324	July 15, 2026
Opening in Agent Mode Bug Reports agents-window	6	570	July 15, 2026
I want to disable agents window entirely Feedback agents-window	2	116	July 15, 2026
Cursor Always Starts in Agent Mode Instead of IDE Mode Help agents-window	77	6532	August 17, 2026

Agents Panel defaults open no matter what I do

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