Annoying message all the time reopens continuously

[Brathur (Arthur)]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

“You can toggle the sidebar with Ctrl+B or via Layout Controls in the top-right corner”. YES I GOT IT! Please stop firing this thing in my face. How can I fix that? I don’t want to see this ever again.

Steps to Reproduce

Code in Cursor and do nothing

Expected Behavior

If I click dismiss it should never come back again

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.3.41 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 2ca326e0d1ce10956aea33d54c0e2d8c13c58a30
Date: 2026-01-16T19:14:00.150Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

Additional Information

It shows up anytime every time

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

[deanrie]

Hey, thanks for the report. This is a known issue, and the team has been working on a fix.

Try this workaround:

1. Open the Command Palette Ctrl+Shift+P
2. Type Preferences: Open Settings (JSON)
3. Add this line:

"workbench.tips.enabled": false

Also, could you share a screenshot of your Cursor Settings so we can check if any other notification settings might be involved?