Are my memories gone?

Bug Reports
1

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

I had a pretty extensive list of memories built. Every time AI made a mistake, I created a memory to prevent it. Now I cannot see the feature, and what is more, I lost my intellectual property of these memories.

Can I have them back? Not the feature (which still would be great), but the memories themselves?

Why is it important for me? I treat them as my competitive advantage.

Steps to Reproduce

Go to Cursor settings and time in search Memories - they are not there.

Also, if you try to update memories in the chat, it does not work anymore…

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

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Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.1.32
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: ef979b1b43d85eee2a274c25fd62d5502006e420
Date: 2025-11-25T05:00:12.749Z (6 hrs ago)
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.5.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

2

Ok, I got the memories back by reverting the version to 2.0.77. If you want them too, you can download the older version here:

3

Hey, thanks for the report. The Memories feature was intentionally removed starting from version 2.1.x.

You can export your memories and move them into Rules:

  • Press Cmd+Shift+P
  • Type “Export memories”
  • Your memories will be saved to an .mdc file

You can then add the exported content to your Rules (Cursor Settings → Rules, Memories, Commands → User Rules or Project Rules).

While temporarily downgrading to version 2.0.77 works, exporting now will help you move to the current workflow before older versions lose support.

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4

I just got a moment to work on it. The memories are now exported and replaced with .mdc files. I can see the reasoning behind abandoning memories (they are almost no different than .mdc files). Thanks a ton, now I am using the newest verion!