# Can not switch to editor mode in newest version 2.2

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/can-not-switch-to-editor-mode-in-newest-version-2-2/146446>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [December 16, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/can-not-switch-to-editor-mode-in-newest-version-2-2/146446 "2025-12-16T13:19:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nguyen\_Thien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a587f6/32.png) [@Nguyen\_Thien](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Nguyen_Thien)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/can-not-switch-to-editor-mode-in-newest-version-2-2/146446/1 "2025-12-16T13:19:26Z")

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cursor default agent mode, whenever i switch to editor it still agent mode. Anybody have same problesm ?

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**Author:** ![droozy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@droozy](https://forum.cursor.com/u/droozy)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/can-not-switch-to-editor-mode-in-newest-version-2-2/146446/2 "2025-12-16T13:23:34Z")

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Yup. This is a known bug reported by several people over the past week. No word yet from the team but hopefully they get on it soon.

> [@Switching to agent mode / editor mode broken](https://forum.cursor.com/t/switching-to-agent-mode-editor-mode-broken/146055/15):
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> How is this still not fixed?

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**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/can-not-switch-to-editor-mode-in-newest-version-2-2/146446/3 "2025-12-16T16:17:25Z")

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Hey, could you try opening Cursor settings and changing the mode there?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/c/0/c0c82c7b896f1981f7289c9bd1fe4e9da4c8810a.png)

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**Author:** ![Nguyen\_Thien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a587f6/32.png) [@Nguyen\_Thien](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Nguyen_Thien)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/can-not-switch-to-editor-mode-in-newest-version-2-2/146446/5 "2025-12-16T16:42:20Z")

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> [@Nguyen\_Thien](#):
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> i tried, but nothing change except my agent box chat move from right to left …

hey, i’m trying to download older version from cursor page and then re-update inside cursor. Now it works !

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Cox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/peter_cox/32/100910_2.png) [@Peter\_Cox](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Peter_Cox)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/can-not-switch-to-editor-mode-in-newest-version-2-2/146446/6 "2025-12-17T13:42:03Z")

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Changing it in the cursor settings worked for me as per Deans solution as I was stuck there too

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/can-not-switch-to-editor-mode-in-newest-version-2-2/146446/7 "2026-03-17T13:42:43Z")

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Closed on March 17, 2026, 1:42pm UTC

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