# Cannot configure icon visibility in tab bar **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Tags:** java\ **Created:** [December 4, 2025, 3:41am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cannot-configure-icon-visibility-in-tab-bar/145194 "2025-12-04T03:41:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Philip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Philip](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Philip)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 3:41am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cannot-configure-icon-visibility-in-tab-bar/145194/1 "2025-12-04T03:41:34Z")
### Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE ### Describe the Bug The tab bar cannot configure icon visibility (like i cannot hide the “split editor right”) ### Steps to Reproduce every time i open a new window, and can not fix whatever i do. ### Operating System MacOS ### Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy) Version: 2.1.47 VSCode Version: 1.105.1 Commit: 2d3ce3499c15efd55b6b8538ea255eb7ba4266b0 Date: 2025-12-04T02:31:50.567Z Electron: 37.7.0 Chromium: 138.0.7204.251 Node.js: 22.20.0 V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0 OS: Darwin arm64 25.1.0 ### Does this stop you from using Cursor Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor ---
**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 4, 2025, 5:26am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cannot-configure-icon-visibility-in-tab-bar/145194/2 "2025-12-04T05:26:22Z")
Hey, thanks for the report. I need details to understand exactly where the setting is breaking. Please share: - A screenshot/short video of the icon(s) you want to hide (clarify: are these icons in the editor header or on the tabs themselves). - The settings you’ve tried to manage (screenshot from Settings and/or a snippet from settings.json - especially all workbench.\*, related to tabs/title/actions). - Check in VS Code: can you hide the same icon there with the same settings? Once you send these details, we can reproduce it and move forward. ---
**Author:** ![Philip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Philip](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Philip)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 6:44am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cannot-configure-icon-visibility-in-tab-bar/145194/3 "2025-12-04T06:44:12Z")
![Screenshot 2025-12-04 at 2.41.22 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/7/3/735453fface0c0d8578dbd615a6084b286e203df.jpeg) Here is the video and screenshot, the bug exist just after i updated to the newest version, it does work before that. ---
**Author:** ![K\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5fc32e/32.png) [@K\_A](https://forum.cursor.com/u/K_A)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cannot-configure-icon-visibility-in-tab-bar/145194/4 "2025-12-08T13:36:56Z")
I am also experiencing this bug **Current Version** Version: 2.1.50 VSCode Version: 1.105.1 Commit: 56f0a83df8e9eb48585fcc4858a9440db4cc7770 Date: 2025-12-06T23:39:52.834Z Electron: 37.7.0 Chromium: 138.0.7204.251 Node.js: 22.20.0 V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0 OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0 ---
**Author:** ![Philip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Philip](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Philip)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cannot-configure-icon-visibility-in-tab-bar/145194/5 "2025-12-08T13:48:56Z")
could you please help to fix this? thanks ---
**Author:** ![Philip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Philip](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Philip)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cannot-configure-icon-visibility-in-tab-bar/145194/6 "2025-12-08T13:49:43Z")
you can see the screenshot and the video below ---
**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 8, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cannot-configure-icon-visibility-in-tab-bar/145194/7 "2025-12-08T14:12:14Z")
Thanks for the video and details. This looks like a regression after 2.1.47, and another user confirmed it on 2.1.50. I’ve already passed it to the team. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cannot-configure-icon-visibility-in-tab-bar/145194/9 "2025-12-30T14:13:03Z")
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