It is not possible to open terminal in side panel, where agents chats live. There is no such option, even keyboard shortcuts or main menu bar doesn’t open it.
Hey, I can see the screenshot with the Terminal menu.
In the classic editor layout (and it looks like you’re using that one based on your version), the terminal opens in the bottom panel, not in the right sidebar where the agents chats are. Try this:
Press Ctrl+`. This should show or hide the bottom panel with the terminal.
Or use the menu: View > Terminal.
If the bottom panel was hidden or collapsed, the terminal might just not be visible. Drag the bottom edge of the window up, or use the shortcut.
Let me know if that helped, or if Ctrl+` doesn’t work either.
Neither work. Terminal is stuck in the Secondary Side Bar and cannot be displayed or moved. Ctrl+` and View > Terminal don’t do anything. I also cannot move the Terminal back to the Panel (which would not be ideal either). Only option is to open terminal in editor which is not a good solution.
Can you bring back the terminal to the Secondary Side Bar please?
Same issue for me. I just updated and Terminal completely disappeared and it is probably the 2nd most used feature for me. Please bring the Terminals back.
Yeah, this is getting ridiculous now. Every Cursor update seems to regress anything that’s not just about using the Agent first, Cloud first way of doing things.
How can you release an IDE without checking you can get a Terminal or not?
Putting a CLI like Codex or Claude in with VSCode is probably where I am being pushed to go. These sorts of regular Cursor UI incidents at each update is the hint I should be listening too.
@deanrie ’s reply is still the right first check in classic editor layout: the integrated terminal is meant to show in the bottom panel (Ctrl+` / View → Terminal), not in the right-hand agents area. If the bottom panel is collapsed, it can look like “no terminal.”
If you’ve already tried that and the shortcut/menu still does nothing, or the terminal is stuck in the secondary sidebar and you can’t get it back into the panel, you’re in the same bucket as the other reports here — our team is aware and investigating. Replies with OS (Windows/macOS/Linux) and exact Cursor version (from Help → About) are especially helpful.
