# Can't Delete Old Chats

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-delete-old-chats/158599>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** chat\
**Created:** [April 21, 2026, 6:11am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-delete-old-chats/158599 "2026-04-21T06:11:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![CraigB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@CraigB](https://forum.cursor.com/u/CraigB)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 6:11am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-delete-old-chats/158599/1 "2026-04-21T06:11:03Z")

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### Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

### Describe the Bug

For a while now I’ve not been able to delete chats.

### Steps to Reproduce

If I right click or use the 3 dots and click delete the chats gets removed but only until I create a new chat / agent then they all appear again.

### Expected Behavior

To be able to remove old chats / agents

### Screenshots / Screen Recordings

### Operating System

MacOS

### Version Information

Version: 3.1.17  
VSCode Version: 1.105.1  
Commit: fce1e9ab7844f9ea35793da01e634aa7e50bce90  
Date: 2026-04-19T19:33:58.189Z (1 day ago)  
Layout: editor  
Build Type: Stable  
Release Track: Default  
Electron: 39.8.1  
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265  
Node.js: 22.22.1  
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0  
OS: Darwin arm64 25.3.0

### Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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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:** [April 21, 2026, 6:27am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-delete-old-chats/158599/5 "2026-04-21T06:27:08Z")

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A post was merged into an existing topic: [Deleted past chats will appear again after the new recent update](https://forum.cursor.com/t/deleted-past-chats-will-appear-again-after-the-new-recent-update/156588)

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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:** [April 21, 2026, 6:27am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-delete-old-chats/158599/6 "2026-04-21T06:27:18Z")

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