# Chat is stuck loading and window is unresponsive

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/chat-is-stuck-loading-and-window-is-unresponsive/109188>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [June 25, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/chat-is-stuck-loading-and-window-is-unresponsive/109188 "2025-06-25T15:50:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![alsoicode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/alsoicode/32/26622_2.png) [@alsoicode](https://forum.cursor.com/u/alsoicode)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/chat-is-stuck-loading-and-window-is-unresponsive/109188/1 "2025-06-25T15:50:36Z")

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### Describe the Bug

The chat pane refuses to load and causes the window to be unresponsive. No matter if I reopen, close or keep waiting, I cannot dismiss the chat and now I can’t open the project directory.

### Steps to Reproduce

Unsure. Chat froze after answering a question and never recovered.

### Expected Behavior

I would like to cancel/stop the current chat and open a new one.

### Operating System

MacOS

### Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

1.1.6  
1.96.2  
5b19bac7a947f54e4caa3eb7e4c5fbf832389850

### Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

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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:** [June 25, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/chat-is-stuck-loading-and-window-is-unresponsive/109188/2 "2025-06-25T16:54:43Z")

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Hey, this issue is usually related to a large chat history in your project. To solve the problem, try manually deleting most of the history, possibly the oldest chats. You can also try renaming or moving the project. This will help you quickly clear the history.

Additionally, you can delete the history by navigating to this path and sorting the folders by modification date. Choose the one that was used recently, you can delete it or save a backup just in case:

```auto
Windows: %APPDATA%\Cursor\User\workspaceStorage
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Cursor/User/workspaceStorage
Linux: ~/.config/Cursor/User/workspaceStorage

```

If your history is important to you, you can try exporting it using this extension:

> **[SpecStory - Visual Studio Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=SpecStory.specstory-vscode)**
>
> Extension for Visual Studio Code - Save, export, search and share AI chat history from GitHub Copilot and Cursor

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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:** [July 25, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/chat-is-stuck-loading-and-window-is-unresponsive/109188/3 "2025-07-25T16:54:45Z")

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Closed on July 25, 2025, 4:54pm UTC

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