Chat stuck on “Loading Chat” — cannot access previous conversation

[Danivisit (Danivisit Studio's)]

Because the Cursor Support Team Couldn’t Fix It – I Did.
by Danivisit Studio’s

Since the moderators and support team didn’t manage to solve this issue, I decided to teach myself how to recover deleted or corrupted chats manually.
This thread should be pinned permanently for every user facing the “Loading chat” issue —
and it should not auto-delete after 22 days, at least until you release a proper feature for chat recovery or backups.

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Cursor Chat Recovery Tutorial

How to bring back your lost chats when Cursor says “Loading chat” forever
Written by Danivisit Studio’s

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Short Version

If your chat disappears or keeps loading forever, it’s not gone — just stuck in local storage.
Cursor keeps all chat data here:

%APPDATA%\Cursor\User\workspaceStorage

Every project or chat has its own random folder name, for example:

df481d4a973fa25419205aff46268df6

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Full Recovery Tutorial (Step-by-Step)

Locate your Cursor data

Open:

C:\Users\<YourName>\AppData\Roaming\Cursor\User\workspaceStorage

If your folder is empty, corrupted, or missing — don’t worry.

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Use R-Studio to recover lost files

1. Open R-Studio (Demo version is enough)

2. Scan your system drive (usually C:).

3. Recover your workspace folder:

   ...\Cursor\User\workspaceStorage\<folder name>\
   
   

4. Save it to a safe place (for example D:\Cursor backup\).

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Inspect it with DB Browser for SQLite

Open the file:

state.vscdb

You’ll find data like:

workbench.panel.aichat.view...
workbench.panel.composerChatViewPanel...

That means your chat data still exists — it’s just not visible inside Cursor.

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Extract and rebuild your chat

Look for .json or .md files inside:

\anysphere.cursor-retrieval\

These often contain your chat content, images, and prompts.
Rename or restore them as:

chat.md

and move them into:

.specstory\history\

Then restart Cursor → your recovered chat will appear again.

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If you only have a Markdown file

You can still continue your session manually:

• Create a New Chat in Cursor.

• Ask the AI:

  Can you read a Markdown file?
  
  

  When it says “Yes”, reply:

  Okay, then read this MD file completely and continue exactly where we left off. 
  Make sure you understand all context before continuing.
  
  

• Attach or paste your recovered .md file → done.

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My Honest Opinion

Yes — it takes time.
But I’d rather spend an hour restoring my two weeks of work
than pretend it’s gone forever.
Until Cursor adds proper cloud-sync or chat backup,
this method saves your projects.

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Tools You’ll Need

• R-Studio Demo

• DB Browser for SQLite

• SpecStory extension for automatic backups