Cursor Agent deleted most personal data on:
D:\0라이브러리\바탕 화면
(2TB data HDD; desktop relocated to D:)
Only a few dev folders were left. 30+ years of files lost.
Recovery: R-Studio including “Extra search for known file types” to G: drive.
All recovered files fail to open. Sample JPG hex dump: all 00 bytes.
Windows Previous Versions: none.
No writes to D: drive after deletion.
Impact: critical work data needed next week.
Request: incident investigation, escalation, contact from Cursor team.
Steps to Reproduce
Set Windows desktop to D:\0라이브러리\바탕 화면 (2TB data HDD).
Use Cursor Agent in Cursor IDE to clean up desktop.
Agent deleted all personal folders/files except a few dev folders.
Tried R-Studio recovery to G: – files have size but hex is all 00; nothing opens.
No writes to D: after deletion. Previous Versions: none.
Operating System
Windows 10/11
Version Information
Cursor IDE on Windows 11 (build 10.0.26200)
Exact Cursor build: unknown (Help → About / Copy not available in my UI)
Incident date: ~2026-06-02
Agent in Cursor IDE deleted user data on D:\0라이브러리\바탕 화면 (2TB HDD).
Hey, thanks for the detailed report. This is a really tough situation. Losing data you’ve collected for years hurts, and I get how critical it is, especially with a deadline next week.
First, about recovery since that’s the most urgent part:
Don’t write anything else to D:, and it’s best not to use the system that has that drive at all, so you don’t overwrite what’s left. If you can, connect the drive as an external drive to another PC and work in read-only mode.
If R-Studio recovers files as zero bytes with the whole hex as 00, that’s a bad sign. It usually means the data has already been overwritten or zeroed out, and signature-based software recovery won’t help. In cases like this, the only real chance is a professional data recovery service with physical drive analysis. The fewer operations done on the drive before that, the better the odds.
Check every possible copy on your side. OneDrive including Recycle Bin and Recover files in the web UI, other cloud backups, and any backup software if it was set up. You already checked Windows File History and Previous Versions and they were empty.
I’ll be honest. If the files were physically overwritten, there’s no guarantee they can be recovered. But a professional recovery service is the best remaining option.
For the future so this doesn’t happen again:
Turn off auto-run for the agent and review commands before running them, especially destructive ones like deleting or cleaning folders. Terminal commands on Windows run with your full permissions, so a cleanup can affect more than you expect.
Keep important data under version control or regular backups, and don’t let the agent work in folders with personal files outside the project.
Models are being trained to be more careful with destructive actions, and the team is working on improving safety behavior here. If you manage to recover anything or you’ve got more recovery questions, message me and I’ll try to help.