# Cursor doesn't respect ignoring CLAUDE.md file **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Tags:** plugins, context, rules\ **Created:** [March 17, 2026, 3:18am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-doesnt-respect-ignoring-claude-md-file/154952 "2026-03-17T03:18:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![haj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3e96dc/32.png) [@haj](https://forum.cursor.com/u/haj)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 3:18am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-doesnt-respect-ignoring-claude-md-file/154952/1 "2026-03-17T03:18:08Z")
### Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE ### Describe the Bug Regardless of whether you have `CLAUDE.md` in your `.cursorignore` file, if you also have "Include third-party Plugins, Skills, and other configs enabled, it will still include the contents of `CLAUDE.md` with each new session. Removing the file is unfortunately not an option as some colleagues use Claude Code. I would assume `.cursorignore` would take precedence over everything else. This issue was raised on X already: [https://x.com/kaxil/status/2028649664140939525?s=20](https://x.com/kaxil/status/2028649664140939525?s=20) to which a team member replied saying to use .cursorignore (that doesn’t work), and then another team member said they would check it but didn’t see any follow up. ### Steps to Reproduce 1. Add a `CLAUDE.md` file to the root of your repo 2. Enable third-party rules, skills, plugins 3. Create a `.cursorignore` at the root of your repo, add `CLAUDE.MD` to it. 4. Create a new chat/agent, ask it a question that it would only know by reading the `CLAUDE.md` file, 5. Observe it answers said question. ### Expected Behavior Anything in `.cursorignore` should not make it into context. ### Operating System MacOS ### Version Information Version: 2.6.19 Commit: 224838f96445be37e3db643a163a817c15b36060 Date: 2026-03-12T04:07:27.435Z (4 days ago) Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10\_15\_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Cursor/2.6.19 Chrome/142.0.7444.265 Electron/39.4.0 Safari/537.36 ### Does this stop you from using Cursor No - Cursor works, but with this issue ---
**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:** [March 17, 2026, 11:59am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-doesnt-respect-ignoring-claude-md-file/154952/4 "2026-03-17T11:59:20Z")
Hey, thanks for the report. This is a confirmed bug. `.cursorignore` blocks access via agent tools like file read, grep, and glob, but the rules loader that pulls in `CLAUDE.md` when the Include third-party Plugins, Skills, and other configs setting is enabled runs separately and doesn’t check `.cursorignore`. As a workaround for now, if you don’t need the contents of `CLAUDE.md` in Cursor, you can turn off Include third-party Plugins, Skills, and other configs in Settings. I know that’s not ideal if you’re using other third-party rules or plugins. Let me know if you have any questions. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-doesnt-respect-ignoring-claude-md-file/154952/7 "2026-04-08T12:00:07Z")
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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/colin/32/90452_2.png) [@Colin](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Colin)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-doesnt-respect-ignoring-claude-md-file/154952/9 "2026-06-03T21:41:30Z")
Hey @haj! This should be fixed now (and has been for a while)! If it’s not, please raise a new thread.