Cursor keeps crashing on start

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Cursor crashes on open, no message, just force quits. I’m using remote extension

I’m not even sure how to get out of this state. I think i’m gonna have to delete whatever app data I have.

Steps to Reproduce

open cursor
Crash cursor

Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

its so ■■■■■■ i can’t even get the version, it’s probably Version: 2.5.26

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

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It stopped crashing when I deleted the application data

rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/Cursor
5

Hey, glad you got it sorted out. Deleting ~/Library/Application\ Support/Cursor is a solid fix, but next time you can try a less drastic approach:

  1. First, try launching Cursor without extensions:
cursor --disable-extensions
  1. If that doesn’t help, delete only the workspace state instead of the whole directory:
rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/Cursor/User/workspaceStorage

A full rm -rf works, but it wipes all settings and chat history. Doing it step by step helps you keep what you can.

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i never installed cursor cli so this was not an option for me, but i’ll keep workspaceStorage in mind if i see this again