How to delete "workspace" tabs on Tools & MCPs section in settings?

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I understand that “Home” is local. I see my other projects and “Cloud” which is fine. There are 2 “workspace” tabs that need to be deleted as they aren’t doing anything. How can I fix this? Attached a screenshot. Thanks.

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Looks like this was fixed by uninstalling Claude Code.

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EDIT: workspace came back when starting a new chat, maybe it’s supposed to be there.

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Hey, those tabs in Tools & MCPs are pulled automatically from your recently opened workspaces in Cursor. The tab name is the folder name via basename. So if you have a local folder named workspace and it ends up in Recents, you’ll see a tab like that. There’s no separate delete tab button. They disappear once the workspace is removed from Recents.

Try this: File > Open Recent > Clear Recently Opened or via Command Palette: Clear Recently Opened. After that, the tabs should go away.

About the tab coming back when you start a new chat, that’s interesting. Can you share:

  • Your Cursor version Help > About?
  • Do you have a local folder named workspace anywhere, like in your home directory, in your Claude Code config, or as a worktree?
  • What exact action makes the tab return, opening a new chat in the current project, creating a cloud agent, or something else?

If we can find a specific trigger, we can check what’s being created under the hood.

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I tried doing both of those things and neither of them removed the tabs in that Tools and MCPs section. I am on Cursor 3.5.33. The workspace folder went away now and there is like 4 or 5 now and I am not even working on those projects anymore. I guess my OCD bugs me having those there would be nice to have a clear/remove section. No idea what makes it return I tried restarting PC and doing what you suggested and I still have like 4-5 workspaces showing up in the tool settings,.

Hopefully this information helps!

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Thanks for coming back with details.

Right now there isn’t a separate button to delete a tab in Tools & MCPs. Tabs are rebuilt from your recently opened project history, and it caps at 6. Clear Recently Opened by itself might not work because the project list in Cursor (the one on the left in Home or the sidebar) is stored separately from Recents in the File menu.

Try this:

  1. Open Home (left sidebar) and remove projects you don’t need anymore. Right click the project > Remove from Sidebar.
  2. Then run Command Palette > Clear Recently Opened again.
  3. Fully quit Cursor and reopen it.

If the tabs still come back, send a screenshot of the Home sidebar plus the exact names of the 4 to 5 folders that show up as tabs. The names make it easier to tell where they’re coming from, like a workspace folder, a worktree, or some system directory.

On the request for a clear or remove button, that’s a fair point. I’ll pass it to the team. I can’t promise an ETA since it’s more of a cosmetic feature, but I’ll log it.