How to fully reset Cursor and keep settings?

[maxime]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

I’m having so many bugs, the IDE keeps crashing.

Was hoping that the next update (which I did this morning) would fix things. It did not. If anything it made everything even more unstable…

What’s the simplest way to do a full reset, yet keep my user settings, MCPs, etc?

Steps to Reproduce

Don’t know

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.2.36 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 55c9bc11e99cedd1fb93fbb7996abf779c583150
Date: 2025-12-18T06:25:21.733Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.1.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

[maxime]

For example, I logged out of Cursor + logged out of Github account.

Now I see this:

A review I did not have before logging out. And this review points to a file that has been reviewed long ago. When I click on either Undo File or Keep File, it crashes.

Someething is deeply wrong with the state of my Cursor

Edit #1

And btw, opening Cursor with the no extension flag or the no gpu flag doesn’t change anything.

[deanrie]

Hey, thanks for the report. I see the screenshot with the review panel. This is a known issue with “stuck” files in the review list, and the team is working on a fix.

To solve your problem, try the following:

Reset workspace state:

1. Completely close Cursor
2. Find the folder: ~/Library/Application Support/Cursor/User/workspaceStorage/
3. Delete folders for the projects where the issues occur
4. Restart Cursor

If that doesn’t help, try a clean reinstall while keeping your settings:

1. Make sure to export your profile before starting this procedure: Cmd+Shift+P > Export Profile.
2. Close Cursor
3. Delete all other Cursor files from ~/Library/Application Support/Cursor
4. Open Cursor

I need more info to diagnose the crashes:

• Open Help > Toggle Developer Tools > Console tab
• Try clicking Keep File or Undo File to trigger the crash
• Take a screenshot of console errors before the crash
• Also check how much free disk space you have

If the problem continues after these steps, please share the logs - this will help the team investigate.

[maxime]

Thanks for the response Dean.

1. Completely close Cursor

2. Find the folder: ~/Library/Application Support/Cursor/User/workspaceStorage/

3. Delete folders for the projects where the issues occur

4. Restart Cursor

For #3, how would I know which folder corresponds to which project?

[deanrie]

You can find out by sorting the folders by date. However, if you work with many projects at once, sending any request in the chat will update the folder’s time and date.