# How to uninstall cursor cli

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-uninstall-cursor-cli/134146>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** cli\
**Created:** [September 19, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-uninstall-cursor-cli/134146 "2025-09-19T16:40:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![jianqing1990](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/jianqing1990/32/24916_2.png) [@jianqing1990](https://forum.cursor.com/u/jianqing1990)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-uninstall-cursor-cli/134146/1 "2025-09-19T16:40:42Z")

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### Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor CLI

### Describe the Bug

How to uninstall cursor cli

### Steps to Reproduce

i just want to uninstall cursor cli. how to do it

### Operating System

Linux

### Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

版本: 1.6.27 (user setup)  
提交: 1.99.3  
日期: d750e54bba5cffada6d7b3d18e5688ba5e944ad0  
Electron: 2025-09-17T20:21:17.042Z  
ElectronBuildId: 34.5.8  
Chromium: undefined  
Node.js: 132.0.6834.210  
V8: 20.19.1  
OS: 13.2.152.41-electron.0

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**Author:** ![David\_Sacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/david_sacks/32/80998_2.png) [@David\_Sacks](https://forum.cursor.com/u/David_Sacks)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-uninstall-cursor-cli/134146/2 "2025-09-25T16:33:50Z")

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See my comment in the related topic “How to uninstall Cursor CLI”

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**Author:** ![condor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/condor/32/73148_2.png) [@condor](https://forum.cursor.com/u/condor)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-uninstall-cursor-cli/134146/3 "2025-10-16T16:12:37Z")

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@jianqing1990 David likely meant following:

> [@How to uninstall Cursor CLI?](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-uninstall-cursor-cli/134002/6):
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> Cursor CLI just installs to the ~/.local directory, there are 2 folders in the directory “bin” and “share”. If you did not have this folder previously you could just remove the whole directory “rm -R ~/.local” but you will want to check it and make sure there is nothing else there. If there is, you can just remove the cursor specific files (you can see what cursor-agent is referencing in the “~/.local/bin” folder - do “ls -l” and it will show you what it links too). You will probably also want …

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**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:** [November 7, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-uninstall-cursor-cli/134146/4 "2025-11-07T16:13:17Z")

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