# "Large context" checkbox is missing on the chat sidebar

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/large-context-checkbox-is-missing-on-the-chat-sidebar/81832>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [April 21, 2025, 7:16am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/large-context-checkbox-is-missing-on-the-chat-sidebar/81832 "2025-04-21T07:16:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![wazsone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/wazsone/32/48701_2.png) [@wazsone](https://forum.cursor.com/u/wazsone)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 7:16am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/large-context-checkbox-is-missing-on-the-chat-sidebar/81832/1 "2025-04-21T07:16:40Z")

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There was the “Large context” checkbox under the chat input in the 0.49.0 version. Now it is gone.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/3/e/3e65f5f9db6fca54d75bd8024aa2b0c95df287ad.png)

Version: 0.49.2  
VSCode Version: 1.96.2  
Commit: 1d0a7a3b734be5aea27e30d0c56d2a6e2c79da70  
Date: 2025-04-19T16:44:07.714Z  
Electron: 34.3.4  
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210  
Node.js: 20.18.3  
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0  
OS: Darwin arm64 24.4.0

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**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:** [April 21, 2025, 7:39am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/large-context-checkbox-is-missing-on-the-chat-sidebar/81832/2 "2025-04-21T07:39:14Z")

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Hey, you can enable this in Cursor settings by pressing `Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + J` and going to the Features tab in the Chat section.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/3/7/37729816debf12b52cdbfc5ed059ede11a3e8758.png)

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**Author:** ![wazsone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/wazsone/32/48701_2.png) [@wazsone](https://forum.cursor.com/u/wazsone)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/large-context-checkbox-is-missing-on-the-chat-sidebar/81832/3 "2025-04-21T08:43:35Z")

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Hey, thank you for the response! I know that it could be changed in the settings.  
I asked about this specific checkbox on the chat sidebar under the chat input.

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**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:** [April 21, 2025, 10:03am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/large-context-checkbox-is-missing-on-the-chat-sidebar/81832/4 "2025-04-21T10:03:18Z")

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This banner appears if you add a large file to the context.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/2/d/2de520de1f6e0d997adbb8675f2249751b8dc8f1.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![wazsone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/wazsone/32/48701_2.png) [@wazsone](https://forum.cursor.com/u/wazsone)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/large-context-checkbox-is-missing-on-the-chat-sidebar/81832/5 "2025-04-21T10:13:06Z")

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Oh, ok, I see. I misunderstood the purpose of it.  
Thank you!

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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:** [May 21, 2025, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/large-context-checkbox-is-missing-on-the-chat-sidebar/81832/6 "2025-05-21T10:13:13Z")

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