Leftovers after uninstalling

[MrAmericanMike]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

After uninstalling Cursor there is a folder in:

C:\Users\<---->\AppData\Roaming\Cursor

leftover that doesn’t get removed.

Shouldn’t this get removed when uninstalling?

Steps to Reproduce

Install Cursor
Use Cursor
Uninstall Cursor

Expected Behavior

No content that was created by installing and using Cursor should be left in the system.

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

Already uninstalled but it was Cursor 2.3. something

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

[deanrie]

Hey, thanks for the report.

This is actually expected behavior. The folder %AppData%\Roaming\Cursor stores your user settings, extensions, and cached data. It’s left behind on purpose so everything is still there if you reinstall later. This is standard for Electron apps, VS Code does the same with %AppData%\Code.

If you want a fully clean uninstall on Windows, delete these folders manually after uninstalling:

1. %AppData%\Cursor aka C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Cursor
2. %USERPROFILE%\.cursor aka C:\Users\<user>\.cursor
3. %LOCALAPPDATA%\cursor-updater if it exists

That said, I get the expectation that the uninstaller should clean everything up.