I was working on an application, building from a plan file and cursor deleted over 3TB of data across my entire computer. Uninstalled all my apps, steam and over 30 games. Just completely random things. reinstalled Microsoft edge, removed google. I can’t access task manger anymore. My computer just started glitching out and half of everything was gone. I demand someone contact me about this because this is in insane pain completely caused by cursor
Hey, this is a really awful situation. I get how critical it is.
What happened: the agent runs terminal commands with your Windows user permissions. If Auto-Run was enabled or you had Run Everything on, the agent could run destructive commands like rmdir /s /q or Remove-Item -Recurse -Force without asking. Those run directly in the shell and bypass the Recycle Bin. File-Deletion Protection does not apply here since these are not Cursor file operations.
Right now, the most important thing is to try to recover your data:
Do not write anything new to the affected drive. Every write lowers the chance of recovery.
Try recovery tools like Recuva, R-Studio, or PhotoRec. It is best to run them from another drive or a USB.
Check System Restore: run rstrui.exe via Win+R. Restore points may bring back the system and apps.
Check Previous Versions: right click the folder > Properties > Previous Versions.
Check cloud backups: OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, in case anything was synced.
For Task Manager: try Ctrl+Shift+Esc or Win+R > taskmgr.
To prevent this in the future:
Cursor Settings > Agents > turn off Auto-run mode or set Ask Every Time so the agent asks before each terminal command
Add rmdir, rd, Remove-Item, del /s to the Command Denylist
Work in an isolated folder like C:\dev\..., not from the drive root or your user folders