# Missing Close Button

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/missing-close-button/143686>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [November 22, 2025, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/missing-close-button/143686 "2025-11-22T04:06:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![shotaminato](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/shotaminato/32/79837_2.png) [@shotaminato](https://forum.cursor.com/u/shotaminato)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2025, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/missing-close-button/143686/1 "2025-11-22T04:06:35Z")

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

Cursor IDE

### Describe the Bug

When the Show Tabs setting is changed to Single, the close button (✕) on the tab is no longer displayed. This makes it impossible to close the tab using the UI.

### Steps to Reproduce

```
1.	Open the application.
2.	Go to the settings/preferences menu.
3.	Set Show Tabs to Single.
4.	Observe the tab bar.

```

### Expected Behavior

The close button should remain visible even when “Show Tabs” is set to “Single.”

### Screenshots / Screen Recordings

 ![SS 679.png](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/1/1/11850d75d9690f54404806603edbf67669698a19.png)

### Operating System

MacOS

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

Version: 2.1.19  
VSCode Version: 1.105.1  
Commit: 39a966b4048ef6b8024b27d4812a50d88de29cc0  
Date: 2025-11-21T22:59:02.376Z  
Electron: 37.7.0  
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251  
Node.js: 22.20.0  
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0  
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0

### Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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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:** [November 22, 2025, 10:08am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/missing-close-button/143686/2 "2025-11-22T10:08:53Z")

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Hey, it looks like this was hidden in the latest update. Here’s my reply on that topic - you can also bring the close button back this way.

> [@Editor actions icons disappeared in 2.1.0 version](https://forum.cursor.com/t/editor-actions-icons-disappeared-in-2-1-0-version/143207/2):
>
> Hey, thanks, you’re right - it was disabled in version 2.1. Here’s how you can enable it: click on the three dots, select “Configure Icon Visibility” and check the icons you want to show.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/0/8/08a92076b381807a880b21f6c993eca1df6aae17.png)

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**Author:** ![shotaminato](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/shotaminato/32/79837_2.png) [@shotaminato](https://forum.cursor.com/u/shotaminato)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/missing-close-button/143686/3 "2025-11-22T21:10:56Z")

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Thank you very much! This works for me.

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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:** [December 14, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/missing-close-button/143686/4 "2025-12-14T21:11:26Z")

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Closed on December 14, 2025, 9:11pm UTC

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