Not open agent window by default

Ideas Feature Requests
1

Feature request for product/service

Cursor IDE

Describe the request

i do not want agent window open by default

5

Hey, this is already configurable. Open Cursor Settings > General > Startup and set Window Restoration to Last Used Windows. Then when Cursor starts, it’ll restore what you had open last. If you closed it from the editor, it’ll open the editor again.

Quick options:

  • Ctrl+Shift+N or Cmd+Shift+N to open an editor window anytime
  • Run cursor --classic from Terminal to start in classic mode right away

We know restoration doesn’t work 100% of the time in some cases, and we’re improving it. If the Agents Window still pops up after changing this setting, share your Cursor version and OS and we’ll take a closer look.

6

I already set to restore last used window and close with ide but next time it still show in agent.

7

Hey, thanks for the details. Looks like you hit a known bug where restoration sometimes doesn’t work and the Agents Window still opens on launch. We’re aware of it and working on a fix, but I can’t share an ETA yet.

To match your case, can you send:

  • your Cursor version Cursor Settings > About or Help > About
  • your OS Windows / macOS / Linux
  • how you launch it a full start after quitting the app, or clicking the icon or Dock after closing all windows without quitting

Some similar cases were already fixed in recent versions, so the version matters.

Quick workaround:

  • Ctrl+Shift+N or Cmd+Shift+N opens an editor window anytime
  • run cursor --classic in Terminal to start directly in classic mode