Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug As of maybe a week ago my IDE now just starts opening in agent mode by default. I have to manually click Editor after opening and it then no longer opens any of my pre-opened IDEs, which it used to before. What’s the cause of…

Hey, thanks for the report. This is an expected change in the latest update. Cursor now opens the Agents Window on startup. To switch back to the Editor Window by default: Cursor Settings > Agents > turn off Open Agents Window on startup. You mentioned you think you already set it, but it’s not wo…

Editor window is gone as of the latest release. It’s not in the File menu, and it’s not in the command palette, at least on macOS. It can be opened with Command + Shift + N though. Not really digging how you guys keep forcing the awful Agents window on me. Can I please just use the program how I…

This is quite annoying. Agent window opens even after turning it off in the settings. This is happening on mac as well.

“Cursor Settings > Agents > turn off Open Agents Window” is not working on macOS.

Can confirm that turning off “Open Agents Window on Startup” is not working on macOS as of the following version: Version: 3.11.19 (Universal) VS Code Extension API: 1.125.0 Commit: bf249e6efb5b097f23d7e21d7283429f0760b740 Date: 2026-07-12T21:39:24.175Z Layout: Agent Window Build Type: Stable …

There are many ongoing threads about this. I suggest we consolidate them into the following! [image] Cursor Always Starts in Agent Mode Instead of IDE Mode Help Hey all! Sorry for the confusion here. Let me (hopefully) clear things up. Switching “Open Agent…

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Colin (Colin) July 15, 2026, 3:56pm 11

There are many ongoing threads about this. I suggest we consolidate them into the following!

Topic		Replies	Views
Cursor starting in agent mode instead of editor mode Bug Reports layout , agents-window	4	927	June 30, 2026
Cursor always opens in "Agent Window" mode instead of "Editor Window" on startup Bug Reports nightly , layout , agents-window	2	4956	June 1, 2026
Cursor opens in agent mode AGAIN Bug Reports layout , agents-window	1	157	July 23, 2026
"Open agents windows on startup" option ignored Bug Reports agents-window	3	195	July 15, 2026
How do I make Cursor one IDE by default? (it started to open chat mode after updates) Bug Reports agents-window	7	3071	July 15, 2026

Opening in Agent Mode

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