I’ve just got the 2.6 update, this new chat history UI is the worst since Cursor release in my opinion, and despite numerous “don’t mess up the UI” threads, we still get weird UI thing updates. I almost felt like putting this thread in the bug section. When clicking on the chat history icon, th…

I agree. [image] Allow single click deleting chats from chat history panel and Agent Side Bar Feature Requests Feature request for product/service Cursor IDE Describe the request You used to be able to delete chats directly from the chat history panel, but no…

The archived chats are only found in the agents side bar. [image] But you first have to be in the new layout mode, which requires clicking on this double arrow (if you see it) [image] If you ever want to go back to classic layout with the double arrow, have to press Ctrl+E (windows) or Cmd + E …

Thanks for opening a request. I see now, it was an agent sidebar “in mind” update with collateral damage for users with the chat tab. Yes it’s tedious now, having to swap layout etc…, just for deleting/renaming or check archived chats, when it was a 1 click operation before.

Yep, happens to me as well, frustrating to use Editor Mode now with chats on a sidebar.

Thanks for the quick response and for taking care of this!

by the way @msfeldstein @Colin just throwing an idea, not sure of the feasability how easy/hard it is. On the long run, wouldn’t it be easier and better to replace the floating chat history UI by a floating Agent pane UI? It would reduce the burden of maintaining different UIs for the same thing …

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug I’m reporting a UI regression in the latest version (v2.6.13). It seems that the ability to delete or clear chat history has disappeared from Editor Mode. Currently, I have to switch to Agent Mode just to find the option to d…

Great idea. Making the UI as similar as possible would be ideal.

I have created a feature request for this feature. I also liked to be able to delete chats from the chat history view. [image] Allow single click deleting chats from chat history panel and Agent Side Bar Feature Requests Feature request for product/service Cu…

Regression Chat history UI in 2.6: can't delete, rename, see current selected agent chat

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MidnightOak March 4, 2026, 2:11pm 3

I agree.

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Topic		Replies	Views
Regression in v2.6.13: Cannot delete chat in Editor Mode Bug Reports chat	3	75	March 9, 2026
Can no longer delete chats/agents with one click Feedback chat	1	192	March 4, 2026
Allow single click deleting chats from chat history panel and Agent Side Bar Feature Requests chat	7	309	March 13, 2026
Please bring back the Cursor icon in the top right Feedback layout	4	219	January 30, 2026
Previous chat being inaccessible Bug Reports chat	6	92	March 25, 2026

Regression Chat history UI in 2.6: can't delete, rename, see current selected agent chat

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