Could you please allow us to store chat sessions and context information directly in a separate directory within our project folders, or let us configure a custom storage location? Right now, they’re taking up all the space on our C: drive, and we’re afraid to clean them up in case it affects the context of other projects. Thank you.
Devices and drives (2)
Windows (C:)
6.85 GB free of 99.9 GB
Local Disk (D:)
47.7 GB free of 138 GB
Hey, thanks for the detailed report. There isn’t a separate setting to pick a custom folder or drive just for chat or session storage yet. Right now, that data lives in Cursor’s application-data directory.
What can help right now:
Move data to drive D: You can launch Cursor with the --user-data-dir flag and point it to a path on D:. One important note: this moves the whole user-data directory, including settings, extensions, and more, not just chats.
Free up space safely: You can delete old agents or chats directly in Cursor. Deleting a specific session won’t break context for other projects since each chat is stored separately, so it’s safe to do.
As for the idea itself, having a built-in way to choose the location or limit the size of this storage is a reasonable feature request. There’s no specific timeline for it right now.
If anything behaves oddly after you move it, let me know and we’ll dig into it.