Describe the Bug
I used the Cursor last Friday and tried to open Cursor this week, but it has never been opened.
The error popup is saying ‘The window is not responding’, I tried open another folder it worked but the one I mostly worked it is not available.
The folder does not have any problem because I could open and edit files in it using Visual Studio Code.
Steps to Reproduce
- Launch Cursor
Expected Behavior
- Works properly
Screenshots / Screen Recordings
Operating System
MacOS
Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)
Version: 1.1.5 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.96.2
Commit: ef5eeb47a684b4c217dfaf0463aa7ea952f8ab90
Date: 2025-06-21T05:26:18.966Z
Electron: 34.5.1
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.0
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 24.5.0
Does this stop you from using Cursor
Yes - Cursor is unusable
Hey, this issue is usually related to a large chat history in your project. To solve the problem, try manually deleting most of the history, possibly the oldest chats. You can also try renaming or moving the project. This will help you quickly clear the history.
Additionally, you can delete the history by navigating to this path and sorting the folders by modification date. Choose the one that was used recently, you can delete it or save a backup just in case:
Windows: %APPDATA%\Cursor\User\workspaceStorage
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Cursor/User/workspaceStorage
Linux: ~/.config/Cursor/User/workspaceStorage
If your history is important to you, you can try exporting it using this extension:
Thanks for helping me!
I deleted everything in macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Cursor/User/workspaceStorage, but still had the same issue.
After renaming the folder, it’s been working well. Thank you very much!
