UI zoom resets always on start

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

UI zoom resets always on start

Steps to Reproduce

ctrl + ‘+’ (to zoom-in once)
restart cursor next day - ui zoom resets to default

Expected Behavior

ui zoom stays same as it was in previous day / cursor session

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.3.35 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: cf8353edc265f5e46b798bfb276861d0bf3bf120
Date: 2026-01-13T07:39:18.564Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22621

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hey, thanks for the report. The zoom reset after restart is usually related to Cursor not saving the window.zoomLevel value in settings, even though in VS Code (which Cursor is based on) this should work automatically.

For now, please try:

  • Open Settings: Ctrl+Shift+P → “Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON)”
  • Add this manually: "window.zoomLevel": 1 (or any value from -8 to 9)
  • Save the file and restart Cursor
  • If it still doesn’t work, check extensions: run cursor --disable-extensions and see if zoom is saved

To help us debug this:

  1. Did you check settings.json? Is window.zoomLevel there, and does it change when you press Ctrl+?
  2. Are you using workspace settings (do you have a specific project or folder open)?

I’ll pass this to the team to investigate.

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