Uninstall Cursor-Cli from Mac-Os

This guide provides step-by-step instructions to completely remove cursor-cli and all associated files from your macOS system.

What cursor-cli installs

When you run curl https://cursor.com/install -fsS | bash, it installs:

• Main installation: ~/.local/share/cursor-agent/ (at my system its around ~136MB)
• Symlink: ~/.local/bin/cursor-agent
• PATH modification: Adds ~/.local/bin to your shell's PATH in ~/.zshrc

Complete Uninstall Steps

1. Remove the cursor-agent binary and installation directory

# Remove the symlink
rm -f ~/.local/bin/cursor-agent

# Remove the entire cursor-agent installation directory
rm -rf ~/.local/share/cursor-agent

2. Clean up shell configuration

Remove the PATH modification from your shell configuration file:

# For zsh users (most common on macOS)
sed -i '' '/export PATH=.*\.local\/bin.*PATH/d' ~/.zshrc

# For bash users
sed -i '' '/export PATH=.*\.local\/bin.*PATH/d' ~/.bashrc

Alternatively, you can manually edit the file and remove this line:

export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"

3. Clean up ~/.local/bin directory (if empty)

# Check if ~/.local/bin is empty and remove if so
if [ -d ~/.local/bin ] && [ -z "$(ls -A ~/.local/bin)" ]; then
    rmdir ~/.local/bin
    echo "Removed empty ~/.local/bin directory"
fi

# Check if ~/.local is empty and remove if so
if [ -d ~/.local ] && [ -z "$(ls -A ~/.local)" ]; then
    rmdir ~/.local
    echo "Removed empty ~/.local directory"
fi

4. Optional: Remove Cursor Editor data (if you also want to remove the Cursor editor)

⚠️ Warning: Only do this if you also want to remove all Cursor editor settings and data.

# Remove Cursor editor application data
rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/Cursor

# Remove Cursor editor caches (if they exist)
rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/com.todesktop.230313mzl4w4u92.ShipIt

5. Restart your terminal

After making these changes, restart your terminal or run:

# Reload your shell configuration
source ~/.zshrc  # or source ~/.bashrc for bash users

Verification

Verify that cursor-cli has been completely removed:

# This should return "command not found"
cursor-agent --version

# Check that the files are gone
ls ~/.local/share/cursor-agent  # Should show "No such file or directory"
ls ~/.local/bin/cursor-agent    # Should show "No such file or directory"

# Verify PATH cleanup
echo $PATH | grep -o '\.local/bin'  # Should return nothing

Summary of Removed Files and Directories

• ~/.local/share/cursor-agent/ - Main installation directory
• ~/.local/bin/cursor-agent - Symlink to the binary
• PATH modification in ~/.zshrc - Shell configuration change
• Optional: ~/Library/Application Support/Cursor/ - Cursor editor data

If you find any problems or have any feedback to the progress, feel free to make a PR or Issue.