Cursor storage reset

Repository: github.com/shivanshu814/cursor-storage-reset · Author: @shivanshu814

Small, tested, cross-platform utility. It regenerates these fields in Cursor’s storage.json:

• telemetry.macMachineId
• telemetry.machineId
• telemetry.devDeviceId

Writes use an atomic replace (temp file + fsync) so a crash mid-save is unlikely to leave truncated JSON. Keys outside the telemetry trio are preserved.

Install

From PyPI (recommended)

pip install cursor-storage-reset

PyPI project: pypi.org/project/cursor-storage-reset.

From source

Clone (same name as on GitHub):

git clone https://github.com/shivanshu814/cursor-storage-reset.git
cd cursor-storage-reset

From the repository root (editable install for development):

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate   # Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -e ".[dev]"

Or install without dev tools:

pip install .

After install, the console entry point cursor-storage-reset is available.

Usage

# Use the default path for the current OS
cursor-storage-reset

# Custom file
cursor-storage-reset /path/to/storage.json

# Show the resolved default for this machine
cursor-storage-reset --print-default

python -m cursor_storage_reset --version

Restart Cursor after a successful run.

Default paths

Development

pip install -e ".[dev]"
pytest

Maintainer: publish to PyPI

1. Create an account on pypi.org and an API token (scope: entire account or this project).
2. Build and upload (do not commit the token):

pip install build twine
python -m build
twine check dist/*
TWINE_USERNAME=__token__ TWINE_PASSWORD=pypi-YOUR_TOKEN_HERE twine upload dist/*

Use TestPyPI first if you want a dry run (twine upload --repository testpypi dist/* after configuring ~/.pypirc).

Without storing a token in GitHub: enable Trusted Publishing on PyPI for project cursor-storage-reset, repository shivanshu814/cursor-storage-reset, workflow publish-pypi.yml. Then open Actions → Publish Python package to PyPI → Run workflow, or push a tag v1.0.0 to trigger a release build.

API

from pathlib import Path
from cursor_storage_reset import default_storage_path, refresh_telemetry_ids

refresh_telemetry_ids(Path("/explicit/storage.json"))
print(default_storage_path())

Responsibility

This tool only edits local files you point it at. You must follow Cursor’s terms of service and applicable law. Use for legitimate purposes (e.g. privacy, troubleshooting your own setup).

Layout

Legacy root-level mac.py / linux.py / windows.py scripts were removed in favor of one cross-platform CLI and python -m cursor_storage_reset.