Cursor Reset is an open source PowerShell scripting tool designed to reset the Cursor IDE device identity for versions 0.45.x and above. The tool realizes device identity reset by modifying system key identifiers and is mainly used in the following scenarios:
- Study the device identification mechanism of the Cursor IDE
- Need to change the account login but limited by the device
- Development and testing requirements for multi-account switching
works, the Windows version modifies the registryHKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftCryptographyMachineGuidupdatingstorage.jsonfile, while the macOS version does this by emulating the IOPlatformUUID. The tool is designed with security in mind, automatically creating a backup of the original identifiers (Windows saves them in the%USERPROFILE%MachineGuid_Backups, macOS in~/IOPlatformUUID_Backups). It should be especially emphasized that this tool is for learning and research purposes only, and the developers strongly recommend that users support the Cursor team by purchasing a genuine license.
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