# Cursor's rmdir wiped a drive after approving one temp folder

Source: [DEV Community: ai](https://dev.to/ramdai_bista/cursors-rmdir-wiped-a-drive-after-approving-one-temp-folder-52ne) · 2026-11-10 · AI
Page: https://themorning.dev/story/cursor-s-rmdir-wiped-a-drive-after-approving-one-temp-folder-667fdadc4b512922
Kind: other · Impact: high

## In brief

- A developer approved one command to delete an 18.5GB compilation temp folder to free disk space.
- The command Cursor actually ran also deleted the source code, the Git repo, the publish folder, and six months of backups.
- The source is a DEV Community post by the affected developer; no vendor response is included in the provided sources.

## Why it matters

An AI agent's executed command can go well beyond what the user approved, so approved shell actions can destroy source code and backups in one step. Developers using agentic tools should check what a command will actually delete before approving it.

## What to do

- Keep backups on storage separate from the working drive so a single deletion cannot remove both

## Coverage

- [Cursor's rmdir wiped a drive after approving one temp folder](https://dev.to/ramdai_bista/cursors-rmdir-wiped-a-drive-after-approving-one-temp-folder-52ne) — DEV Community: ai, 2026-11-10

Tags: cursor, ai-agents, data-loss, backups, git, developer-tools

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