How to Cancel Cursor Pro in 2026

Cursor Pro costs $20/month for AI-powered code editing. It's a great tool, but between GitHub Copilot's free tier and other AI coding alternatives, you might not need it. Here's how to cancel.

Cancel Cursor Pro

1. Open Cursor → click the gear icon (Settings)
2. Go to Account → Manage Subscription
3. This opens the Stripe billing portal
4. Click Cancel Plan → confirm

Alternatively, go directly to cursor.com/settings → Subscription → Cancel.

Cursor Pricing

• Hobby (Free): 2,000 completions + 50 slow premium requests/month
• Pro ($20/mo): Unlimited completions + 500 fast premium requests
• Business ($40/user/mo): Team features, admin controls, centralized billing

What the Free Tier Gets You

Cursor's free Hobby plan is actually usable for light coding:

• 2,000 code completions per month (tab autocomplete)
• 50 slow premium model requests (Claude/GPT-4 — queued, not instant)
• 200 cursor-small model uses
• Full editor functionality (it's a VS Code fork)

Free Alternatives for AI Coding

The AI coding space is competitive. Free options include:

• GitHub Copilot Free: 2,000 completions + 50 chat messages/month in VS Code — basically Cursor's free tier
• Codeium/Windsurf: Free unlimited autocomplete, chat, and multi-file editing
• Continue.dev: Open-source AI coding extension, bring your own API key
• Amazon Q Developer: Free AI coding from AWS, works in VS Code
• Supermaven: Fast autocomplete, generous free tier

Migrating Back to VS Code

Since Cursor is a VS Code fork, migration is seamless:

1. Your VS Code extensions, settings, and keybindings carry over
2. Install GitHub Copilot or Codeium extension in VS Code
3. Your projects and git repos are unchanged — just open them in VS Code

Annual Savings: $240-$480/Year

Cursor Pro saves you $240/year; Business saves $480/year per seat. For a 5-person team on Business, that's $2,400/year — serious money when free alternatives exist.