#1
.MD Brain
Windows/Mac Desktop Widget with Web Admin Panel
9.5of 10
Free
Cursor cleaners
Raw cleanup comparison
Mechanical Cursor cleanup only, scored out of 10.
Chat protection, Go-Back, cloud backup, and Deep Mind are not in this score because none of the other tools do those things, only .MD Brain does.
#2
Codex Cursor Cleaner
Windows script
9.3of 10
Free
#3
cursor-clean
Terminal toolkit
9.0of 10
Free
#4
Cursor built-in
Inside Cursor
8.3of 10
Included
#5
cursor-chat-cleaner
macOS command line
7.7of 10
Free
| Cleanup job | .MD BrainWindows/Mac Desktop Widget w/ Web Admin Panel#1 · 9.5/10 |
Codex Cursor CleanerWindows script#2 · 9.3/10 | cursor-cleanTerminal toolkit#3 · 9.0/10 | Cursor built-inInside Cursor#4 · 8.3/10 | cursor-chat-cleanermacOS command line#5 · 7.7/10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | Free | Free | Free | Included | Free |
| Already cleaning | |||||
| Chat transcripts | |||||
| Composer headers and Composer KV families | — | — | |||
| Agent KV blobs | — | ||||
| Orphaned Cursor database data | — | ||||
| Full chat-database purge | — | ||||
| state.vscdb.backup | — | — | |||
| Logs and project worker logs | — | — | |||
| Cache directories, Roaming and Local | — | — | |||
| AI-tracking databases | — | — | — | ||
| WAL and SHM cleanup | — | — | — | — | |
| SQLite VACUUM | |||||
| Preview before delete | — | — | |||
| Still open on .MD Brain | |||||
| Clean Cursor worktrees | .MD Brain SaysCleaning This Is Un-Safe | — | — | ||
| Clear Cursor internal snapshots | .MD Brain SaysCleaning This Is Un-Safe | — | — | — | |
| Process-monitor data | — | — | |||
| conversation-search.db | We Use A ScalpelFor This, Not An Axe | — | — | — | |
The score is the raw-cleanup rating out of 10, not a count of the rows. .MD Brain Level I cleanup is free. Level II is $10 a month. Level III is $20 a month, plus the AI usage.
Sources, October 4, 2026: Codex Cursor Cleaner, cursor-clean, Cursor’s Delete Old Chats, GC Agent KV, and worktree cleanup, cursor-chat-cleaner.
Beyond a cleaner
What the other cleaners do not do
Cleanup is where EVERY SINGLE ONE of those tools stop. .MD Brain keeps the chats you still need, puts them back, and turns them into Deep Mind. None of the cleaners above do any of this.
| Beyond cleanup | .MD Brain | Codex Cursor Cleaner | cursor-clean | Cursor built-in | cursor-chat-cleaner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protect and restore | |||||
| Cost | $10/mo | — | — | — | — |
| Choose the chats you keep, then delete the rest | — | — | — | — | |
| Snapshot the chat database and restore it | — | — | — | — | |
| Cloud backup of chats, .MDs, and settings | — | — | — | — | |
| Put saved chats back into Cursor | — | — | — | — | |
| Deep Mind | |||||
| Cost | $20/mo | — | — | — | — |
| Auto-sync of your .MD codex | — | — | — | — | |
| AI writes useful chats into your own .MD files | — | — | — | — | |
| Guidance, Strategies, and Intelligence Summaries | — | — | — | — | |
| Chat audits with KEEP / DISCARD scoring | — | — | — | — | |
| MCP server and Cursor rules export | — | — | — | — | |
Protect and Restore is $10 a month. Deep Mind is $20 a month, plus AI usage. The 30-day trial includes every row.