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Cursor users demand model restrictions amid unwanted billing

A user of the Cursor IDE is experiencing frustration with the platform's inability to restrict the AI models available for use. Despite wanting to exclusively use "composer 2.5" models, the user is being billed for and defaulted to other models, including "Claude Opus 4.8", particularly within cloud agent functionalities. The user is requesting that Cursor implement a feature to lock their account to specific desired models and prevent unintended usage and billing. AI

IMPACT Highlights a user experience gap in AI tool model selection and cost control.

RANK_REASON User request for a product feature enhancement.

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  1. r/cursor TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/eyueldk ·

    I need to restrict allowed models for my cursor account? [Cursor Please]

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I'm a frugal yet heavy user of cursor - Pro+ plan. Loving composer 2.5 and burned 2B tokens last month using composer models - about 95% of my monthly quota. Unfortunately, cursor keeps defaulting to models I don't want (notably to composer 2.5 f…