How to Fix: Mouse Pointer Disappears windows 11

1. Press CTRL + ALT + DEL, then use the UP and DOWN arrows on your keyboard to select the Lock option.
2. Then, hit Enter. Next, restart Windows by pressing CTRL + ALT + DEL, and see whether the mouse cursors come back.
3. To access the Power option, press CTRL + ALT + DEL, then use the UP or DOWN arrows on your computer to travel there. Then, hit Enter. Turn off or restart your computer.
4. Plug your USB mouse into a different USB port to see if it functions on a different computer if you’re using one.
5. Try changing the batteries in your wireless mouse if you own one, and see if that fixes the issue.
   Take a look at another mouse.

Method 1: Use the Functions Key to enable the mouse or touchpad

If you have a laptop and the mouse pointer vanishes, see if the mouse/touchpad is enabled or disabled by pressing one of the Functions keys, F1–F9 (FN keys). For example, the F6 key (or FN + F6) activates the mouse on some ACER laptops, while the F7 or F9 keys switch the mouse on or off on other laptops. See your laptop’s handbook if you are unable to locate such a key

Method 2: Go to Mouse Settings and turn on Touchpad

When the touchpad is switched off on some computers, the mouse pointer disappears windows 11. So go ahead and activate the Touchpad.

1. Type “control mouse” and press Enter after pressing the Windows + R keys.

2. Now, repeatedly hit the Tab key to highlight the Buttons tab, and then repeatedly press the right arrow key to reveal the final tab, Device Settings, or Click Pad Settings.
3. Next, determine whether your mouse or touchpad has an enable button. If so, keep pressing the Tab key until the Enable button is highlighted, then hit Enter to activate the device.

Method 3: Go into Windows 10/11 Settings and turn on the touchpad

Turning on the touchpad in Settings is the next step toward fixing the mouse pointer disappears Windows 11.

1. To launch the search, use the Windows + S keys.
2. To access Mouse Settings, type mouse and hit Enter.
3. Next, keep using the Tab key until the left pane appears. Then, use the DOWN arrow key to travel to Touchpad and click Enter.
4. Finally, to turn on the touchpad, use Space after continuously pressing the Tab key until you reach the Touchpad switch.

Method 4: In Windows 10, disable Tablet Mode

Your device is most likely in tablet mode if the mouse cursor isn’t visible on the screen. You have to disable tablet mode in order to bring back the cursor.

1. Press the Windows key + X, highlight Settings with the DOWN arrow key, and hit Enter.
2. To highlight the System, use the Tab key and hit Enter.
3. To highlight Display in the left pane, press the Tab key once. Then, select Tablet with the DOWN arrow key and hit Enter.
4. To travel to the right and adjust the following options, press the Tab key once:

Method 5: In Chrome, turn off or on hardware acceleration

A few users have mentioned that when the Chrome browser’s Hardware Acceleration feature is turned on, the mouse pointer vanishes.

1. Launch Google Chrome and select Settings from the three dots menu.
2. Click System in the navigation menu on the left, and then turn off the Use hardware acceleration when available switch. Then click Relaunch to restart your browser and apply.
3. Next, disable the Hardware Acceleration by clicking on the blue button and then Relaunch the browser to apply the change

Method 6. FIX Mouse Disappearing with Windows Update

The disappearance of the mouse cursor can happen when your device is not fully updated. So one way to solve this problem is to check for updates and install them.

1. Press the Windows+ R keys to open the Run command box.
2. Type the following and hit Enter
3. To search for updates, press the Tab key until the “Check for Updates” button is chosen. Then, press Enter. If updates are discovered, choose Download and Install using the Tab key, then press Enter.
4. To access Optional updates, first choose Advanced settings using the Tab key.
5. To install all driver updates, use the Spacebar to open “Drivers updates” and then tick each box. Once finished, select Download & install and hit Enter to initiate the installation process.

Method 7: Reinstall, Update, or Roll Back the Mouse Driver

Update your touchpad and mouse drivers, or go back to the earlier version, if that’s what you want to do.

1. Press the Windows key + X, select Device Manager with the DOWN arrow key, and then hit Enter
2. Press the Tab key once, and then using the DOWN arrow select the Mice and other pointing devices. Then press the SPACEBAR once to view the installed devices.
3. Using the DOWN arrow key select your mouse/touchpad device and press Enter.
4. To access the Details tab, hit the RIGHT arrow key after selecting the General tab with the Tab key.
5. Select the Roll Back Driver button in the Details tab by pressing the Tab key, then press Enter.
6. Press Enter after highlighting the Update Driver button. Allow Windows to look for compatible drivers to see if that resolves the issue.
7. Select the Uninstall Device button to get rid of the mouse/touchpad driver if Windows Screen is unable to locate an updated version for your device. Next, select the option to “Delete the driver software for this device” and press the Uninstall button. Check to see if the issue has been fixed by rebooting your computer.
8. Lastly, if you have a laptop with a touchpad, download and install the Microsoft Precision Touchpad drivers by following these steps.

Method 8: Use SFC and DISM tools to fix corruption errors in Windows

If there is a corruption in the Windows system files, the mouse pointer may occasionally vanish. Thus, carry out the following actions to assess the health and fix the system files:

1. To launch the Run command box, use the Windows + R keys.
2. To launch the Command Prompt as Administrator, type cmd or command prompt and hit CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER. (At the UAC warning, click Yes.)
3. At the command prompt window, type the following command & press Enter:

Dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /Restorehealth

4. Be patient until DISM repairs the component store. When the operation is completed, (you should be informed that the component store corruption was repaired), give this command and press Enter:

SFC /SCANNOW

Restart your PC after the SFC scan is finished.

Method 9: Use System Restore to Fix the Mouse Cursor Disappearing

You can run a system restore to return the machine to a time when everything functions properly if the problem continues.

1. To access the ‘Run’ command box, simultaneously press the Windows image + R keys.
2. Type strut into the run command box and hit Enter.
3. Press Enter(Next) on the first screen. *

* Note: If you receive that there are no restore points then press Enter to Cancel the operation and to close the ‘System Restore’ window.

1. Using the Tab key and the Spacebarcheck the Show more restore points checkbox and then using the DOWN or the UP arrow keys select a preferred date when your computer was working fine and press Enter to click Next.
2. Finally press Enterat Finish to restore your PC on the selected date.
3. Depending on the speed of your computer and the number of files on it, the restore process can take a few minutes or an hour. Therefore, be patient until it is over and the computer restarts back to Windows.

Method 10: Install Windows 10 in a clean configuration

Your last options are to make a backup of your files, reset your computer, or install Windows 10 from scratch if you have attempted the aforementioned procedures and are still unable to resolve the issue. But first, make sure that using a different mouse doesn’t solve the issue.

FAQS

How do I fix my cursor disappearing in Windows 11?

Updating or rolling back the mouse driver can also help, especially if the problem occurred after a recent driver update. For hybrid devices like Microsoft Surface, disabling Tablet Mode by restarting the device can resolve the cursor disappearing issue.

How do I get the cursor on Windows 11?

How to Change the Mouse Cursor in Windows Settings

1. From the Windows taskbar, select the Start menu and open the Settings app. Search for it from the search bar if you don’t see the icon.
2. Select Accessibility in the left sidebar.
3. Select Mouse pointer and touch under Vision.
4. Choose one of the cursor options.