How to make the mouse pointer bigger on Windows 11

2 min read · 6 steps · Updated 2 October 2026

On a large or high-resolution screen the standard pointer is easy to lose. Windows 11 lets you enlarge it and give it a colour that stands out, and it can do the same for the thin text cursor.

These steps are for Windows 11. The pictures are simplified diagrams of the Settings window, not screenshots, so colours and spacing on your PC look a little different.

Step by step

1. Open the Accessibility settings

   Press Windows + U, or open Settings and click Accessibility.

   Done

2. Click Mouse pointer and touch

   It is in the Vision section.

   Done

3. Drag the Size slider

   The pointer changes at once, so you can try sizes until one feels right.

   Done

4. Choose a style

   Under Mouse pointer style, pick white, black, inverted (which changes with the background) or custom. With custom you choose one of the suggested bright colours or Choose another color.

   Done

5. Make the text cursor visible too

   Go back to Accessibility and click Text cursor. Switch on Text cursor indicator, which adds coloured marks above and below the cursor, and set its size and colour. On the same page you can make the cursor itself thicker.

   Done

6. Try the touch indicator

   On a touch screen, the Touch indicator switch under Mouse pointer and touch shows a circle wherever you touch.

   Done

Good to know

To find the pointer in a hurry, there is an older option: Settings, Bluetooth & devices, Mouse, Additional mouse settings, Pointer Options, Show location of pointer when I press the CTRL key.

If everything is too small, not only the pointer: how to change the screen resolution and text size on Windows 11.

More from the same menu: how to turn on live captions on Windows 11.

In short: Windows + U, Mouse pointer and touch, Size slider, pointer style and colour. Text cursor indicator under Text cursor.