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How to change the colour of the mouse pointer in Windows 10

How to change the colour of the mouse pointer in Windows 10

Short guide:

  1. Open the Ease of Access settings by pressing the Windows logo key  + U.  Alternatively, click Start > Settings > Ease of Access. Select Mouse pointer from the left-hand column.
  2. On the right you can see four options for changing the colour of the pointer. The first two are the default setting, White, with a black border, and Black with a white border.
  3. Switch to the third option, Inverted, to see a white pointer over dark-coloured areas and a black pointer over light-coloured areas. You can see through this pointer to text and images below.
  4. Select the final option, Custom, to pick one of the Suggested pointer colours, or click the + (plus) button to select your own.

Before and after

Changing the pointer colour, before and after

This section takes you step-by-step through changing the colour of the mouse pointer in Windows 10, with pictures of the screen to help.

Open the Ease of Access settings

1. Open the Ease of Access settings by pressing the Windows logo key  + U.  Alternatively, click Start > Settings > Ease of Access. Select Mouse pointer from the left-hand column.

Open Ease of Access and select Mouse pointer from the left-hand column

Switch between the standard black and white pointers

2. On the right, below Change pointer colour, you will see four options for changing the colour of the pointer. The first two are the default setting, White with a black border, and the most obvious alternative, Black with a white border.

The first two options give you simple white or black pointers

Choose the Inverted pointer

3. The third setting, Inverted, changes the colour of the pointer automatically based on the background colour, so that it’s white over dark-coloured areas and black over light-coloured areas. You can see through this pointer to text and images below, with their colours also inverted.

Inverted gives you a white pointer over dark areas or a black pointer over light areas

Pick your own colour

4. The fourth setting, Custom, allows you to pick from palette of suggested colours, or press the + button below to add your own custom pointer colour to the line-up.

Select Custom to choose a colour or add your own custom colour

Note: If this does not work it could be because someone else manages your computer settings (an IT department or administrator). If this is the case, you will need to contact them to access these settings or for further help.

Created on: September-09-2021

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