Why is my cursor not working?

Your laptop may have defective hardware. The touchpad settings on your laptop may have been disabled. Your laptop may have outdated or corrupted drivers. Your laptop may contain corrupted files or software.

How do I get my cursor to work again?

In most cases, you'll need to press and hold the Fn key and then press the relevant function key to bring your cursor back to life.

What to do if cursor is not working?

Why did my cursor suddenly stop working?

Power issues are common in wireless mice, which need a battery to operate. When the batteries reach the end of their life, your mouse starts to act weirdly and randomly stops moving. That's why the first thing that you should do with a wireless mouse is to make sure its batteries are full and functional.

How do I get the cursor back on my laptop?

Thus you may try the following combinations to make your disappearing cursor back to visible in Windows 10: Fn + F3/ Fn + F5/ Fn + F9/ Fn + F11. If using the Fn keys to retrieve the missing cursor doesn't work for bringing the mouse cursor back, there could be some errors with your mouse driver in Windows 10.

Mouse Pointer not Working in Windows 10 (One Simple Solution)

How do I find my hidden cursor?

Once you're in Mouse settings, select Additional mouse options from the links on the right side of the page. In Mouse Properties, on the Pointer Options tab, at the bottom, select Show location of pointer when I press the CTRL key, and then select OK. To see it in action, press CTRL.

How do I unfreeze my mouse?

Why does my cursor freeze?

If your mouse is freezing up, it might be because of a broken part in the mouse itself. Whilst the most likely part of your mouse to be damaged is the sensor, it could also be the cable if you're using a wired mouse, as well as the buttons and scroll wheel.

What happened to my cursor?

Your mouse pointer may disappear if you are using the wrong mouse driver or it's out of date. So you should update your mouse driver to see if it fixes your problem. If you don't have the time, patience or skills to update the driver manually, you can do it automatically with Driver Easy.

Why won't my cursor move on my laptop?

Sometimes the mouse-isn't-moving issue happens just because you've pressed the function keys and disabled trackpad unknowingly. If that's the case, we might have to press the keys again to turn it back on.

Why is my cursor not showing up on my laptop Windows 11?

Press Function Keys on Keyboard.

When on Windows 11, some users have suggested pressing the function keys to make your cursor visible again. Start by pressing the F1 to F12 keys. If that has not fixed the issue, try these other shortcuts: Fn + F3, Fn + F5, Fn + F9, Fn + F11.

Why is my cursor not working on my HP laptop?

Try rebooting your computer. While a frozen computer isn't the most common cause of a mouse not working on an HP laptop, it is one of the easiest of all the potential fixes. With a frozen mouse, you can reboot with your keyboard by using this method: Press CTRL + ALT + DEL.