How To Move Your Cursor Without a Mouse in Windows 11

How To Move Your Cursor Without a Mouse in Windows 11 – If the mouse and touchpad stop working, or if you are just tired of going back and forth between the mouse and the keyboard, you can use the Mouse Keys to move the cursor on the screen using the keyboard keys.

How To Move Your Cursor Without a Mouse in Windows 11

You will need to enable the Mouse Keys feature in order to use the keyboard to move the cursor. First, open the settings application by right-clicking the start button on the taskbar and clicking ” Settings ” from the menu that appears.

How To Move Your Cursor Without a Mouse in Windows 11

Then click on ” Accessibility ” at the bottom of the left panel.

How To Move Your Cursor Without a Mouse in Windows 11

On the Accessibility screen, scroll down and click ” Mouse ” in the Interaction group.

How To Move Your Cursor Without a Mouse in Windows 11

Next, put the slider next to ” Mouse Keys ” in the ” On ” position.

How To Move Your Cursor Without a Mouse in Windows 11

Alternatively, if your mouse doesn’t work but you need to enable Mouse Keys (or if you just like shortcuts), press Alt + Shift + Num Lock and a pop-up will appear asking if you want to enable Mouse Keys . Click ” Yes ” or press Enter .

How To Move Your Cursor Without a Mouse in Windows 11

Once activated, you can modify some settings of the Mouse Keys, such as

  • Use only the mouse keys when Num Lock is on.
  • Show the mouse keys icon on the taskbar.
  • Hold the Ctrl key to speed up and the Shift key to slow down the cursor.

Check the box next to each option to enable them.

How To Move Your Cursor Without a Mouse in Windows 11

You can also increase or decrease the speed and acceleration of the Mouse Keys by clicking and dragging the slider for each option to the right or left, respectively.

How To Move Your Cursor Without a Mouse in Windows 11

With the mouse keys activated and the settings adjusted to your liking, you can start using the keyboard to move the cursor, select items, and even move things.

Move the cursor

This is what you have to press to move the cursor.

Cursor directionKey
Above8
Down2
Left4
On the right6
Up and to the left7
Up and to the right9
Down and to the left1
Down to the right3

Click on items

Clicking items using the mouse keys can be a bit tricky, as you will first have to select which mouse button (left or right) you want to be the active button. To activate a mouse button, just press the corresponding key.

Mouse buttonKey
LeftSlash (/)
RightLess (-)
Both of themAsterisk (*)

The selected mouse button will remain active until you change it. Depending on which mouse button is activated, you can:

ActionKey
Left clickHover over an item and press 5(The left button must be activated)
Right clickHover over an item and press 5(The right button must be activated)
Double clickHover over an item and press the plus sign (+)(The left button must be activated)

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Drag and drop items

You can also drag and drop items using the mouse keys.

ActionKey
Drag an itemPosition the cursor over the item and press 0. Then use the keys to move the cursor and drag the item.
Drop an objectScroll to where you want to drop the item on the screen and press Period (.).