How to Highlight Mouse Clicks on Windows Easily (2023)

What to know

• With the Mouse Highlighter feature in PowerToys’s Mouse Utilities section, you can highlight your mouse click using a simple hotkey.
• Enable Mouse Highlighter under PowerToys > Mouse Utilities > Enable Mouse Highlighter.
• To use Mouse Highlighter, simply press the hotkey Windows logo key + Shift + H (or the custom one you set).

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You would agree that PowerToys isn’t just some toolset; it’s your PC’s secret weapon. It’s here to supercharge your workflow, give Windows 11 a slick makeover, and let you handle a bunch of tasks with just a click.

We know that Microsoft’s been beefing up PowerToys like crazy over the last year. One of the coolest additions? Mouse Utilities — designed to level up the way you use your mouse. Dive into Mouse Utilities, and you’ll see how it puts the spotlight on every click, making things crystal clear. Let’s see how to enable and use the Mouse Highlighter on your Windows PC.

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Requirements:

• Windows 10 or 11
• PowerToys (installation guide is given below)

How to highlight mouse clicks on Windows 11 using Microsoft PowerToys

Here’s how you can highlight your mouse clicks on your PC. First, we need to install PowerToys and enable Mouse Highlighter. We can then customize and use Mouse Highlighter to highlight your mouse clicks. Let’s get started.

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Step 1: Install PowerToys and enable Mouse Highlighter

Here’s how you can install PowerToys on your PC. Follow the steps below to help you along with the process.

Visit this link and download the relevant PowerToys version for your PC.

Double-click and launch the setup once it has been downloaded.

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Now check the box for I agree to the license terms and agreement at the bottom. 

Next, click Options to choose where Powertoys is installed on your PC.

Click Browse to choose where PowerToys is installed.

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Click OK once you’ve selected the location.

Click OK again.

Finally, click Install.

Once the app has been installed, click Close.

Now launch the Start menu and search for PowerToys. Click and launch the app once it shows up in your search results.

Now click Mouse Utilities in the left sidebar.

Click and enable the toggle for Enable Mouse Highlighter if you wish to highlight your left mouse clicks.

And that’s it! You will now have installed PowerToys and enabled Mouse Highlighter. You can now use the next step to customize and use each tool according to your preferences.

Step 2: Customize and use Mouse Highlighter

Now that you’ve enabled Mouse Highlighter, we can customize and use the same on PC. Follow the steps below to help you along with the process.

Launch the Start menu and search for PowerToys. Click and launch the app once it shows up in your search results.

Now click Mouse Utilities in the left sidebar.

Start by clicking the Edit icon beside Activation shortcut to choose how Mouse Highlighter is activated on your PC.

Now press the desired key combination you wish to use to activate Mouse Highlighter.

Click Save to save the key combination.

Click Reset to revert to the default key combination.

Click Cancel if you wish to abort the process.

Next, click Appearance & behavior.

Click the drop-down for Primary highlight color.

Now choose your preferred primary highlight color.

Similarly, click the drop-down menu for Secondary button highlight color and choose your preferred color.

Always highlight color allows you to choose a color that will always highlight your mouse pointer. Click the drop down menu for Always highlight color.

Now choose your preferred color.

Now enter your preferred Radius (px) value.

Mouse Highlighter has a fade animation and you can customize the same. Enter your preferred Fade delay (ms) in the text box beside the same. 

Similarly, dial in your preferred duration for the animation beside Fade duration (ms).

You will now have customized all the necessary settings for Mouse Highlighter. You can now press the key combination you set in the steps above to activate Mouse Highlighter. Here’s what it will look like on your PC.

And that’s how you can customize and use Mouse Highlighter to highlight your mouse clicks on your PC.

We hope you were able to easily highlight your mouse clicks using the post above. If you face any issues or have any more questions, feel free to reach out to us using the comments below.

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