Black Box on Mouse Pointer: 5 Ways to Get Rid Of It

Fix the black box around your cursor by adjusting its settings

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Some users reported a black box on mouse pointer, and it seems that this issue appears if yourmouse cursor is corrupted.

This is an annoying issue, and in today’s guide we’re going to show you how to properly fix it.

Why does my Mouse pointer have a black square?

This is an annoying issue, and it’s usually caused by the following:

How can I fix black box on mouse pointer?

1. Select the None mouse pointer scheme option

2. Select the Enable pointer shadow setting

3. Adjust the mouse pointer’s size

4. Update your graphics card’s driver

Note that the Update Drivers utility in Windows doesn’t always update drivers even when there are more recent ones available. So, it’s usually better to update drivers with third-partydriver updater software.

⇒Get Outbyte Driver Updater

5. Disable the WDDM graphics display driver for Remote Desktop Connections policy

Those are some of the potential resolutions for fixing black boxes around cursors users have confirmed to work.

We hope this guide helped youget your mouse cursor back. What other solutions did you try? Let us know in the comments below.

Black Box on Mouse Pointer: 5 Ways to Get Rid Of It#

Why does my Mouse pointer have a black square?#

How can I fix black box on mouse pointer?#

1. Select the None mouse pointer scheme option#

2. Select the Enable pointer shadow setting#

3. Adjust the mouse pointer’s size#

4. Update your graphics card’s driver#

5. Disable the WDDM graphics display driver for Remote Desktop Connections policy#