Mouse Keeps Disconnecting: How to Fix Your Wireless Link

Fix mouse disconnection with these simple solutions in no time

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Everyone knows how frustrating it is to experience a mouse to keep disconnecting while you are using it for work or other purposes. It makes your work slow and tiring. Also,mouse lag on Windows 11is another issue you can experience.

Why does my mouse keep disconnecting?

The most common cause of this problem isoutdated mouse driverson your computer. Running devices with external drivers can make them malfunction and be prone to bug attacks.

Furthermore, other factors that may be causing the mouse to keep disconnecting are:

The causes listed above may vary on different mice and PCs. Nonetheless, you can fix the problem by troubleshooting your mouse and settings on your PC.

What can I do if my mouse keeps disconnecting?

Go through the following preliminary checks right away:

If you can’t fix the problem, try the solutions that follow.

1. Uninstall the mouse in the Device Manager

Your computer willinstall the mouse driverautomatically. Uninstalling the mouse driver from your PC will automatically update and fix issues.

2. Disable Windows Power Management

Disabling your device’s Power Management settings will prevent Windows from killing its process to save power.

3. Disable USB selective suspend

Read aboutother ways to disable Windows USB Selective Suspendif you have problems with the steps above.

4. Troubleshoot Bluetooth

Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the troubleshooting. Running a Bluetooth troubleshooter will help diagnose where the issue is per adventure there is any.

Alternatively, you can read aboutBluetooth mouse disconnecting on Windows 11and what to do to fix it.

Also, we recommend you checkhow to fix mouse settings that keep resetting or changingby themselves on your PC.

If you have further questions or suggestions, kindly drop them in the comments section below.

Mouse Keeps Disconnecting: How to Fix Your Wireless Link#

Why does my mouse keep disconnecting?#

What can I do if my mouse keeps disconnecting?#

1. Uninstall the mouse in the Device Manager#

2. Disable Windows Power Management#

3. Disable USB selective suspend#

4. Troubleshoot Bluetooth#