Screen flickering when moving mouse in Windows 11

If your Windows computer screen keeps flickering when moving the mouse, the solutions provided in this article will help you. Usually, this issue occurs due to a bad graphics card driver. However, there may be other causes responsible for this problem.

Screen flickering when moving mouse in Windows 11

Use the following suggestions if your screen keeps flickering when moving the mouse in Windows 11/10.

Roll back your graphics card driver
Update or reinstall your graphics card driver
Uninstall Windows Update (if applicable)
Disable hibernation and change your power plan
Reinstall your mouse driver
Disable VSync
Change the refresh rate of your display

Below, we have explained all these fixes in detail.

1] Roll back your graphics card driver

If the issue has started after installing a recent update for your GPU driver, that update might be the cause of this issue. You can roll back your graphics card driver. The following steps will help you with that:

Open the Device Manager.
Expand the Display adapters branch.
Double-click on your graphics card driver to open its properties.
Go to the Driver tab and click on the Roll Back Driver option (if available).

Follow the on-screen instructions to roll back your graphics card driver.

2] Update or reinstall your graphics card driver

If the Roll Back Driver option is greyed out, you can try updating or reinstalling your graphics card driver. You can use a dedicated tool developed by your computer manufacturer or GPU manufacturer to keep your graphics card driver up to date.

Some of these tools are:

To reinstall your graphics card driver, first, download its latest version from the official website of your computer manufacturer. Now, install DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller). Completely remove your graphics card driver from your system using the DDU utility. After removing the graphics card driver, run the installer file to reinstall the GPU driver.

3] Uninstall Windows Update (if applicable)

If the issue started occurring after installing a recent Windows Update, you can uninstall that particular Windows Update to fix the problem.

4] Disable hibernation and change your power plan

Some users reported that the issue started occurring after leaving their laptops ideal for an hour or more. The possible causes in this case are hibernation and power plan settings. You can try disabling the hibernation and see if it works.

Additionally, changing the power plan can also be helpful in this case. To do so, you need to open the Control Panel and type Power in the Control Panel search bar. Now, select Power Options from the search results. Select another available power plan. If there is no other power plan available except the Balanced Power Plan, you can restore the missing power plans through the Command Prompt. However, the commands to restore the missing power plans will only work if the Modern Standby S0 mode is not activated on your system.

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5] Reinstall your mouse driver

Because your screen flickers only if you move your mouse cursor, your system might have a bad mouse driver. Reinstall your mouse driver and see if it helps. The following instructions will help you:

Open the Device Manager.
Expand the Mice and other pointing devices branch.
Right-click on your mouse driver and select Uninstall device.
Restart your computer or perform a scan for hardware changes.

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6] Disable VSync

If you experience this issue while playing video games, try turning off the VSync feature.

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7] Change the refresh rate of your display

One possible cause of this issue is the refresh rate of your display. You can confirm if this is the case with you or not by changing the refresh rate of your display.

The following instructions will guide you on this:

Open Windows 11 Settings.
Go to System > Display> Advanced display.
Change your display refresh rate by clicking on the Choose a refresh rate drop-down.

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How to fix screen flickering in Windows 11?

The main cause of a flickering screen in a Windows computer is a bad graphics card driver. To fix the screen flickering issues on your system, you should update your graphics card driver to the latest version. Reinstalling the GPU driver can also help fix this issue. For this, you need to completely remove the GPU driver with the help of a third-party tool, and then install the GPU driver.

How to stop a mouse from flickering?

A mouse cursor flickers on a Windows computer due to a bad driver. Hence, update or reinstall your mouse driver to fix this problem. Sometimes, this issue occurs due to a minor glitch that can be fixed by restarting Windows Explorer or restarting the computer. You can also enter the Clean Boot state to see if the issue is occurring due to a third-party software conflict.