Best Cursors for Windows 11: How to Get The Coolest Ones

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Letโ€™s take a look at the best third-party mouse cursors for Windows 11. These options go beyond basic customization, offering both stylish designs and practical enhancements to replace the default cursor.

While Windows 11 includes built-in options to tweak your cursorโ€™s appearance through the Control Panel, third-party apps provide more variety and functionality.

What are the best third-party cursors for Windows 11?

1. Oxygen Cursors

Another popular set of cursors on Deviant Art is Oxygen Cursors. If youโ€™re looking for something much more brighter and colorful, then this is the set for you.

Installation is easy as well since itโ€™s the exact same as Numix. You need to download the RAR extractor app and extract the INF file before youโ€™re allowed to install the series.

Also, the new cursor look when youโ€™re extending a screen or grabbing the top of the window is great as well. Oxygen is truly among the best.

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2. Evolution OS

If youโ€™re a fan of the MacOS cursor style and want it for your Windows 11 computer, then you should check out the EvolutionOS cursor pack from DeviantArt.

Itโ€™s a set of free mouse pointers that install the macOS Sierra style icons onto your Windows 11 computer. But instead of being a straight rip from the old operating system, everything has a distinct mint green look to it.

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3. Android Material Cursors

According to the artist who created this, Android Material Cursors has inspired Android OSโ€™ text selection cursors, LGโ€™s WebOS pink cursor, and some of Googleโ€™s design elements.

The arrow is bright and bold with a helpful material spinner to let you know when your computer is busy loading something. The resizing tool is shown with its arrows inside a contrasting white circle.

Precision select comes in a handy reticle design to help it stand out. The handwriting tool is also useful for those apps that require you to create a digital signature. In total, there are 15 different cursors to use.

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4. Capitaine Cursors

Capitaine Cursors is an x-cursor theme which refers to a special type of file library that is easy for a computer to locate and load the set. These types of files can be loaded from files or by the computerโ€™s memory.

Itโ€™s a little complicated, but it allows the creator to stuff a bunch of files together and have the computer pick which is the best for its system. As such, installation is a little complex.

After downloading, select the bin folder then click on Windows. Finally, click install to download the cursor set. Design-wise, itโ€™s another set inspired by macOS and itโ€™s based on the KDE Breeze user interface.

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5. Vigyori 2

Vigyori adds emoticons to the cursor that indicate certain actions occurring on a computer. The most recent version is Vigyori 2 which made fixes that were afflicting the original version. From these fixes, special sets for left-handed users were made.

An issue afflicting the handwriting animation was also fixed. The resolution on these cursors is great and thereโ€™s even a 64×64 resolution version for big displays. The bigger cursors have up to 200% interface scaling, meaning they can grow bigger by that amount.

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What are other ways to customize my Windows 11 computer?

If you’re interested in further customizing the look and overall personality of your Windows 11 machine, look into Rainmeter. It’s an app that allows you to place skins and overlays over your desktop home page.

You can add a cool-looking hub for all your games or a customizable news feed. There are also Android emulators that allow you to play Android games or other apps from the Google Play store.

Windows 11 has something similar natively, but it’s restricted to the Amazon Appstore. As an aside, enabling the Appstore takes a bit of work. It’s not as simple as downloading the app and turning it on. Certain settings must be on.

Feel free to leave a comment below if you have any questions on other Windows 11 apps. Also, leave comments about reviews that youโ€™d like to see or information on other Windows 11 features.

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