This tutorial will show you how to change the mouse double-click speed for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
You can double-click on an item to open it by default in Windows.
The mouse double-click speed is how quickly you must click the mouse button to perform a double-click.
Some people double-click slower or faster than others, and each mouse may not always reactive the same.
If you find the mouse double-click speed too sensitive (fast) or not sensitive enough (slow), you can adjust the mouse double-click speed to what works best for you.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26120.3671 (Beta 24H2), build 26200.5518 (Dev), and build 27842.1000 (Canary), as part of Microsoft's ongoing work to improve settings experiences, Microsoft starting to make more mouse related settings available directly under Settings > Accessibility > Mouse and Settings > Accessibility > Mouse pointer and touch without needing to go into Control Panel. This includes the settings for mouse indicator, mouse pointer trails, and further mouse behavior and pointer customization. As part of this work, Microsoft has also added the ability to adjust the amount of time needed to hover over a window to activate it, if you have activated on hover enabled. Finally, Microsoft updated the icon used for Mouse pointer speed in Bluetooth & Devices > Mouse and added an icon to the Enhance mouse pointer precision option.
Contents
- Option One: Change Mouse Double-click Speed in Settings
- Option Two: Change Mouse Double-click Speed in Control Panel
- Option Three: Change Mouse Double-click Speed in Registry Editor
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on Accessibility on the left side, and click/tap on Mouse on the right side under Interaction. (see screenshot below)
3 Adjust the Double click speed slider for what you want. (see screenshot below)
4 You can now close Settings if you like.
1 Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Mouse icon.
2 Click/tap on the Buttons tab. (see screenshot below)
3 Adjust the Double-click speed slider left (slower) or right (faster) to the speed you want.
4 Click/tap on OK.
5 You can now close the Control Panel if you like.
1 Open Registry Editor (regedit.exe).
2 Navigate to the key below in the left pane of Registry Editor. (see screenshot below)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse
3 In the right pane of the Mouse key, double click/tap on the DoubleClickSpeed string value (REG_SZ) to modify it. (see screenshot above)
4 Type a number between 200 (faster) to 900 (slower) for the double-click speed you want, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)
The default double-click speed is 480.
5 Close Registry Editor when finished.
6 Either sign out and sign in or restart the computer to apply.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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