# Hide mouse pointer

> Hides the mouse pointer/cursor after scrolling.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/hide-mouse-pointer?hl=pt](https://chrome-stats.com/d/hide-mouse-pointer?hl=pt)

## Overview

- **ID:** `hide-mouse-pointer`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Kenneth Sundqvist
- **Category:** appearance
- **Daily users:** 140
- **Weekly downloads:** 9
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2024-12-17
- **First published:** 2018-11-19
- **Size:** 30 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hide-mouse-pointer/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/KennethSundqvist/hide-mouse-pointer-browser-extension#readme](https://github.com/KennethSundqvist/hide-mouse-pointer-browser-extension#readme)

## Description

**Hide Mouse Pointer** is a lightweight Chrome extension designed to automatically hide your mouse cursor after you scroll a webpage. This ensures a distraction-free and cleaner browsing experience, especially useful when reading articles or viewing content. The cursor becomes visible again instantly when you move the mouse, allowing seamless interaction when needed.

With its simple yet effective functionality, this extension helps enhance focus by removing the cursor clutter from the screen during passive browsing.

## Rankings

- #9,837 — Overall
- #13 — mouse
- #30 — point
- #42 — cursors
- #58 — cursor
- #85 — house

## Permissions and access

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/hide-mouse-pointer?hl=pt)