Change the Size, Colour and Style of Your iPad Cursor

Hi, it’s Jacob here and I want to share with you a new accessibility feature in iPadOS 26 that means you can make your cursor appear on screen in really visible and easy-to-find ways — which is great for when you’re modelling lessons on the whiteboard in class, when you’re teaching a workshop and want people to follow along with what you’re doing, or even when you’re making a YouTube video like this.

You’ll notice first of all with iPadOS 26 we haven’t got that circular cursor anymore. Instead, it’s more of an arrow shape, which I think makes it feel more accurate because you know where you’re aiming when you click.

If we jump into the Settings app and then go to Accessibility, we can scroll down a little bit and we’re going to find Pointer Options. Now, on here we can change quite a few different things about how that cursor looks. The most obvious one is that we can make it quite a lot bigger, like this. You’ll find a size that works best for you. For me, when I’m teaching, I like it to be slightly bigger as you can see it more easily on the screen.

You’ll also notice that I’ve turned on Increased Contrast at the top here. This makes the cursor stand out a bit more, which again makes it easier to follow in YouTube videos. If I turn off Increased Contrast, you’ll see it’s a little bit more subtle on the screen — which is probably how you might want to use it for day-to-day use.

And then, of course, we can also change the colour. This adds an outline colour to the cursor — it won’t change the whole cursor itself. These colours are all quite muted and dark, and that’s because I’ve got Increased Contrast turned on. If I quickly jump back and turn off Increased Contrast and then go back to Colours, you’ll find some much brighter options.

We can change the thickness of these lines as well if we want to, and you can find something that works really well for you. This makes the pointer really easy to find on the screen and it makes it really easy to use when you’re teaching, presenting, or creating content like this.

And of course, whatever settings you choose here will apply whenever you’re using a trackpad or a mouse with your iPad, no matter what app you’re in. The cursor will change colour and react to things on screen, which makes it feel really alive as you’re using the iPad.

And that’s just one of many new things in iPadOS 26. If you want to see what else is new and what else your device can do, please check out my channel down below. Make sure you subscribe and I’ll see you in the next quick tip.