If you use a dual-monitor or multi-monitor setup on your Windows 11 PC, you have likely experienced the “Sticky Corners” phenomenon. When you try to quickly move your mouse cursor from one screen to the other, the cursor often gets “caught” or stuck on the edge of the first screen if you hit the corner even slightly. You have to aggressively push the mouse to break through the invisible barrier.
Microsoft intentionally designed this feature to make it easier to click on small targets located in the corners of your screen (like the Start button or the Close window “X”). However, for power users who constantly drag files and windows back and forth across multiple monitors, this artificial friction is incredibly frustrating. Thankfully, Windows 11 finally includes a simple toggle to disable this exact behavior.
Disabling the Sticky Corners Friction
You can turn off this artificial boundary directly from the main display settings; you do not need to edit the registry like in older versions of Windows.
- Right-click anywhere on an empty space on your desktop wallpaper.
- Select Display settings from the context menu.
- The Settings app will open to the System > Display page. You will see a visual representation of your multiple monitors at the top.
- Directly below that visual layout, look for the section labelled Multiple displays and click on it to expand the options.
- Locate the checkbox labelled Ease cursor movement between displays.
- Click the checkbox to uncheck it.
The change takes effect instantly. You can test it immediately by slowly dragging your mouse across the physical gap between your monitors. The cursor will glide across the threshold smoothly, with absolutely zero resistance or catching, no matter how close to the corner you move it.