icons folder will show up in the cursor theme picker in GNOME Tweaks (though you will need to close and reopen the app if you add a theme while the utility is open).

Remember: press ctrl + h to view hidden files/folders in Nautilus, and press again to re-hide.Īny cursor themes you place inside the. icons folder is not present on your system (and it isn’t included in Ubuntu by default, so this is likely) you can go ahead and create a new folder and name it - just remember to use all lowercase letters for ‘icons’ and include the preceding. How? Just move, cut, or copy the ‘source’ folder for the cursor theme you want to install - this will be a folder will several files inside, including one named cursor.theme - to the (hidden). Right-click on these in Ubuntu’s default file manager Nautilus and choose “Extract Here” to ‘unpack’ them. Typically, you will download third-party pointer packs as a compressed archive, usually a. So, for more choice, you’ll want to seek out some third-party sets yourself.

Ubuntu’s default set of pointers isn’t exactly wild. Using this widget you can change mouse cursor or icon, setup follow cursor image or you can setup text based mouse cursor style.