How to Change Mouse Wheel Scroll Speed In Windows 11

Mouse scroll speed controls how fast web pages and long documents move across your screen when you spin your wheel. You can change this setting in Windows 11 to move anywhere from 1 to 100 lines at a time, or switch to jumping a full page with a single notch of the wheel.

Adjusting this speed helps you read long PDFs and browse heavy websites without wearing out your fingers. Windows 11 gives you the freedom to pick between scrolling a few lines or a whole screen at once to match your reading habits.

Change Mouse Wheel Scroll Speed in Settings

1. Open Settings ⚙️ by pressing Win+I.
2. Click Bluetooth 🔷 & devices on the left side.
3. Click Mouse on the right side.
   

    Open Mouse settings

Scroll “Multiple lines at a time”

You can change your mouse wheel scroll speed in Windows 11 so you do not have to spin the wheel endlessly to read long documents. Open Settings ⚙️, go to Bluetooth 🔷 & devices, then Mouse, and choose Multiple lines at a time to pick an exact number between 1 and 100 for your preferred scrolling speed.

1. Select Multiple lines at a time from the “Roll the mouse wheel to scroll” dropdown menu.
2. Move the Lines to scroll at a time slider to what you want.
   

   You can pick between 1 and 100 lines. The default is 3 lines.

3. You can close Settings now if you like.

Scroll “One screen at a time”

You can set your mouse wheel to jump an entire page with a single notch by choosing the one screen at a time option in Windows 11. Open Settings, go to Bluetooth & devices, select Mouse, and pick One screen at a time from the dropdown menu to fly through large PDF files and long web pages instantly.

1. Select One screen at a time from the “Roll the mouse wheel to scroll” dropdown menu.
2. You can close Settings now if you like.

Option Two

Change Mouse Wheel Scroll Speed in Control Panel

1. Open Control Panel 🎛️ and click the Mouse icon.

Scroll “Multiple lines at a time”

This setting defaults to 3 lines.

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1. Click the Wheel tab.
2. Select the dot next to The following number of lines at a time under Vertical Scrolling.
3. Type or pick a number between 1 and 100 for how many lines you want to scroll. The default is 3 lines.
4. You can close Control Panel now if you like.

Scroll "One screen at a time"

1. Click the Wheel tab.
2. Select the dot next to One screen at a time under Vertical Scrolling.
3. You can close Control Panel now if you like.

Option Three

Change Mouse Wheel Scroll Speed in Registry Editor

1. ⚠️ Admin privileges required. Open Registry Editor by typing regedit.exe in the search box.
2. In the left pane, navigate to:
   

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

3. In the right pane, find WheelScrollLines and double-click it to edit.

Scroll "Multiple lines at a time"

This setting defaults to 3 lines.

1. Type a number between 1 and 100 for how many lines you want to scroll. The default is 3 lines.
2. Click OK.
3. Close Registry Editor.

Scroll "One screen at a time"

1. Type -1 as the value.
2. Click OK.
3. Close Registry Editor.

Restart your computer if the change does not apply immediately.

Summary

Mouse wheel scroll speed in Windows 11 changes through the Settings app, Control Panel, or Registry Editor.