Mouse Unlock

Unlock your mouse cursor without opening the pause menu.

Mouse Unlock is a lightweight client-side utility mod that lets you temporarily free your mouse cursor while staying in-game. Press a configurable hotkey to unlock the cursor, interact with applications on another monitor, then simply click back into Minecraft to continue playing.

Unlike pressing Esc, Mouse Unlock doesn't open the pause menu or any other GUI, making it ideal for streamers, content creators, and anyone using multiple monitors.

Features

• ✅ Configurable hotkey to unlock the mouse cursor
• ✅ No pause menu or other screens
• ✅ Automatically recaptures the cursor when returning to Minecraft
• ✅ Optional cinematic camera mode while the cursor is unlocked
• ✅ Optional automatic HUD hiding (equivalent to pressing F1)
• ✅ Client-side configuration
• ✅ Lightweight and client-side only
• ✅ No server installation required
• ✅ No gameplay changes

Commands

/mouseunlock cinematic <true|false>

Enable or disable cinematic camera mode.

/mouseunlock ui <true|false>

Enable or disable automatic HUD hiding while the cursor is unlocked.

/mouseunlock status

Display the current Mouse Unlock settings.

Perfect for

• 🎥 Streamers using OBS, Twitch Chat, StreamElements, or similar tools
• 🖥️ Players with multiple monitors
• 💬 Quickly replying to Discord messages
• 🌐 Looking something up in a browser without interrupting your game
• ⚙️ Managing music, chat, or streaming software while playing

Client-side only

Mouse Unlock is a client-side quality-of-life mod.

It can be installed on any NeoForge client without requiring installation on the server. Multiplayer servers do not need this mod, and other players are unaffected by it.