How to Set Up an Auto Clicker on Windows & Linux
Updated July 2026 · Windows 10/11, SteamOS & Linux
Every decent auto clicker setup comes down to the same five decisions: how often to click, which button, where, for how long, and how you'll start and stop it without alt-tabbing. This guide walks through each one using AutoClick Pro — the steps are identical on Windows 10/11, SteamOS, and Linux — then shows the next step up: recording a macro and mapping it to a button.
Basic setup, step by step
- Install and launch. Install AutoClick Pro from Steam. On Windows it runs immediately; on a Wayland Linux desktop (including the Steam Deck's Desktop Mode) the app walks you through a one-time input-permission setup on first launch.
- Set the click interval. The interval is the gap between clicks — anywhere from 1 ms to 60 s. For idle games, 50–200 ms is plenty; for UI chores, 500 ms+ keeps things readable. Tick random interval to vary it between a min and max so the rhythm isn't perfectly mechanical.
- Pick the button and click type. Left, right, or middle button; single or double click.
- Decide where it clicks. By default it clicks wherever your cursor is — you keep steering, it keeps firing. For a fixed target (a button in a game, a "collect" icon), use fixed position: click Pick, or hover the target and press the pick hotkey (F2), and the coordinates lock in. An optional random offset scatters clicks a few pixels around the point.
- Set the repeat mode. Repeat until stopped, or stop after N clicks — useful when a task needs exactly 500 clicks and not one more. Session and total counters track what it's done.
- Start and stop with the global hotkey. Press F6 (configurable) to toggle clicking — it works while the app is minimised and while a game runs fullscreen. F1 pauses and resumes. Esc is the always-on emergency stop: it halts everything and releases any held inputs.
Tip: save the whole configuration as a named profile (per game or per task) and switch between them from the dropdown. Profiles are plain files and work across Windows and Linux interchangeably.
Level up: record a macro instead
When the job is more than one repeated click — click here, type this, wait, click there — a macro fits better than a clicker. In the Macro Recorder tab:
- Press Record (F7) and perform the task once, naturally. Mouse movement, clicks, scrolling, and keystrokes are captured with their original timing.
- Press Record again to stop. Save it as a named macro profile.
- Play it back (F8) at 0.1×–10× speed, a set number of times or on an infinite loop.
Not sure whether you need a clicker, a macro, or a script? See auto clicker vs macro vs script.
Map it to a button — mouse, keyboard, or controller
Once a profile works, you can trigger it without touching the app at all. The three mapper tabs bind a saved profile to:
- An extra mouse button — side buttons start/stop a profile with one thumb press.
- A keyboard key — any of F1–F12 or A–Z toggles a profile.
- A controller button — press the gamepad button once to start, again to stop. Add a mapping and the app asks you to press the button you want, so there's no guessing at names. Handy on the couch and on the Steam Deck.
Play fair: single-player and idle games are automation's home turf. Online games may forbid it in their terms of service, and some anti-cheat systems block simulated input by design. Know the rules of the game you're automating.
If something doesn't click
Game ignoring the clicks, hotkey doing nothing, Wayland permissions — the fixes for all of them are collected in Auto clicker not working? Fixes for Windows, Linux & Steam Deck.
Set up in five minutes
AutoClick Pro bundles the clicker, macro recorder, scripting, and button mapping in one app — Windows 10/11, SteamOS & Linux, one purchase, no ads or accounts.
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