diff --git a/packages/react/src/number-field/root/useNumberFieldRoot.ts b/packages/react/src/number-field/root/useNumberFieldRoot.ts
index fe137241eb..4fbbb5d408 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/number-field/root/useNumberFieldRoot.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/number-field/root/useNumberFieldRoot.ts
@@ -929,6 +929,8 @@ export namespace useNumberFieldRoot {
     inputValue: string;
     value: number | null;
     isScrubbing: boolean;
+    isTouchInput: boolean;
+    isPointerLockDenied: boolean;
     inputRef: ((instance: HTMLInputElement | null) => void) | null;
     scrubHandleRef: React.RefObject<ScrubHandle | null>;
     scrubAreaRef: React.RefObject<HTMLSpanElement | null>;
diff --git a/packages/react/src/number-field/root/useScrub.ts b/packages/react/src/number-field/root/useScrub.ts
index 4549bda54b..e8d8e2efcc 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/number-field/root/useScrub.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/number-field/root/useScrub.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ export function useScrub(params: ScrubParams) {
 
   const [isScrubbing, setIsScrubbing] = React.useState(false);
   const [cursorTransform, setCursorTransform] = React.useState('');
+  const [isTouchInput, setIsTouchInput] = React.useState(false);
+  const [isPointerLockDenied, setIsPointerLockDenied] = React.useState(false);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     return () => {
@@ -126,6 +128,9 @@ export function useScrub(params: ScrubParams) {
             return;
           }
 
+          const isTouch = event.pointerType === 'touch';
+          setIsTouchInput(isTouch);
+
           if (event.pointerType === 'mouse') {
             event.preventDefault();
             inputRef.current?.focus();
@@ -135,7 +140,7 @@ export function useScrub(params: ScrubParams) {
           onScrubbingChange(true, event.nativeEvent);
 
           // WebKit causes significant layout shift with the native message, so we can't use it.
-          if (!isWebKit()) {
+          if (!isTouch && !isWebKit()) {
             // There can be some frames where there's no cursor at all when requesting the pointer lock.
             // This is a workaround to avoid flickering.
             avoidFlickerTimeoutRef.current = window.setTimeout(async () => {
@@ -146,8 +151,9 @@ export function useScrub(params: ScrubParams) {
                 // We need to await it even though it doesn't appear to return a promise in the
                 // types in order for the `catch` to work.
                 await ownerDocument(scrubAreaRef.current).body.requestPointerLock();
-              } catch {
-                //
+                setIsPointerLockDenied(false);
+              } catch (error) {
+                setIsPointerLockDenied(true);
               }
             }, 20);
           }
@@ -275,12 +281,14 @@ export function useScrub(params: ScrubParams) {
   return React.useMemo(
     () => ({
       isScrubbing,
+      isTouchInput,
+      isPointerLockDenied,
       getScrubAreaProps,
       getScrubAreaCursorProps,
       scrubAreaCursorRef,
       scrubAreaRef,
       scrubHandleRef,
     }),
-    [isScrubbing, getScrubAreaProps, getScrubAreaCursorProps],
+    [isScrubbing, isTouchInput, isPointerLockDenied, getScrubAreaProps, getScrubAreaCursorProps],
   );
 }
diff --git a/packages/react/src/number-field/scrub-area-cursor/NumberFieldScrubAreaCursor.test.tsx b/packages/react/src/number-field/scrub-area-cursor/NumberFieldScrubAreaCursor.test.tsx
index 483b6032ca..399f1ffaf3 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/number-field/scrub-area-cursor/NumberFieldScrubAreaCursor.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/number-field/scrub-area-cursor/NumberFieldScrubAreaCursor.test.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { expect } from 'chai';
-import { screen } from '@mui/internal-test-utils';
+import { screen, act } from '@mui/internal-test-utils';
+import sinon from 'sinon';
 import { NumberField } from '@base-ui-components/react/number-field';
 import { createRenderer, describeConformance } from '#test-utils';
 import { isWebKit } from '../../utils/detectBrowser';
 import { NumberFieldRootContext } from '../root/NumberFieldRootContext';
 
-const testContext = {
+const defaultTestContext: NumberFieldRootContext = {
   getScrubAreaCursorProps: (externalProps) => externalProps,
   isScrubbing: true,
+  isTouchInput: false,
+  isPointerLockDenied: false,
   state: {
     value: null,
     required: false,
@@ -30,7 +33,7 @@ describe('<NumberField.ScrubAreaCursor />', () => {
     refInstanceof: window.HTMLSpanElement,
     render: async (node) => {
       return render(
-        <NumberFieldRootContext.Provider value={testContext}>
+        <NumberFieldRootContext.Provider value={defaultTestContext}>
           {node}
         </NumberFieldRootContext.Provider>,
       );
@@ -45,4 +48,88 @@ describe('<NumberField.ScrubAreaCursor />', () => {
     );
     expect(screen.queryByRole('presentation')).not.to.equal(null);
   });
+
+  it('renders when using mouse input', async () => {
+    const originalRequestPointerLock = Element.prototype.requestPointerLock;
+
+    try {
+      Element.prototype.requestPointerLock = sinon.stub().resolves();
+
+      const { user } = await render(
+        <NumberField.Root>
+          <NumberField.ScrubArea data-testid="scrub-area">
+            <NumberField.ScrubAreaCursor data-testid="scrub-area-cursor" />
+          </NumberField.ScrubArea>
+        </NumberField.Root>,
+      );
+
+      const scrubArea = screen.getByTestId('scrub-area');
+
+      await act(async () => {
+        await user.pointer({ target: scrubArea, keys: '[MouseLeft>]', pointerName: 'mouse' });
+        await new Promise((resolve) => {
+          setTimeout(resolve, 25);
+        });
+      });
+
+      expect(screen.queryByTestId('scrub-area-cursor')).not.to.equal(null);
+    } finally {
+      Element.prototype.requestPointerLock = originalRequestPointerLock;
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('does not render when using touch input', async () => {
+    const { user } = await render(
+      <NumberField.Root>
+        <NumberField.ScrubArea>
+          <NumberField.ScrubAreaCursor data-testid="scrub-area-cursor" />
+        </NumberField.ScrubArea>
+      </NumberField.Root>,
+    );
+
+    const scrubArea = screen.getByRole('presentation');
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      await user.pointer({ target: scrubArea, keys: '[TouchA>]', pointerName: 'touch' });
+      await new Promise((resolve) => {
+        setTimeout(resolve, 25);
+      });
+    });
+
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('scrub-area-cursor')).to.equal(null);
+  });
+
+  it('handles pointer lock denial through requestPointerLock API', async () => {
+    const originalRequestPointerLock = Element.prototype.requestPointerLock;
+
+    try {
+      Element.prototype.requestPointerLock = sinon
+        .stub()
+        .throws(new Error('User denied pointer lock'));
+
+      const { user } = await render(
+        <NumberField.Root>
+          <NumberField.ScrubArea>
+            <NumberField.ScrubAreaCursor data-testid="scrub-area-cursor" />
+          </NumberField.ScrubArea>
+        </NumberField.Root>,
+      );
+
+      const scrubArea = screen.getByRole('presentation');
+
+      await act(async () => {
+        await user.pointer({ target: scrubArea, keys: '[MouseLeft>]', pointerName: 'mouse' });
+        await new Promise((resolve) => {
+          setTimeout(resolve, 25);
+        });
+      });
+
+      expect(screen.queryByTestId('scrub-area-cursor')).to.equal(null);
+
+      const requestLockStub = Element.prototype.requestPointerLock as sinon.SinonStub;
+      expect(requestLockStub.called).to.equal(true);
+    } finally {
+      Element.prototype.requestPointerLock = originalRequestPointerLock;
+    }
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/react/src/number-field/scrub-area-cursor/NumberFieldScrubAreaCursor.tsx b/packages/react/src/number-field/scrub-area-cursor/NumberFieldScrubAreaCursor.tsx
index 95918dc81e..86a345a829 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/number-field/scrub-area-cursor/NumberFieldScrubAreaCursor.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/number-field/scrub-area-cursor/NumberFieldScrubAreaCursor.tsx
@@ -25,8 +25,14 @@ const NumberFieldScrubAreaCursor = React.forwardRef(function NumberFieldScrubAre
 ) {
   const { render, className, ...otherProps } = props;
 
-  const { isScrubbing, scrubAreaCursorRef, state, getScrubAreaCursorProps } =
-    useNumberFieldRootContext();
+  const {
+    isScrubbing,
+    isTouchInput,
+    isPointerLockDenied,
+    scrubAreaCursorRef,
+    state,
+    getScrubAreaCursorProps,
+  } = useNumberFieldRootContext();
 
   const [element, setElement] = React.useState<Element | null>(null);
 
@@ -41,7 +47,7 @@ const NumberFieldScrubAreaCursor = React.forwardRef(function NumberFieldScrubAre
     extraProps: otherProps,
   });
 
-  if (!isScrubbing || isWebKit()) {
+  if (!isScrubbing || isWebKit() || isTouchInput || isPointerLockDenied) {
     return null;
   }