How to Take Screenshot

Capture screenshots on various devices with our comprehensive guide. Follow step-by-step instructions for effortless and quick screenshot capturing.

Android

How to take screenshot on android smartphone or android tablet?

Hold down together and button for 1–2 seconds

If you see no flash and no screenshots captured then try below Option-

Hold down together and button for 1–2 seconds

Mobile device screen flashes white and Your Device captures the entire screen as screnshot and saves it as a picture.

Where Screenshot Images saved?

Look for a Screenshots folder in your Gallery or try to search in Photos app.

iPhone/iPad

How to take screenshot on iPhone or iPad tablet?

Hold down button and immedietly Press and Release

If you see no flash and no screenshots captured then try below Option-

Hold down button and immedietly Press and Release

Mobile device screen flashes white and Your Device captures the entire screen as screnshot and saves it as a picture.

Where Screenshot Images saved?

Look for Screenshots in Photos app.

Which one is the Sleep/Wake button?

This is a isolated button which is mostly at the left (iPad), at the top (iPod touch) or on the right side (iPhone 7, 8, X, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)

Windows

How to take screenshot on Windows?

Hold down button , and Press

Now with the help of mouse draw a rectangle on monitor screen that you want to capture, Windows will copy the specified area into the clipboard.

How to paste the copies screenshot and save as Image?

Hold down button and Press

Now window will copy the Image that is in the clipboard now into the document or image you currently editing.

Where to save or paste to get a Image or graphic file?

Open Windows Paint
Paste copies screenshot image (ctrl+v)
Save in a image file.

Application to take Screenshot?

Search in window app store for 'screenshot', you will find app that can take screenshot for example- Snipping Tool

Linux

How to take screenshot on Linux (Ubuntu, Fedora, RedHat etc.)?

Press button

Most of the Linux OS (like KDE Plasma, Gnome, XFCE) either takes screenshot or start an application to take screenshot.

Where I can find the key to take screenshot?

, , look for these keys in upper right of your keyboard, Print Screen (PrtScn) abbreviated differently on different keyboards

How to take screenshot of a Single Window?

Hold down and press

Mac

How to take screenshot on Mac?

Hold down button and and press

Now Mac OS will capture the entire screen and save it as a file on Desktop.

How to capture partial screenshot?

Hold down button and and press

Now use your mouse and draw a rectangle area on screen to specify what to capture, when mouse released the captured screenshot file will be saved on Desktop.

Or you can press spacebar and then click on something (eg- a window) to capture it, captured screenshot file will be saved on Desktop.

I don’t need a file. How can I have a screenshot in the clipboard instead?

hold down together with any of the combinations above = Your Mac takes a screenshot and copies it to the clipboard (instead of saving it as a file).

I guess it’s in the clipboard now. How can I paste it into a document or something?

hold down and press = Your Mac pastes the screenshot (that is in the clipboard) into a document or image you are currently editing.

Is there a dedicated program for taking screenshots?

hold down and and press = Your Mac starts the Screenshot program. This offers many options.

How can I have my screenshots in other file formats than PNG?

With the Screenshot program (see previous question) you can open screenshots directly in the Preview program. There you can save your screenshots in JPG, TIFF, PDF, and other file formats.