These are on opposite sides of the phone — the Side button on the right, Volume Up on the left. Press both simultaneously.
Don't hold them — a quick press is all it takes. Holding too long can trigger other menus like the power-off slider or Emergency SOS.
A white flash confirms it worked. A small thumbnail of the screenshot appears in the bottom-left corner of the screen.
Tap the thumbnail to open the markup editor where you can crop, draw, or annotate. Swipe it left off the screen to dismiss it — the screenshot is already saved either way.
Open the Photos app, then tap Albums and scroll down to the Screenshots album to find all your screenshots in one place.
The Home button is the round button at the bottom of the screen. The Side button is on the right edge (or Top button on very old models like the iPhone SE 1st gen).
You'll see a white flash and hear a camera shutter sound (if your sound is on). That's it — the screenshot is taken.
The screenshot saves automatically to your Photos app. Look in Albums → Screenshots to find it quickly.
This works on virtually every Android phone — Samsung, Google Pixel, OnePlus, Motorola, and more. Both buttons are typically on the right side of the phone.
A brief flash and animation confirms the screenshot was captured. Some phones also play a shutter sound.
Most Android phones show a small toolbar with options to crop, edit, or share the screenshot immediately after taking it.
The screenshot saves to your Gallery app (Samsung) or Google Photos under a Screenshots album.
On Samsung phones, you can also take a screenshot by swiping the edge of your hand across the screen from right to left. This must be enabled first in Settings → Advanced Features → Motions and Gestures → Palm swipe to capture.
This works on Windows 10 and Windows 11. Your screen will dim slightly and a small toolbar appears at the top of the screen.
You can choose from Rectangular Snip, Freeform Snip, Window Snip, or Full Screen Snip. Rectangular is the most commonly used option.
Draw a rectangle around the area of the screen you want. Release the mouse button to capture it.
Paste it into any app — an email, Word document, or chat window — using Ctrl+V. A notification also appears to open it in the Snipping Tool editor.
Your screen will flash briefly and the screenshot saves automatically as a PNG file to Pictures → Screenshots in File Explorer. No clipboard or pasting needed.
This captures everything visible on your screen instantly. If you have multiple monitors, it captures each one as a separate file.
Your cursor changes to a crosshair. Click and drag to draw a box around the area you want to capture, then release. Hold Shift while dragging to constrain the selection.
After pressing the shortcut, press Space and your cursor changes to a camera icon. Move it over any window — it highlights in blue — then click to capture just that window with a clean drop shadow.
After capturing, a small preview thumbnail appears in the corner. Click it to open the screenshot for editing and annotation, or simply leave it — it will save on its own after a few seconds.
By default, screenshots save to your Desktop as PNG files named with the date and time. You can change the save location in the Screenshot toolbar (Command + Shift + 5).
Command+Shift+5 to open the Screenshot toolbar with every option — including screen recording — in one place. On Windows, the Snipping Tool app is also searchable directly from the Start menu if you prefer opening it that way.
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