How to Take Screenshots in Windows 11 – Guide
Windows 11 includes several keyboard shortcuts and built-in applications to quickly capture a picture of whatever’s on your computer screen. There are several ways to take a screenshot in Windows 11. Most screenshot shortcuts are the same as in Windows 10, but there are some extra screenshots features available that are exclusive to Windows 11.
Print Screen Shortcuts
Let’s start with the most obvious method: the Print Screen key (truncated to “PrntScrn” on some keyboards), which is your keyboard’s dedicated screenshot button. Full-sized keyboards usually have a dedicated print screen key, but smaller keyboards and laptops we often place the Print Screen key as a secondary function elsewhere (usually on the F12 key), in which case you need to press the “FN” key and the Print Screen key at the same time. There are several ways to use this key for screenshots, but these are the most common:
Screen crop and cut and sketch tools
Along with the standard print screen shortcuts, Windows 11 also has two built-in applications that let you click and drag to select specific areas for the screen capture: Screen Cropping and Cropping and Sketching. Technically, the two applications integrate; you use Snip & Sketch to take the screenshot and then the Snipping Tool to cut, edit or draw over the selection and save it directly as an image. The Snipping Tool menu also includes a capture delay, so you can time your screen capture to occur three, five, or 10 seconds later. The easiest way to get started is to search for “Snip Tool” in the Start menu and open it in the search results. Alternatively, you can change the function of the print key to open the crop tool instead of taking a screenshot. This is done in the Windows 11 settings menu: Here it is how to take a screenshot with the tool when it opens:
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