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How to take and find screenshots on Windows 10

Avatar for Muhammad Abdullah Muhammad Abdullah December 21, 2020

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There are several apps and shortcuts available to capture the screen on Windows. Snip & Sketch, Snipping Tool are both built-in apps on Windows 10. The new “Snip & Sketch” tool is a replacement for Snipping Tool and is relatively easy to use.

In this guide, you will learn different methods on how to screenshot on Windows and where to find them on Windows 10.

Here are the apps that will help you in taking a screenshot on Windows 10:

1. Snip & Sketch

taking screenshot with snip & sketch in windows 10

Before moving forward with features, here are the types of screen snips that you can take with Snip & Sketch:

  • Rectangular Snip
  • Freeform Snip
  • Window Snip
  • Full-screen Snip

The new Snip & Sketch tool is more comfortable to access and makes it easier to share screen captures, but it lacks an important feature that keeps me a fan of the Snipping Tool. I will come to that later.

Taking a screenshot on Windows 10 with ‘Snip & Sketch’

You can access the tool with a shortcut key or by using the app.

  • Press Windows Key + Shift + S
  • Snip & Sketch will open
  • Choose screenshot mode
  • Take screenshot

The next thing you’ll see is a notification that opens into the ‘Snip & Sketch’ app. You can save your screenshot from there or make changes to it.

You can also open the app and click the New button in the upper left area to start taking a screenshot.

Cons of using Snip & Sketch

The shortcut key for the screenshot on Windows 10 is great and is very helpful, but there’s something that bothers me about ‘Snip & Sketch,’ it disappears after taking the screenshot and takes you to the main app. However, updates might bring some changes to it.

You can also choose to save your snips with an outline, which can be enabled in the Snip & Sketch settings.

2. Snipping Tool (To screenshot on Windows – All versions)

taking screenshot with snipping tool in windows 10

The Snipping Tool has been around since November 7, 2002, on Windows Vista. After opening it, click on the New button to begin the screen capture process. The default cropping type is a Rectangular Snip, but you can also make Free-form and Full-screen along with a Window Snip.

The cropping tool does not automatically save screenshots; you have to save them before quitting the application; however, it automatically copies your captures to the clipboard.

Snipping Tool has the same features as the Snip & Sketch, but Microsoft will merge it with the Snip & Sketch app in future updates.

3. Print Screen Key (PrtScr)

Another way of capturing a screenshot is to use the Print Screen option. To capture the entire screen, press the Print Screen key (aka PrtScr). Your screenshot will be saved in the Screenshots folder (OneDrive > Pictures > Screenshots) and will also be copied to your clipboard. It doesn’t show you any tool to edit or crop or do anything with the captured picture.

You can also configure the PrtScr button to open the Snip & Sketch tool by going to Settings > Ease of access > Keyboard > Print Screen shortcut and activate. You might have to restart your PC to make it work.

4. Windows Key + Print Screen

To capture the entire screen and automatically save the screenshot, touch the Windows key + the Print Screen key. Screen dimming will indicate that your screenshot was taken and is saved under This PC > Pictures > Screenshots.

All Windows screenshot shortcut keys

  • Alt + PrtScr
  • Windows + PrtScr
  • PrtScr key
  • Windows key + Shift + S

I hope, you will learn the art of capturing screens without any difficultly on Windows. If you have any issues or know any other methods to screenshot on Windows, do let us know in the comments.


Video Tutorial on How to Take a Screenshot on Windows 10

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  1. Avatar for sagartrivedisagartrivedi says

    November 11, 2019

    After reading your blog now I am working with the Snipping Tool. And it’s a very easy and helpful tool to take screenshots. Thanks for this wonderful piece of article and keep posting.

    Reply
    • Avatar for Jazib ZamanJazib Zaman says

      July 23, 2020

      Thanks Sagartrivedi. It’s nice to know that you are finding this guide helpful.

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