How to Use the Snipping Tool to Screenshot

PressWindows Key + Shift + Son your keyboard.

Your screenshot will automatically be saved to your computers clipboard, so you might easily share it afterward.

pick the editing tools you would like to use in the Snipping Tool.

Windows 11 snipping options

This allows you to paste the image into instant messengers and other applications.

To do this, youll need to kick off the screenshot in the Snipping Tool itself.

Here’s how that works.

Snipping Tool notification pop-up in Windows 11

Click or tap the screenshot pop-up in the bottom right corner of the screen.

Finally, click theSave asicon at the top to save the image.

This icon looks like a floppy disk and can be found to the right of the magnifying glass.

Snipping Tool notification in Windows 11

Open controls on your box.

Navigate to and selectAccessibility.

SelectKeyboardunder the Interaction section.

Editing images in Snipping Tool

ToggleUse Print screen button to open screen snippingto on.

To take a full screenshot, pressCommand+Shift+3.

UseCommand+Shift+4to capture a specific window or do a screen recording.

Settings in Windows 11 with Accessibility highlighted

ChromeOS also has its own screenshot app, called Screen Capture.

Select it from theQuick controls.

Alternatively, pressCtrl+Window Shiftfor a full screen orShift+Ctrl+Window Shiftfor a partial screenshot.

Accessibility settings in Windows 11 with Keyboard highlighted

Keyboard accessibility settings in Windows 11