Use Snipping Tool to capture screenshots

Open Snipping Tool

There are four ways to open Snipping Tool:

• Select the Start  button, enter snipping tool, then select Snipping Tool from the results.

• Press Windows logo key  + Shift + S for a static image snip.

• Press Print Screen (PrtSc) for a static image snip.

• Press Windows logo key  + Shift + R for a video snip.

Capture a snip (Windows 11):

In Snipping Tool, select Mode. In earlier versions of Windows, select the arrow next to the New button. Next, when you choose the kind of snip you want, you’ll see the whole screen change slightly to gray. Then, choosing from anything currently displayed on the screen, select the area of your screen that you want to capture.

(Capture a snip (Windows 10):

In Snipping Tool, select Mode. In earlier versions of Windows, select the arrow next to the New button. Next, when you choose the kind of snip you want, you’ll see the whole screen change slightly to gray. Then, choosing from anything currently displayed on the screen, select the area of your screen that you want to capture.

Annotate a snip:

After you capture an image snip, you can:

• Write or draw on or around it by selecting the Pen or Highlighter buttons.

• Add shapes or emojis to the snip by selecting the Shapes button.

• Select Eraser to remove the lines or shapes you've added.

• Crop the image by selecting the Image crop button.

Original Microsoft Article