Administrator Updated on March 31, 2023 Screenshots are a helpful way of saving images from your computer. Screenshotting is the art of taking a picture of whatever is on your screen, whether for personal use or for sharing something with a friend. After all, nothing beats a good screenshot!
There is a need to take screenshots directly from your PC screen on many occasions, but many Windows 11 users don't know how to take them. If you are also one of them, you will learn different methods to quickly and easily take screenshots on Windows 11.
Press PrtSc key
You might not be aware of how easily you can get the screenshot by pressing the PrtSc key on the keyboard. When you press it, the screenshot will be saved to the clipboard without having any indication given to you. If you are sure that you have pressed the correct key, open paint or MS word, and press Ctrl + V to paste the copied screenshot. This is the quickest method to take the screenshot on windows 11.
Press win key + PrtSc
Another option to take a screenshot on Windows 11 is to press the win key + PrtSc. By pressing these keys, you will get the indication of taking a screenshot with the flashing of your desktop screen, and the screenshot will be saved to the picture folder, where you can locate it in the subfolder (screenshots).
Snipping tool menu
If you don’t want to take the entire screen’s screenshot, then you can use the snip & sketch menu. By pressing the combination of Win + Shift+ S keys, you will see the snipping tool menu at the top of the screen. The snipping tool menu gives you four options to take a screenshot.
- Rectangular
- Snip Freeform
- Window Snip
- Full-screen Snip
Select the preferred option according to your needs and take a screenshot. It will be saved to the clipboard, which will pop up on the bottom right side of the screen. Click on it to preview your screenshot in the snip& sketch windows. If you want to crop it or highlight something in your screenshot, you can edit it from here.
After that, right next to the zoom option, click on the save as option and save it to your desired location.
Use snipping tool
If you are not comfortable with the snipping tool menu, you can open the snipping tool app, which gives you some extra features like a time delay option to take screenshots.
Open snipping tool. Click on the search bar icon, type the snipping tool, and click to open it.
After that, if you want to set a timer for your screenshot, click on Delay snip creation. You can also change the snipping mode just like you have changed the snipping mode in the snipping tool menu.
Now click on new and take a screenshot. For example, if you have selected the rectangular snip, click from the space you want to start and drag your cursor to the area you want to cover up in your snip.
Use the Game bar
You can take screenshots or record the screen using the Xbox Game bar. Press the win key + G key to call up the game bar. You can press the screenshot button in the game bar to take a screenshot. Apart from that, you can also record the screen, with voice and without voice. Note that, with the help of the game bar, the desktop screen and file explorer cannot be recorded.
Final thoughts
These are the methods you can use to take your Windows 11 PC screenshots. As you see, different ways can be used to take screenshots. It depends on you which type of method you adopt to take a screenshot on your Windows 11.
