Your screen will dim, and a toolbar will appear at the top. You can choose: Rectangular Snip: Draw a box around a specific area. Freeform Snip: Draw any shape you want. Window Snip: Capture a specific app window. Fullscreen Snip: Capture the whole display.
Suddenly, the humble PrtScn key got a PhD in design.
If you use the key but don't know where the image went, use this method: windows print screen
It became a digital camera for your RAM. But because the name was already printed on a billion keyboards, it stuck. We’ve been living a lie for 30 years.
If you go to (or just search "Print Screen"), you can flip a switch that changes the key’s behavior forever. Your screen will dim, and a toolbar will appear at the top
Windows 11 (and updated Windows 10) replaced the old "Snip & Sketch" with the updated . This is now the most versatile way to capture your screen.
It doesn’t save a file automatically. You must "Paste" (Ctrl + V) the image into a program like Paint, Word, or Slack to see it. The Modern Way: Snipping Tool (Win + Shift + S) Window Snip: Capture a specific app window
Even if you don't remap the key, you need to memorize this chord: .