An exhaustive list of the different ways you can screenshot on a Windows laptop Updated: Aug 12, 2022 11:28 am This guide will show you the different ways of how to screenshot on laptop devices, specifically Windows laptops. We will be covering the tools available for free that come installed with Windows, as well as third-party programs (some free, some not) which can give you extra screenshot functionality.
Simply pressing the Print Screen key on your laptop keyboard (often labelled as PrtScn and located on the top right) is one of the easiest ways to screenshot on laptop devices, though there are several variances on how you can do this depending on what you want to achieve.
The Snip & Sketch tool is the latest inbuilt application for Windows that lets you screen shot on laptop devices (as well as on Windows desktop computers).
The Snipping Tool may be gradually being phased out in favour of Snip & Sketch, but you can still use this application in Windows 11, 10 and all previous iterations of the Windows OS.
The Game Bar / Xbox Game Bar / Game overlay can be used in the middle of gameplay or when using any other program to both take screenshots and to record video.
Whilst we’re here, if you’re running on a Microsoft Surface machine, rather than a full laptop, use the below shortcut to take a screenshot. This will then be saved in Pictures > Screenshots.
Besides the above methods from screenshotting on a laptop with the applications included in Windows, there are also third-party applications which also give you extra functionality. Some of the best of these are:
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