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How to Take a Scrolling Screenshot on Windows 11
Learn the different ways to capture scrolling screenshots
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
updated onOctober 4, 2023
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While Windows comes with theability to take screenshots built-in, you won’t get other options, such as scrolling screenshots. For that, you have to rely on browsers that offer scrolling screenshot options, which will be restricted to only web pages.
For a specific window or Windows app, you need to take the help of third-party screenshot-taking apps. In this guide, we will explain the different ways of taking scrolling screenshots on your Windows 11 PC. Let us get right into it.
What are the benefits of taking scrolling screenshots?
Before you jump ahead and start taking scrolling screenshots, first, let us understand some of the benefits of taking scrolling screenshots over normal screenshots.
So, taking a scrolling screenshot lets you save time and capture more in just a few or a single click.
How to take scrolling screenshots in Windows 11?
1. Capture scrolling screenshot in the web browser
The scrolling screenshot will be captured by Microsoft Edge. However, do note that only the active tab will be captured. You can make use of different editing tools or the inbuilt screenshot editor to edit the screenshot.
The best part about this extension, or any other Google Chrome extension for that matter, is that you can use it on Microsoft Edge as well.
2. Capture scrolling screenshots for Windows apps
ShareX is brilliant software available for free and lets you take different types of screenshots, including scrolling screenshots. Apart from screenshots, you can also record videos with them.
It is a nice tool that lets you capture scrolling screenshots of a webpage and any Windows app.
The captured screenshot will open in the built-in editor of the Tweakshot app, which you can use to highlight or add text, or basically do anything with the image.
Tweakshot also offers different options such as taking normal screenshots, full-screen screenshots, capturing Windows apps, video recording, screen color picker, and much more.
One thing is clear, to capture scrolling screenshots of Windows apps, you need to make use of various third-party screenshot-taking tools. Our dedicated guide lists some of thebest screenshot-taking toolsyou can opt for.
Popular browsers such as Firefox, Microsoft Edge, etc., let you take scrolling screenshots inbuilt. For those who make use of Google Chrome, you can easily download an extension as shown above and take scrolling screenshots.
We also have a guide that properly explainshow to disable the PrintScr buttonon your keyboard. You can disable the PrintScr button and map it to perform something elsewith different keyboard mapping tools.
You can also check out the different methodsto add text in the Snipping Tool, the default screenshot and video recording tool on Windows 11.
Feel free to let us know in the comments below which one of the above methods you utilized to take scrolling screenshots on Windows 11.
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Sagar Naresh
Sagar is a web developer and technology journalist. Currently associated with WindowsReport and SamMobile. When not writing, he is either at the gym sweating it out or playing country music on his guitar.
He is an avid traveler and has been to 15 countries, going to more places soon. TRAVEL and WORK is his mantra for a peaceful life.
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