Screenshot taking keyboard shortcuts

Taking screenshots on your computer is very easy. You don't need to install any additional software for basic capturing. We've listed screenshot-taking shortcuts for Windows, macOS, and Gnome below. Note: You may need to hold down Fn key in laptops before pressing Print Screen key.

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3	Win + Print Screen	Copy screenshot of entire screen to clipboard, save it to Pictures\Screenshots folder
5	Print Screen	Copy screenshot of entire screen to clipboard
-1	Alt + Print Screen	Copy screenshot of active window to clipboard. Details >> This shortcut will copy the active window's image into the clipboard. You can then paste it to whatever imaging program you like. Note that you cannot paste it directly as a file e.g. onto the desktop.
12	Win + ↑ Shift + S	Copy screenshot of selected area to clipboard (Windows 10)
For additional screenshot shortcuts and all Windows 10 shortcuts that may come handy, click here.

0	↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + 3	Save screenshot of entire screen as file
1	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + 3	Copy screenshot of entire screen to clipboard
1	↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + 4 then Space then then	Save screenshot of window as file
0	↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + 4 then +	Save screenshot of selected area as file
1	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + 4 then Space then then	Copy screenshot of window to clipboard
2	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + 4 then +	Copy screenshot of selected area to clipboard
For all macOS shortcuts, take a look at this article.

-1	Print Screen	(then set the name and click "Save") Save screenshot of entire screen as file
0	Ctrl + Print Screen	Copy screenshot of entire screen to clipboard
1	Ctrl + Alt + Print Screen	Copy screenshot of active window to clipboard
0	Alt + Print Screen	(then set the name and click "Save") Save screenshot of window as file
1	↑ Shift + Print Screen	(then set the name and click "Save") Save screenshot of selected area as file
1	Alt + Print Screen	(then click "Copy to Clipboard") Copy screenshot of window to clipboard
0	↑ Shift + Print Screen	(then click "Copy to Clipboard") Copy screenshot of selected area to clipboard
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + Alt + R	Screencasting
These are only screenshot taking shortcuts for KDE. For all useful KDE shortcuts, take a look at this article.

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