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How to Take a Screenshot on your iPhone

Learn how to take a Snapshot on your iPhone and Save the Screen contents on your iOS device for future reference.

There are a number of reasons why you’d want to take a screenshot on your iPhone or iPad devices. It may be to report a bug in an app, it may be to share something on the screen with your friends or family, or it may be to save something on the screen on an iPhone or iPad for future reference. Whatever may be the case, we all take screenshots on our iOS devices multiple times, so much so that Apple added a whole smart album called ‘Screenshots’ in the default Photos app on iOS.

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How to Take a Screenshot on your iPhone
Learn how to take a Snapshot on your iPhone and Save the Screen contents on your iOS device for future reference.
How to take a Screenshot on iPhone X, iPhone Xs and iPhone Xr devices
How to take a Screenshot on iPhone 5(s), iPhone 6(s), iPhone 7/7 Plus and iPhone 8/8 Plus devices
How to take a full page screenshot on iPhone
How do you save a full page screenshot on iPhone?
Can you take full page screenshots of anything on an iPhone?
Where do screen grabs go on iPhone?
How do you take a quick screenshot on iPhone?
How do I screen grab a picture?

That said, the process of taking a screenshot on iPhone or iPad is different depending on which generation of iPhone you have. Let’s take a detailed look at how to take a screenshot on each iPhone device.

How to take a Screenshot on iPhone X, iPhone Xs and iPhone Xr devices

If you have an iPhone X, iPhone Xs or iPhone Xs Max, or even an iPhone Xr device, here’s how easy it is to take a snapshot of the screen on your phone.

Place a finger on the Sleep/Wake button on the right edge of your iPhone
Place another finger on the Volume Up button on the left edge of your iPhone.
Simultaneously press both these buttons, and wait till you hear a confirmation sound and your device screen will flash once briefly.
If your device is running iOS 11 or later on your device, the screenshot you’ve just taken will shrink down to the bottom of the screen, where you can take any action on it directly, such as sharing it with anyone or cropping it to any size you want.

If no action is taken, the iPhone X screenshot is automatically saved to the Camera Roll.
For devices running older versions of iOS, you won’t see a thumbnail preview, but the screenshot is automatically saved to your Camera Roll.

How to take a Screenshot on iPhone 5(s), iPhone 6(s), iPhone 7/7 Plus and iPhone 8/8 Plus devices

If your iPhone is from any of the iPhone generations listed above, here’s how to save a copy of your iPhone screen and take a screenshot for future reference. Don’t worry, the process is just as easy as it is on modern iPhones, just with a different set of buttons.

Place a finger on the Home button at the bottom of the screen.
Place another finger on the Volume Up button.
Press both buttons simultaneously, and wait till you hear a confirmation sound and notice the screen flash briefly.
If your device is running iOS 11 or later on your device, the screenshot you’ve just taken will shrink down to the bottom of the screen, where you can take any action on it directly, such as sharing it with anyone or cropping it to any size you want.
If no action is taken, the screenshot is automatically saved to the Camera Roll.
For devices running older versions of iOS, you won’t see a thumbnail preview, but the screenshot is automatically saved to your Camera Roll.

Where has this trick been all of our lives? Credit: mashable composite: apple

Today in "things we learned on the internet," TikTok users are sharing a handy iPhone screenshotting tip.

You may think you already know how to screenshot on an iPhone, but did you know you could screenshot an entire webpage on your iPhone, then save it as a PDF and revisit its contents whenever your little heart desires? Taking full-page screenshots on iPhones is super simple and helpful, yet I, a person who's owned an iPhone for over a decade, had no idea it was possible until I watched this TikTok video.

If you, like me, are tired of screenshotting webpages on your phone in chunks and struggling to figure out which order they go in, this handy hack is for you. Allow me to walk you through the steps of how to take a full page screenshot on an iPhone, and you'll be taking your own full page screenshots in no time.

How to take a full page screenshot on iPhone

It may or may not surprise you, but taking a full page screenshot on an iPhone is just as simple as taking a regular screenshot. You can take a full page screenshot on your iPhone 11, iPhone 12, or any iPhone or iPad, as long as the device is running iOS 13, iPadOS 13 or later. Here's how:

Navigate to your desired webpage in the Safari app
Snap away (screenshot) by simultaneously pressing the lock button and volume up button
Then keep an eye out for the preview of your screenshot that appears in the lower lefthand corner of your phone screen
Once you see the preview, tap it and you'll be taken to a screen that gives you image editing abilities (here, you'll have the option to crop the screenshot, mark it up, add your signature, and more)
After you've completed your desired edits, you'll notice two options above the image. The default screenshot option is "Screen," but to the right of that you'll see a "Full Page" option.
Select "Full Page" to transform your regular screenshot into a full page screenshot, then use the slider on the right side of your screen to navigate the length of your screenshotted webpage.

Here's how to create a full page screenshot. Credit: mashable composite: apple

How do you save a full page screenshot on iPhone?

Learning how to take full page screenshots on iPhones is easy. The only thing that's a bit tricky is the process you'll undergo to save them. Unlike normal screenshots, full page screenshots aren't saved to Photos.

After you've edited a full page iPhone screenshot to your satisfaction, tap "Done" in the upper lefthand corner of your screen. This will prompt you to delete the screenshot or save it as a PDF to Files. Should you choose to save the full page screenshot, you'll be given several options, such as saving the screenshot to your a folder in your iCloud Drive or saving it to your iPhone in a folder such as Pages. (You'll also have the option to create a new folder to store your full-page screenshot. You can do that by tapping the folder icon in the upper righthand corner of your screen near the "Save" option.)

Once you figure out where you'd like to save your file simply smash that save button and you're all set.

How to save your full page screenshot. Credit: mashable composite: apple

Can you take full page screenshots of anything on an iPhone?

Sadly, full page iPhone screenshots seem to be limited to the Safari app, which means you can't save full page recaps of iMessage chats, social media feeds, or Slack DMs. If you attempt to full page screenshot anything outside of the Safari app the "Full Page" option won't appear on your editing screen, which is how you'll know the feature can't be utilized.

Though the option to take a full page screenshot on an iPhone 11, iPhone 12, or iPad technically isn't new, I have to imagine there are more than a few device owners out there using iOS 13 or iPadOS 13 who still have yet to uncover the trick. If you're already familiar with full-page screenshots, you're ahead of the game. Now spread the word. The iPhone screenshotters of this world need to know these tricks.

This article originally published in March 2021, and was updated in July 2022.