Take a screenshot or record your screen

You can take a screenshot or record a video of your Chromebook's screen. After you capture your screen, you can view, edit, delete, and share the image or video.

Tip: Screenshots and recordings are automatically copied to your clipboard.

Take a screenshot

1. If your Chromebook has it, press the Screenshot key .
   • If your Chromebook doesn't have a Screenshot key , press Shift + Ctrl + Show windows .
   • If your external keyboard doesn't have a Show windows key , press Ctrl + Shift + F5.
2. In the menu at the bottom, select Screenshot .
3. Select an option:
   • Take a full screen screenshot .
   • Take a partial screenshot .
   • Take a window screenshot .

Tips:

• On your keyboard, to change the section that you want to screenshot, you can also press the space bar.
• You can also change the size of your screenshot. On your keyboard, press the Tab key until one of the circle corners of the section is highlighted.
  • On your keyboard, to change the height of your screenshot, press the Up arrow or Down arrow keys.
  • On your keyboard, to change the width of your screenshot, press the Left arrow or Right arrow keys.
• To take a screenshot, you can also use the menu on your screen. At the bottom, select the time Screen capture.

Record your screen

1. Press Shift + Ctrl + Show windows .
2. In the menu at the bottom, select Screen record .
3. Select an option:
   • Record the full screen .
   • Record a partial screen .
   • Record a window .
4. To stop recording, at the bottom right, select Stop recording .

Find recordings & screenshots

Recordings and screenshots get saved to your “Downloads” folder. You can change where your recordings or screenshots are saved:

1. Press Shift + Ctrl + Show windows .
2. At the bottom, select Settings   Select folder. Recordings or screenshots you take are added to the folder you select.

Learn how to open, save, or delete files.