This will take a screenshot of the active window or program.

Users can take a screenshot of a specific window or program by pressing Alt+PrtScn. Taking Specific Screenshots with Snip & Sketch This will allow users to draw a rectangle around the area they want to capture. Users can capture a rectangular snip by pressing Win+Shift+R. This will allow users to draw a shape around the area they want to capture. Users can capture a free-form snip by pressing Win+Shift+A. This will take a screenshot of the active window. Users can capture a window snip by pressing Win+Shift+W. This will take a screenshot of the entire screen. Users can capture a full-screen snip by pressing Win+Shift+F. Snip & Sketch offers four types of snips: full-screen, window, free-form, and rectangular. Turn on the toggle under Print Screen shortcut to use the PrtScn button to open screen snipping.Different Types of Snips in Snip & Sketch Or you can go to Settings > Ease of Access > Keyboard. To enable that, go the Windows Settings, search for “ PrtScn” in Settings, you can find a page with a toggle switch that says “ Use the Print Screen key to launch screen snipping.” Turn on this toggle. If you found the above keyboard shortcut is too long to remember, you can even press just the screen print key on the keyboard to quickly bring up the snipping bar and take a screenshot. The area you snipped will be saved to your clipboard and you will also have the option to edit or annotate it with Snip & Sketch app, and share it with other people from there. Press Windows logo key + Shift + S key combination on your keyboard to open the snipping bar, then drag the cursor over the area you want to capture. Here we will show you two easier ways you can capture screen without launching the Snip & Sketch tool first.

You can find and launch this new snipping program from Windows Start menu. Refer to this guide to capture screen using Windows Snipping Tool for more details. The Snip & Sketch tool is still included on Windows 10 though and still appears as a distinct app in the Microsoft Store. You may have noticed that the new Snipping Tool in Windows 11 uses the old Snip and Sketch icon. Microsoft is replacing its older Snip & Sketch tool with the more straightforward Snipping Tool for screenshots and screen recording. You have various options when you need to take a screenshot on a Windows 10 computer.

Snip & sketch shortcut