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
- If your Chromebook has it, press the Screenshot key
.
- If your Chromebook doesn't have a Screenshot key
.
- If your external keyboard doesn't have a Show windows key
- If your Chromebook doesn't have a Screenshot key
- In the menu at the bottom, select Screenshot
.
- Select an option:
- Take a full screen screenshot
.
- Take a partial screenshot
.
- Take a window screenshot
.
- Take a full screen 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.
- On your keyboard, to change the height of your screenshot, press the Up arrow
- To take a screenshot, you can also use the menu on your screen. At the bottom, select the time
Screen capture.
Record your screen
- Press Shift + Ctrl + Show windows
- In the menu at the bottom, select Screen record
.
- Select an option:
- Record the full screen
- Record a partial screen
- Record a window
- Record the full screen
- 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:
- Press Shift + Ctrl + Show windows
- At the bottom, select Settings
Select folder. Recordings or screenshots you take are added to the folder you select.
Dell Laptop:
Windows key + print screen key for a full screen shot that will save to screenshot folder in pictures.
windows key - shift - s to drag and select an area for a screenshot. The selected area will then save to your clipboard and can be immediately copied and pasted.
The selected area will also open in a window which you can then save by hitting the save icon should you need to.
*Once in the clipboard the screenshot can be immediately pasted into this ticket system without having to upload the file. Ctrl v right into the ticket response.