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 , press Shift + Ctrl + Show windows .
- If your external keyboard doesn't have a Show windows key , press Ctrl + Shift + F5.
- In the menu at the bottom, select Screenshot .
- 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
- 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 .
- 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.