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Different Ways of Taking Scrolling Screenshot on Windows 10
Check out the different apps and tools you can use to take scrolling screenshots
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
updated onOctober 4, 2023
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Screenshots are necessary as it helps to save information without needing to note it down. You can always open the screenshot and refer to it for information. Windows offers the ability to take screenshots inbuilt. However, that is restricted to screenshots for the active window or a selected area.
It cannot take scrolling screenshots. This guide will give you multiple ways to take scrolling screenshots on your Windows 10 PC. This would also involve using several third-party apps to accomplish the task. Let us get right into it.
How to take scrolling screenshots in Windows 10?
1. Capture a scrolling screenshot in the browser
This will capture the scrolling screenshot on Microsoft Edge’s active tab. Do note that you can later edit this screenshot and annotate it.
You can use this same extension for Microsoft Edge as well. However, since Edge already has a built-in option, you can use that, as shown above.
2. Capture scrolling screenshots for Windows apps
ShareX is an excellent piece of software that lets you take different screenshots, such as scrolling screenshots. It also is a great video recording tool.
Using ShareX, you can take scrolling screenshots of a webpage or a browser and any Windows app, for that matter.
Once the screenshot has been captured, you can easily edit the photo in the screenshot editor. It will open right after the screenshot has been taken.
Apart from scrolling screenshots, you can take Tweakshot to take regular and full-screen screenshots, capture windows, use the image editor, video record, screen color picker, and more.
So, to take scrolling screenshots on your Windows PC, you have to rely on third-party tools, as mentioned above, if you want to take screenshots of a Windows app or games specifically.
Otherwise, popular browsers such as Firefox and Opera can take scrolling screenshots. You can use an extension on Google Chrome to take scrolling screenshots on Windows 10.
We have a dedicated guide that lists some of thebest screenshot-taking toolsyou can opt for on your Windows 10 PC.
You can also refer to our guide that explainshow you can disable the PrintScr buttonon your keyboard, which is usually meant to capture screenshots on a Windows PC.
We also have a guide that explains the different methods that willhelp you to add text in the Snipping Tool. For those who don’t know, Snipping Tool is Microsoft’s default screenshot tool on Windows OS.
Feel free to let us know in the comments below which methods you used to take scrolling screenshots on Windows 10.
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Sagar Naresh
Sagar is a web developer and technology journalist. Currently associated with WindowsReport and SamMobile. When not writing, he is either at the gym sweating it out or playing country music on his guitar.
He is an avid traveler and has been to 15 countries, going to more places soon. TRAVEL and WORK is his mantra for a peaceful life.
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