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Here are the Best Ways to Use Steam Screenshot Manager
Capture and share screenshots while playing on Steam
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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Steamis one of the most used gaming platforms in the world. The service offers a wide range of game genres, and it has become the go-to option for people wanting to download new games or even try the trial versions before the game is officially released.
If you’ve ever played online games, you know how important it is for you to be able to take a screenshot of the action happening on the screen.
This can be useful in various cases, but it is mainly used to keep a visual record of game bugs, gather useful information, etc.
In today’s article, we’ll explore how to use the Steam Screenshot feature, so make sure you read it thoroughly.
How to save Steam screenshots?
To take a screenshot in Steam, you can press theF12key orFn+F12on your keyboard, depending on whether theFunction key is locked or unlocked. This will take a screenshot, a thumbnail of it will be displayed near the bottom-right, and the screenshots will be saved.
This handy tool comes as a new addition to the Steam gaming platform, and it allows you to take screenshots, manage, and share them without needing to exit the program.
After you’ve created your screenshots, they can be sorted into specific folders for each game, and you can choose between saving them on your hard drive or sharing them with the Steam community.
You also have the option to keep your screenshots private if you choose to do so.
The screenshots are stored in theSteamfolder inProgram Files (x86). But since Steam creates a folder with your Account ID, the path is different for all users. Here’s the path for the Steam screenshot folder:C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\AccountID\760\remote
Once you navigate the path, there will be several folders inRemote, each with screenshots for a particular game denoted by the game number.
There’s also a simpler way to find the screenshots for any game on your computer listed in the next section.
How can I use the Steam Screenshot Manager?
1. Findscreenshots
This method is more straightforward than manually navigating through theSteamfolder inFile Explorerlooking for screenshots.
2. Change the visibility of screenshots while uploading
That’s how you can change the visibility of the screenshots. Setting the visibility toPublicwill share the screenshots on the web.
How to change the Steam screenshot folder?
In this article, we explored some of the best ways to get access, create, and also manage all the screenshots you took while playing your favorite Steam game. Also, you now know how to change the location of the Steam screenshot folder in Windows 10.
Besides, find out how tooptimize the PC for gaming and get the best performance.
Feel free to let us know if the information in this article was helpful to you by using the comment section below.
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Milan Stanojevic
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Milan has been enthusiastic about technology ever since his childhood days, and this led him to take interest in all PC-related technologies. He’s a PC enthusiast and he spends most of his time learning about computers and technology.
Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s one of the Troubleshooting experts in our worldwide team, specializing in Windows errors & software issues.
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Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s specialized in Windows errors & software issues.
