How to Take a Screenshot on a Mobile Device

Written By Evan Kanouse (Super Administrator)

Updated at February 11th, 2022

iPhone Devices

Take a screenshot on your iPhone

Quickly save what's on your screen.

How to take a screenshot on iPhone 13 and other models with Face ID

  1. Press the side button and the volume up button at the same time.
    Image shows arrows pointing to side and volume up buttons
  2. Quickly release both buttons.
  3. After you take a screenshot, a thumbnail temporarily appears in the lower-left corner of your screen. Tap the thumbnail to open it or swipe left to dismiss it.


How to take a screenshot on iPhone models with Touch ID and side button

  1. Press the side button and the Home button at the same time.
  2. Quickly release both buttons.
  3. After you take a screenshot, a thumbnail temporarily appears in the lower-left corner of your screen. Tap the thumbnail to open it or swipe left to dismiss it.


How to take a screenshot on iPhone models with Touch ID and top button

  1. Press the top button and the Home button at the same time.
    Image shows arrows pointing to top and Home buttons
  2. Quickly release both buttons.
  3. After you take a screenshot, a thumbnail temporarily appears in the lower-left corner of your screen. Tap the thumbnail to open it or swipe left to dismiss it.

Where to find screenshots

Open Photos, then go to Albums > Media Types > Screenshots.


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Android Devices

You can take a picture (screenshot) or record a video of your phone's screen. After you capture your screen, you can view, edit, and share the image or video.

Important: Some of these steps work only on Android 11 and up. Learn how to check your Android version.

Take a screenshot

  1. Open the screen that you want to capture.
  2. Depending on your phone:
    • Press the Power and Volume down buttons at the same time.
    • If that doesn’t work, press and hold the Power button for a few seconds. Then tap Screenshot.
    • If neither of these work, go to your phone manufacturer’s support site for help.
  3. At the bottom left, you’ll find a preview of your screenshot. On some phones, at the top of the screen, you'll find Screenshot capture .

Take a scrolling screenshot

Important: These steps work only on Android 12, on most screens that allow you to scroll.
  1. Open the screen that you want to capture.
  2. Press the Power and Volume down buttons at the same time. 
  3. At the bottom, tap Capture more.
  4. To select the content you want to capture, use the crop guidelines.

Find, share & edit your screenshot

Tip: If you don't have the Photos app, you're likely running an older Android version. Open your phone's Gallery app and tap Album view  Screenshots folder.

  1. Open your phone's Photos app .
  2. Tap Library  Screenshots.
    • To share a screenshot, tap Share .
    • To edit a screenshot, tap Edit Edit.

Record your phone screen

  1. Swipe down twice from the top of your screen.
  2. Tap Screen record .
    • You might need to swipe right to find it.
    • If it's not there, tap Edit  and drag Screen record  to your Quick Settings.
  3. Choose what you want to record and tap Start. The recording begins after the countdown.
  4. To stop recording, swipe down from the top of the screen and tap the Screen recorder notification .

Find screen recordings

  1. Open your phone's Photos app .
  2. Tap Library  Movies.

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