How to take a scrolling screenshot on any device

What a scrolling screenshot is

A normal screenshot captures the screen. A scrolling screenshot, also called a long screenshot or scroll capture, scrolls the content for you and stitches it into one tall image. It is ideal for long chats, receipts, articles, settings lists and full web pages.

Phones build it in. Desktop operating systems mostly do not, which is why people search for a scrolling screenshot on Windows 10, Windows 11 and Mac and come up short. For web pages, the browser is the answer.

Two things decide which method suits you: what you are capturing (a web page, a chat, a document) and what you will do with it. For sharing in a chat, an image is fine. For a record you might print or send to a company, a PDF is often easier to read, and it keeps page breaks where you expect them.

Android and Samsung

• Pixel and most Android 12+ phones: press Power and Volume down, tap Capture more in the preview, drag the handle down to include what you want, then tap Save.
• Samsung Galaxy: take a screenshot, then tap the scroll capture icon with the downward arrows on the toolbar. Keep tapping until you have enough.
• Other brands name it Scroll, Scrolling screenshot or Long screenshot, and it appears in the same preview after you capture.
• The option only appears when the screen can scroll, and some apps do not support it.

iPhone and iPad

In Safari, take a screenshot, tap the preview and choose Full Page at the top. Save it as a PDF to Files. This works for web pages and some Apple apps, not for chats or most third-party apps, and it gives you a PDF rather than a photo. Our iPhone screenshot guide has the details.

Scrolling screenshot in Chrome, Edge and Firefox

On a computer, most long screenshots are of web pages, and every major browser can do it.

• Chrome: open DevTools with F12 (Cmd + Option + I on a Mac), press Ctrl + Shift + P (Cmd + Shift + P), type screenshot and choose Capture full size screenshot. Our Chrome guide walks through it.
• Edge: press Ctrl + Shift + S and choose Capture full page.
• Firefox: right-click the page, choose Take Screenshot, then Save full page.
• Any of the three: a full page screenshot extension does the auto scroll and stitching in one click.

Take a scrolling screenshot with the NeoReader extension

NeoReader Full Page Screenshot is a free extension for Chrome, Edge and Firefox. It scrolls and stitches the whole page, shows sticky headers once instead of repeating them, then opens an editor where you can crop, draw arrows, add text and blur private details. Save as PNG, JPG or PDF, or copy it. No account, and screenshots are not stored.

1. Add NeoReader Full Page Screenshot to your browser.
2. Open the page and scroll to the bottom once so lazy-loaded images appear.
3. Click the extension icon, or use its keyboard shortcut, and choose Full page.
4. Edit if needed, then save or copy.

Windows 10 and Windows 11

Snipping Tool captures what is on screen, a window or a region, but it does not have a scrolling mode at the time of writing. For a web page, use one of the browser methods above. For a long document or app window, the options are:

• Export instead of capturing: Word, PDF readers and most apps can save or print to PDF, which keeps the whole document.
• Take several screenshots and combine them. NeoReader's Screenshot to PDF puts them in order in one PDF in your browser.
• Use a third-party capture app with a scrolling mode, such as the free, open source ShareX.

Mac

The macOS Screenshot tool (Cmd + Shift + 5) captures the screen, a window or a selection, with no scrolling capture. For web pages, Safari's Web Inspector, Chrome, Firefox and extensions can capture the whole page, which our Mac full page screenshot guide covers step by step. For other apps, export to PDF or use a third-party tool with scrolling capture.

Tips for a clean long screenshot

• Close cookie banners, chat bubbles and pop-ups first.
• Scroll to the bottom and back before capturing so images have loaded.
• For very long pages, PDF is often better than one giant image, which some apps and email clients shrink until it is unreadable.
• Blur names, emails and account numbers before sharing. A pixel blur that cannot be undone is safer than a highlighter.
• On a computer, make the window the width you want in the final image. A narrow window gives you the mobile layout of a site.