How to take screenshots & screen recordings on a Chromebook

Glusea

1 year ago

Glusea brings to you how to take screenshot on Chromebook.

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.

how to take screenshot on Chromebook

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 Chromebook 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.