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iPad User Guide

Take a screenshot on iPad

When you need to capture what’s on your iPad screen, take a picture of it so you can view it later, share it with others, or attach it to documents. You can grab a full screenshot or save a specific portion.

Take a screenshot

Take a screenshot with an iPad that has a Home button

  1. Quickly press and release the top button and the Home button at the same time.

    👁 An iPad with a Home button. Arrows point to the Home button and the top button.

  2. Tap the screenshot thumbnail in the lower-left corner of the screen

  3. Edit, send, save, or cancel the screenshot.

Edit, send, save, or cancel the screenshot

👁 The screenshot screen, with buttons along the top (from left to right) for Close Window, Live Text, Markup, Share, and Done. Along the bottom are Markup tools.

After you take a screenshot, do any of the following:

Take a full-page screenshot

You can take a screenshot of content that exceeds the length of your iPad screen, such as an entire webpage in Safari.

  1. Do one of the following:

    • On an iPad with Face ID: Quickly press and release the top button and either volume button at the same time.

    • On an iPad with a Home button: Quickly press and release the top button and the Home button at the same time.

  2. Tap the screenshot thumbnail in the lower-left corner of the screen.

  3. Tap Full Page, tap Done, then do one of the following:

Other ways to take screenshots

Here are some alternate ways to take a screenshot:

Change the default settings for screenshots

You can adjust the screen capture settings so that screenshots appear in full screen or as temporary thumbnails in the bottom-left corner. You can also save screenshots in SDR or HDR format. See Change the screen capture settings.

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