Take a screenshot or record your screen

1. If your Chromebook has it, press the Screenshot key 👁 Image
   .
   • If your Chromebook has no Screenshot key:
     • At the bottom right of your screen, select Settings 👁 Image
       👁 and then
       Screen Capture 👁 Image
       .
     • Press Shift + Ctrl + Show windows 👁 Image
       .
   • If your external keyboard doesn't have a Show windows key 👁 Image
     , press Ctrl + Shift + F5.
2. In the menu at the bottom, select Screenshot 👁 Image
   .
3. Select an option:
   • Take a full screen screenshot 👁 Image
     .
   • Take a partial screenshot 👁 Image
     .
   • Take a window screenshot 👁 Image
     .

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 👁 Image
    or Down arrow 👁 Image
    keys.
  • On your keyboard, to change the width of your screenshot, press the Left arrow 👁 Image
    or Right arrow 👁 Image
    keys.
• To take a screenshot, you can also use the menu on your screen. At the bottom, select the time 👁 and then
  Screen capture.

1. Press Shift + Ctrl + Show windows 👁 Image
   .
2. At the bottom, select Screen record 👁 Image
   .
3. Select an option:
   • Record the full screen 👁 Image
     .
   • Record a partial screen 👁 Image
     .
   • Record a window 👁 Image
     .
4. At the bottom, select Settings 👁 Image
   .
   • To record a video with your camera on, turn on Front Camera.
   • To record a video with audio, you can select:
     • Device audio
     • Microphone
     • Device audio and microphone
   • To show key combos, mouse clicks, and touch gestures when you record, turn on Show clicks and keys.
5. To start recording:
   • To record full screen: Click anywhere on your screen.
   • To record partial screen: Select a part of the screen to be recorded. From the drop down, you can select:
     • Record video: File format is .webm.
     • Record GIF: File format is .gif.
   • To record window: Select a window to record.
6. To stop recording, at the bottom right, select Stop recording 👁 Image
   .
   • To stop recording, you can also use the keyboard shortcut Search + Shift + X.

Recordings and screenshots get saved to your “Downloads” folder. You can change where your recordings or screenshots are saved:

1. Press Shift + Ctrl + Show windows 👁 Image
   .
2. At the bottom, select Settings 👁 Image
   👁 and then
   Select folder.
   • Recordings or screenshots you take are added to the folder you select.

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