This will save what’s displayed on your PC screen inside the clipboard.

For very simple editing, you’re able to use Paint which is available in all Windows versions.

you’re able to also grab a full screen capture without any modifications by pressingWin + PrtSc.

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This is useful when you’re gonna wanna take several screenshots in quick succession.

To only capture the contents of the active window, useWin + Alt + PrtSc.

Then use Paint to save it as explained above.

Both are meant to give you instant ways to annotate and crop your screen captures.

To open Snipping Tool, look it up from the Start menu or press .

Choose the desired delay and then perform a snip like you normally would.

Look up the Steps Recorder in the Start Menu.

If you’re still on Windows 7, you won’t find this utility on Start.

Instead press Windows + R, throw in “psr” and then press Enter.

This method also works on Windows 10 and 11.

PressingWin + Gshould pop up the Xbox Game Bar.

To use Ansel, press Alt + F2 to bring up the corresponding GeForce experience overlay.

You’ll see a notification whenever you take a screenshot.

These usually offer a variety of editing and export features that can save you time and simplify your workflow.

Once installed, ShareX will work with the default screenshot hotkeys in Windows.

A third app to consider would beGreenshot, a long time screen capture tool for sysadmins and power users.

It’s a relatively lightweight tool with a small memory footprint.

If the capture includes text, you could even attempt to extract text from it.