Many people take screenshots on phones and desktops. I often take screenshots on my smartphone for my blogs. Sometimes, I require long screenshots within one screen. Taking a long scrolling screenshot on Android, iOS or desktop has its ways. Therefore, let’s examine the article to learn how to capture scrolling screenshots on different devices.
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How to take a long scrolling screenshots on an Android device
Using Built-in feature
Different brands of Android phones have other ways to take long scrolling screenshots. Let’s have a look.
How to take long scrolling screenshots on Samsung phones
- Open the webpage or article or any content whose screenshot is to be taken.
- Press the power button and volume down button at once.
- Tap the ‘Scroll capture’ option at the bottom of the phone’s screen. Tap and hold the downward pointing arrows and the screenshot will extend down the screen.
- You will get that long scrolling screenshot.
How to take long scrolling screenshots in Oneplus/OPPO/Realme phones
- There is a similar process of taking screenshots in all Android phones whereas there is a slight difference only.
- Press the power button and volume down button simultaneously.
- Then, you will see a preview of your screenshot with a button ‘scroll’. Tap it, you’ll go to a new page in which you will see the content scrolling down.
- Select ‘Done’ and save the screenshot.
How to take long scrolling screenshots on Vivo/iQOO phones
Vivo and iQOO use the same FuntouchOS, you will have a similar interface on these phones.
- Press the Power and Volume down button simultaneously.
- Now, you’ll see a button, ‘Long Screenshot’ on your screen. Tap it to start taking screenshots.
- Scroll down on the page and when you reach your desired point, tap Save.
How to take long scrolling screenshots in Xiaomi/Redmi/Poco phones
Xiaomi, Redmi, and Poco phones have the same process to capture screenshots as they run MIUI on top of Android. Here is the step to take a screenshot.
- Press the Power button and volume down button to capture a screenshot.
- You’ll now see a ‘Scroll’ button on your screen. Tap on the button.
- On the next page, the screen starts scrolling down. Touch the screen to stop capturing and save it.
Using Third-party Apps
Old Android phones do not have access to take long screenshots, you can use third-party apps instead. Google Play Store has tons of apps for taking long scrolling screenshots. Let’s look at one of the apps called ‘Longshot’ and how to use it.
- Download and Install the ‘Longshot’ app on your phone and open it.
- Tap on the ‘Capture screenshot’ section and select ‘Auto-scroll’.
- Now, tap the blue camera icon and select ‘Start now’.
- Open the interface you want to capture a screenshot and select start.
- The app will start capturing the scrolling screenshot.
- Tap on the screen to stop the screenshot and tap on Save.
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Using Built-in feature
- On your iPhone, go to the page you want a screenshot from.
- Press the power and volume up buttons on your iPhone. In earlier versions, press the power button and home button simultaneously.
- Tap the screenshot thumbnail.
- Select the ‘Full Page’ tab on the screen.
- Tap ‘Done’ and save it.
Using Third-party apps
We can also use third-party apps like ‘Picsew’ to take long-scrolling screenshots. Let’s have a look at the steps to use it.
- Download and install the ‘Picsew’ app from the App Store.
- Open the app and stitch together all the screenshots.
- Follow the prompts to create a scrolling screenshot.
How to take long scrolling screenshots on Desktop devices
There are various ways to take scrolling screenshots on the Desktop devices. Let’s discuss them.
One method is to choose the print option. Even if your device is not connected to the printer, a print-to-PDF option in the printers will save the content in a PDF format.
How to take long scrolling screenshots on Microsoft Edge and Firefox
These browsers have built-in options for capturing screenshots in Microsoft Edge and Firefox. In Microsoft Edge,
- Click the three dots in the top right corner, then click ‘Screenshot’.
- Choose the ‘Capture Full Page’ option.
- Right-click on the page, and choose ‘Take Screenshot’.
- Tap on ‘Save Full Page’.
How to take long scrolling screenshots on Google Chrome
• Install the ‘GoFullPage’ extension from Chrome WebStore.
• Open the web page you want to take a screenshot of.
• Click on ‘GoFullPage’ extension icon.
• The extension will automatically scroll and capture the desired screenshot.
Conclusion
Taking scrolling screenshots on Android, iOS and desktop has been easier with the built-in feature and third-party apps. You can now easily capture screenshots by following the given steps in this article.
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Santoshi Gupta was born and brought up in Butwal. She graduated from Butwal Multiple Campus affiliated with Tribhuvan University – Institute of Science and Technology (IOST) in Computer Science and Information Technology (CSIT).
She is a content writer of TechKitab and a dedicated team member of digital marketing department at Tech Bloggers Association of Nepal (TBAN). As a tech enthusiast, she aims to educate, inspire, and motivate her readers by creating informative and technical content useful for young personalities to deal with the technological world. Her dedication to being up-to-date with new technologies helps to create fruitful content for the audience.