How To Take a Screenshot on iPhone

Screenshots with the iPhone in the easiest way: we will show you how to take a screenshot on iPhone using different key combinations and through assistive touch, but also how to take long screenshots (scrolling).

With an iPhone screenshot you take a capture of what’s currently on your screen’s display. You might want to send your friend a snippet of this guide, show your mom how to use a particular app, or capture an app’s error message to send to the developer.

There’s no need to install an app in order to screenshot on iPhone, a shortcut is just enough to capture the contents of your screen. The only important thing is whether you still have an iPhone with a home button, – or already one with Face ID and accordingly without a home button.

How To Screenshot on iPhone X, iPhone 11, iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 Series

Please follow the below steps to take screenshots on iPhone without home button:

(have you read our latest guide on how to unlock iPhone without passcode? – then do so!)

1.  Press and hold the power button on the right side and the volume down button on the left side at the same time. The display then lights up briefly and you have already created a iPhone screenshot.
2.  A thumbnail of the screenshot will then appear in the bottom left of the screen on your device.
3.  Open the photo by tapping to add text or a drawing with markers as needed. If you press and hold the thumbnail, you can share the screenshot. The screenshot is also saved in the photo gallery.

How To Screenshot on iPhone 6, iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 Series

There are the steps for taking screenshot on iPhones with a home button:

1. Simultaneously press and hold the power button on the right edge of the iPhone and the home button.
2. Once done, the screenshot will then appear in the bottom left of your iPhone’s display.
3. If not pressed, the screen capture will disappear after 3 seconds, but can be find on the Photo gallery.

How To Screenshot on iPhone 4, iPhone 5 and iPhone SE Series

On the older iPhone models, the power button is not on the side, but on the top edge.

1. Press the home button and the power button on the top of the device simultaneously and release them again as soon as the camera sound is heard.
2. After camera’s sound the screenshot has been taken.
3. Find your capture in “screenshots” folder in Gallery.

We’ve just seen some of the fastest methods to screenshot on iPhone easily. However, there are other methods we’d like to share with you.

Take a Screenshot on any iPhone with AssistiveTouch

If you find it too cumbersome to press the two case buttons at the same time, or if you want to take iPhone screenshots more often, you can enable “AssistiveTouch” on your Apple smartphone. This feature create a shortcut on your device based on your needs.

Here’s how to activate Assistive Touch on your Apple device:

1. open Settings and tap on “Accessibility“.
2. tap “Touch,” and then “AssistiveTouch,” and turn the feature on by tapping its switch at the top of the screen.

Once the options is activated you can do pretty much everything you want to, including taking a screen capture on your iPhone. Can be customised as needed: by long-press, double-tap or create a shortcut on your device – next to wi-fi, mobile data or bluetooth.

Take a Long Screenshot on iPhone (Scrolling)

With a scrolling screenshot on iPhone, you can take a picture of the whole page from top to bottom or the section that you specify. This method is available on Apple devices without an additional app.

1. Go to the app in which you want to take a long screenshot, for example your browser.
2. Simultaneously press the Power and Volume Up buttons to take a screenshot. On smartphones with a home button, press the home and power buttons at the same time.
3. You can now see a small preview at the bottom left. Tap on it.
4. Now select the “Full Page” mode at the top.
5. Finally, tap on “Done”.

If you want to create long screenshots in other apps, for example to save chat histories from WhatsApp in one image, use the Tailor – Screenshot Stitching app. After the first launch, allow the app to access the Photos app. Then create multiple iPhone screenshots that overlap. Stitch combines these individual images into one file.