For a variety of reasons, we often find ourselves in situations where we need to take a quick screenshot with our iPhones regardless of the model we use. For instance, you might need to save a cool Instagram post on your new iPhone 14 or keep up with the latest fashion trends so you can dress better. You may also want to save a sweet text conversation you had with friends or family on your iPhone 7.
Whatever the reason, here are some simple methods for taking an iPhone screenshot.
How to Take a Screenshot iPhone12, 13, and 14
So, how do you take a screenshot on an iPhone? How you do it depends on what kind of iPhone you have and if it has Touch ID or not. The Home button and Touch ID sensor were built into the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus for the last time. Let’s go over them one after the other.
How to Take a Screenshot Without the Home Button on an iPhone
If you have an iPhone 11, 12, 13 or 14 phones, you’ve probably taken a lot of screenshots by accident, pressing the right buttons at the wrong time. But here’s how to take a screenshot on the iPhone 11 and other newer models on consciously.
Hold the power button and the volume up button simultaneously. Then push the buttons. If you do it wrong, nothing will happen, or Siri might be woken up. If you press the button for too long, the SOS screen will show up.
When you do everything right, the screen will flash, and you’ll hear a camera shutter. A small copy of your screenshot will float at the bottom left of your screen. You can tap on it and go into Markup mode to crop, edit, or add text right away without going into the Photos app.
If you don’t want to edit your iPhone screenshot, you can either swipe the mini version away or wait a few seconds for it to disappear on its own. Your screenshot will be saved in the Photos app in this case.
You now know how to take a screenshot on the iPhone 12 and other new phones that don’t have a home button. Let’s take a look at older models.
How to take Screenshots on iPhones with a Home Button
- Hold down the ‘Power’ button and the ‘Home’ button at the same time.
- When you take a screenshot, if your sound is on, you will hear a camera shutter and see a ‘flash’ on the screen.
- Tap the preview of the screenshot that shows up in the bottom left corner of your screen, then tap “Done.”
- Choose where you want your screenshot to be saved:
- “Save to Photos” will put the screenshot in your camera roll and in the Screenshots album of your Photos app.
- If you click “Save to Files,” you can save the screenshot to your iCloud account.
How to Take a Screenshot if You Own an Apple Watch:
- You must first turn on the function to take a screenshot. Open the Watch app on your iPhone, go to “My Watch,” then “General,” then “Enable Screenshots,” and turn it “On.”
- To take a screenshot on an Apple Watch, hold the ‘Side’ button and click the ‘Digital Crown’ at the same time. The screenshot will show up on your iPhone, not your watch.
- Make sure to check your settings and make sure your Screenshots folder is being backed up to your iCloud account. This will give you more confidence that the screenshot is saved.
Taking a Screenshot with iPhone’s AssistiveTouch
Some people find it hard to press two buttons at the same time. If this is you, you might want to use AssistiveTouch.
AssistiveTouch is an accessibility feature in iOS that lets you do a lot of common tasks without having to press buttons or swipe your finger.
Here’s how to turn on and set up AssistiveTouch to take screenshots.
- Open the Settings app, then tap “Accessibility.”
- Tap “Touch,” then “AssistiveTouch,” and then tap the switch at the top of the screen to turn on the feature.
- Now that AssistiveTouch is on, you need to choose how you want to take screenshots.
- Choose “Double-tap” and then “Screenshot.” When you double-tap the digital AssistiveTouch button, a screenshot will be taken.
AssistiveTouch lets you change any setting to be able to take a screenshot. Pick the method that works best for you. Dave Johnson/Insider
Now, all you have to do to take a screenshot is bring up whatever you want to take a picture of and double-tap the AssistiveTouch button. The screenshot will be taken, and you can find it in the Photos app.
How to Make iPhone Screenshots Bigger
You can take screenshots that show things you can’t see unless you scroll. And it will still work with an old phone. But you’ll have to move fast, and you can only do this with screenshot sources that have more than one page of text.
So far, only the Safari browser is able to use this feature. On an iPhone, you’ll need to download apps like Picsew or Tailor to take screenshots of third-party apps.
- As usual, take a screenshot.
- Tap the preview, which is in the lower-left corner of the screen, before it goes away.
- Click on Full Page, which is in the upper left corner of the screen. You’ll see a preview of the pages appear to the right of the screenshot.
- Tap Done.
- Select Save PDF to Files and choose where to save it.
- Tap Save.
Using an iPad or iPhone to Record the Screen
- Check your Control Center settings in the Settings app to make sure that the “Screen Recording” option is turned on.
- Open your Control Center from the pull-down menu and tap on the grey ‘Record’ icon. This icon looks like a big dot surrounded by a thin circle. When you tap the button, a three-second countdown will begin.
- Swipe up to leave the Control Center and begin screen recording.
- To stop recording your screen, open the Control Center from the pull-down menu and tap on the red ‘Record’ icon. You can also stop recording by tapping the red bar at the top of your screen that shows how much time is left.
- The recording will be saved in your Photos app’s camera roll.
Note: You might not be able to record your screen while using some apps. You also won't be able to record your screen if you use screen mirroring at the same time.
Conclusion
Taking a screenshot on your iPhone is an important skill that everyone should know. If your iPhone has a home button, you can take a picture of everything on the screen by pressing the power button and the home button at the same time. Press the power button and the volume up button at the same time if your iPhone doesn’t have a home button.
If the home, power, or another button on your iPhone isn’t functioning properly, you might not be able to take screenshots normally. But there is a way out of this. You can set up your iPhone to take screenshots by tapping the back of your phone.
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