How To Screenshot On All 3 Desktop OS’s

Knowing how to screenshot is one of the corner stones to receiving or providing technical support over the internet. Since it’s so important, I want to share how I screenshot on all 3 desktop OS’s, including: Windows; Linux; and Mac OS.

If people don’t see it, did your system really crash?

Show someone the issue you’re having if so much more effective than trying to explain it. A lot of detail is lost in the words, and how the other person is going to interpret them.

But taking screenshots on different operating systems can often get frustrating. And also lead you down some rabbit holes, especially on Linux and Mac OS.

Before we start, you can also read this on my website.

How To Screenshot

Taking screenshots is different on every single operating system, since Microsoft Windows takes up roughly 70% of the desktop market we will cover them first. Then Mac OS and finally Linux. That’s where the fun really begins!

How to Screenshot On Windows

There are a few different ways, so I’ll walk you through the most common ways on how to take a screenshot on Windows.

Print Screen Key (Print Scrn or PrtSc)

Perhaps the easiest method is to just open up whatever you want to capture on the computer and use the Print Scrn button. This is often located at the top right of your…