# How to Take a Screenshot on PC

<div data-grid="col-12 pad-12x" id="bkmrk-open-snipping-tool-a"><div data-grid="container"><header data-grid="col-12"># Open Snipping Tool and take a screenshot

<div><span class="c-meta-text ng-binding">Applies to: </span><span aria-hidden="false" class="c-meta-text display-inline comma-appended ng-binding ng-scope">Windows 10</span></div>---

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</header><div><div>- To open Snipping Tool, select the **Start**  button, type **snipping tool**, and then select it in the search results.
- To choose the type of snip you want, select **Mode** (or, in older versions of Windows, the arrow next to **New**), and then choose **Free-form**, **Rectangular**, **Window**, or **Full-screen Snip**. When making free-form or rectangular snips, use your mouse to select the area that you want to capture.
    
    <div>![Snipping tool mode options](https://msegceporticoprodassets.blob.core.windows.net/inline-media/2ac9134e-c1c9-4d19-92f6-3f1349163dd1-en)</div>
- To take a new screenshot using the same mode you used last, select **New**.
- Use the **Save** and **Copy** buttons at the top of the snip to save or copy it to the clipboard.

</div><div>[Learn more about screenshots and the Snipping Tool.](https://support.microsoft.com/help/13776)</div><div><div></div></div></div></section><section class="section"><header class="section-header ng-scope">## Keyboard only

</header><div><div>- <span class="ng-isolate-scope"><span class="ng-scope">To open Snipping Tool, press the </span>**Start** <span class="ng-scope"> key, type </span>**snipping tool**<span class="ng-scope">, and then press </span>**Enter**<span class="ng-scope">. (There's no keyboard shortcut to open Snipping Tool.)</span></span>
- To choose the type of snip you want, press **Alt + M** keys and then use the arrow keys to choose **Free-form**, **Rectangular**, **Window**, or **Full-screen Snip**, and then press **Enter**. (**Alt + M** is available only with the latest update to Windows 10). When making a rectangular snip, hold down **Shift** and use the arrow keys to select the area you want to snip.
- To take a new screenshot using the same mode you used last, press **Alt + N** keys.
- To save your snip, press **Ctrl + S** keys. To copy it to the clipboard, press **Ctrl + C** keys.

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