1] Using the Setting app The steps to disable the Print Screen button (PrtScn, PrntScrn, or PrintScr) for screen snipping using the Settings app in Windows 11 are as follows: Use the Win+I hotkey ...

The Print Screen button on Windows computers has been associated with screen capture for decades. A new beta version of Windows 11 now opens the Snipping Tool when the Print Screen button is used.

It’s the first big change to the Print Screen button in decades. It’s the first big change to the Print Screen button in decades. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been ...

Microsoft has slowly but surely been updating legacy experiences with modern equivalents on Windows 11, and the behavior of the Print Screen button is the latest to get an update.

In the current non-beta version of Windows 11, this Print Screen behavior is an off-by-default toggle in the keyboard accessibility settings. The change will make the setting on-by-default instead.

Microsoft is planning a change to the default function of the Print Screen button for Windows 11 users. Typically, pressing the button sends a snapshot of what's on your monitor to the clipboard.

The Print Screen button has performed the same function in the Windows operating system since Windows 95: taking a screenshot of the current screen and copying it to the clipboard, usually so it ...