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9 Snipping Tool Keyboard Shortcuts In Windows 10

Last Updated on October 23, 2017 by admin 3 Comments

Snipping Tool is the default screenshot capturing utility in Windows 10. Introduced first with Windows Vista, the Snipping Tool allows you to capture the entire screen, window, or a specific area on the screen.

In the latest Windows 10, Snipping Tool has received some improvements. It now comes with a delay option using which you can capture the screen after a delay of up to 5 seconds. The feature comes in handy while capturing menus. The current version of Snipping Tool doesn’t support video capture though.

snipping tool keyboard shortcuts in Windows 10

Most PC users often use Snipping Tool to capture screenshots. If you also often use the Snipping Tool, you might be interested in using keyboard shortcuts to capture the screen using Sniping Tool quickly.

While there is no dedicated keyboard shortcut out there to launch the Snipping Tool, you can create a keyboard shortcut to open the Snipping Tool either be creating a shortcut of Snipping Tool and then assigning a keyboard shortcut for it or by pining the Sniping Tool to the taskbar.

NOTE: We recommend you go through our Windows 10 Snipping Tool Tips and Tricks guide to know more about the Snipping Tool.

Tip: In Windows 10, you can use Windows logo + Print Screen keyboard shortcut to capture the entire screen quickly and automatically save it to Pictures\Screenshots folder.

Snipping Tool keyboard shortcuts in Windows 10

After launching the Snipping Tool, you can use the following keyboard shortcuts:

Alt + M – Choose a snipping mode

Ctrl + S – Save the captured snip

Alt + N – Create a new snip using the last used mode

Ctrl + N – Create a new snip

Alt + D – Delay capture by 1-5 seconds

(After pressing Alt +D, you need to use the down arrow key to select the delay)

Shift + arrow keys – Move the cursor to select a rectangular snip area

Ctrl + C – Copy the captured snip to the clipboard

Esc – Cancel the snip selection

Ctrl + P – Print the snip

After capturing a screenshot, you can press the Alt key > press T > press P, H or E to choose pen, highlighter, or eraser, respectively.

Filed Under: Windows 10 Tagged: Snipping Tool

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Comments

  1. SUE KASTNER says

    May 1, 2019 at 10:36 pm

    In place of CTRL P to print your snip, can you simply hit PRINTSCRN key on keyboard

  2. Jill Zwick says

    October 30, 2018 at 8:41 pm

    Once you snip it, can you right click copy and then right click paste on the document you want it?

  3. fr says

    September 13, 2018 at 3:07 am

    is there a shortkey for mailing it to someone? i cant find that anywhere!

    thank you

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