How to Take a Screenshot on Your Phone

David Pogue
·Tech Critic
Updated

There are lots of reasons you might want to take a picture of your screen—a screenshot. Maybe you’re getting an error message that you want to send to tech-support. Maybe you want to capture something you’ve found online, like an article that mentions you. Maybe you’re writing a book about tech tips and you want to illustrate it.

Here’s how to do it!

• On an iPhone, iPad, or Samsung Galaxy: Press the Home button and the Sleep button simultaneously.

• On other Android phones: Press the Home button and the Volume Down button simultaneously.

In each case, you’ve created a graphics file in your Camera Roll, within your Photos app. You can send it, print it, or frame it just as you would any other photo.

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