Power+Volume Down

Take a Screenshot on Android

Android · Screenshots & Capture
ActionTake a Screenshot
ShortcutPower + Volume Down
PlatformAndroid
CategoryScreenshots & Capture

About this shortcut

On Android, you take a screenshot with Power + Volume Down. Press both buttons together to capture the screen on almost every Android phone. It sits in the Screenshots & Capture group and is one of the Android shortcuts people look up most, so it is worth committing to memory — it works the same way across almost every app that follows standard Android conventions.

How to use it

1

Get ready

Open the app or screen where you want to take a screenshot.

2

Press the keys

Press Power + Volume Down.

3

Done

Press both buttons together to capture the screen on almost every Android phone.

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