Side button+Volume Up

Take a Screenshot on iPhone

iPhone · Screenshots & Recording
ActionTake a Screenshot
ShortcutSide button + Volume Up
AlternativeTouch ID: Home + Side button
PlatformiPhone
CategoryScreenshots & Recording

About this shortcut

On iPhone, you take a screenshot with Side button + Volume Up. Press both together and release to capture the screen. You can also use Touch ID: Home + Side button. It sits in the Screenshots & Recording group and is one of the iPhone shortcuts people look up most, so it is worth committing to memory — it works the same way across almost every app that follows standard iPhone 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 Side button + Volume Up (or Touch ID: Home + Side button).

3

Done

Press both together and release to capture the screen.

More Screenshots & Recording shortcuts

Record the Screen
Control Center → Record
Full-Page Screenshot
Screenshot → Full Page
Mark Up a Screenshot
Tap the screenshot thumbnail