How to take a screenshot on a Dell laptop

Need to take a screenshot? Once you've found the location of the Print Screen key on your Dell Desktop or Laptop, taking screenshots is as easy as pressing that key. We'll show you how to find this key and use it to capture screenshots.

Find the Print Screen Key on your Dell Keyboard

On your Dell PC running Windows 10, you do not need to use a special utility to take screenshots. You can use Windows 10's built-in screenshot options to capture your screen. This means pressing the Print Screen key on your keyboard.

How to take a screenshot on Windows 10

On your Dell desktop or laptop computer, you will find this print screen key in the upper right corner of the keyboard (next to the function keys.)

Print screen key on a Dell laptop.

If not, take a look at the function keys and you might find the key there. This is usually the F10 key. If you don't see the key on your keyboard at all, use the Alt + Insert key combination instead.

Note that Dell uses different labels for the Print Screen key. It can be labeled as PrintScreen, PrntScrn, PrntScr, PrtScn, PrtScr, PrtSc or similar on your keyboard.

Take the screenshot on your Dell laptop or desktop

Now that you have found the Print Screen key on your Dell PC, you can use it to start taking screenshots.

Using the new Windows 10 screenshot tool: clips and annotations

Here is how to capture screenshots in different ways.

Take a screenshot and save it to the clipboard

To take a screenshot of your entire screen and save it to your clipboard, all you need to do is press a key on your keyboard.

First, navigate to the screen you want to capture. When you are on this screen, press the Print Screen key on your keyboard once. This captures a screenshot of your entire screen and saves it to your clipboard.

To view it, open an image editor like Paint and press Ctrl + V to paste your screenshot.

And that's all. Make sure to save your screenshot before closing the picture editor application (Paint).

Capture a screenshot and save it as a PNG file

To take a screenshot and save it directly as a PNG image file to your Dell PC, use an additional key with the Print Screen button.

First, open the screen you want to capture. On your keyboard, simultaneously press the Windows + Print Screen keys. This captures the screenshot of your screen and saves it as a PNG file.

This PNG file can be found at the following path on your PC. In the path below, replace USERNAME with your own username. You can change the default screenshot save folder on your PC, if you want.

C: UsersUSERNAMEPicturesScreenshots

And that's how you neatly collect all your screenshots into one folder.

Capture a screenshot of a specific window

Windows 10 allows you to take a screenshot of a specific window on your PC, leaving the background of the image.

To do this, first open the window you want to capture.

Open a window in Windows 10 on a Dell laptop.

On your keyboard, press the Alt + Print Screen key combination. This takes the screenshot of your current window and saves it to your clipboard.

To view your screenshot, launch an image editor like Paint and press Ctrl + V. You will see your screenshot.

And that's how you take screenshots on your Dell PC. Very useful!

Did you know that you can take a screenshot without using a keyboard in Windows 10?

How to take a screenshot of Windows 10 without a keyboard

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