You might already know how to capture a screenshot of your full screen or any selected area. However, that may not be enough. How about taking a scrolling screenshot?

Unlike basic screen capture, scrolling screenshots are screen grabs which allow you to scroll to capture beyond what you can actually see on the screen. You can usually take a scrolling screenshot of a full webpage, a full document, a long graphic, or a menu that you're viewing.

You don't need to take multiple screenshots and join them together anymore. This post guides you how to take a scrolling screenshot on any device with ease.

How to take a scrolling screenshot on Windows and Mac

Both Windows and Mac have built-in screenshot tools. But they are not able to take scrolling screenshots. So, you might need a third-party tool to grab a scrolling screenshot of a webpage on the browser, or a document/spreadsheet/graphic outside of a browser. To capture any browser, a handy screenshot extension is super helpful. To record documents or other content, you can use a screenshot app.

How to take a scrolling screenshot of a website

Awesome Screenshot & Recorder is always the best choice when you need to scroll to capture any website content on Windows and Mac. As a free and powerful screenshot and screen recording tool, it offers extensions for any browser. Whatever browser you use, you will find this extension helpful for grabbing basic and scrolling screenshots.

Awesome Screenshot & Recorder

One extension for all your screen recordings & screenshots

Record screen and capture screenshots easily
Edit videos/images quickly
Store videos/images to the cloud and share instantly

How to capture a full webpage on Google Chrome

Google Chrome is the most used browser world wide. Follow the quick steps below to capture an entire webpage on Google Chrome.

Step 1. Download and install Awesome Screenshot & Recorder Chrome extension.

Step 2. Open and stay on the webpage that you want to capture on Chrome.

Step 3. Click to launch Awesome Screenshot & Recorder on the "Extensions" list of your Chrome browser.

Step 4. Select "Capture" tab and hit the "Full Page" option. The scrolling screenshot will be automatically captured.

scrolling screenshot awesome extension capture full page

Step 5. Once the scrolling screenshot of that webpage is taken, you can annotate the screenshot or skip the annotation and click "Done".

scrolling screenshot awesome extension annotation bar

Step 6. You can choose to download the screenshot to your PC or share it to the cloud.

scrolling screenshot awesome extension saving options

How to capture a full webpage on Microsoft Edge

As a Windows native web browser, Microsoft Edge is also available on Mac. If you want to capture an entire webpage on Edge, you can follow the steps below:

Step 1. Download and install Awesome Screenshot & Recorder Edge Extension in Microsoft Edge Add-ons.

Step 2. Open and stay on the webpage that you want to capture on Edge.

Step 3. Click to launch Awesome Screenshot & Recorder on the "Extensions" list of your Edge browser.

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Step 4. Select the "Capture" tab and click on the "Full Page" option to start taking scrolling screenshots.

scrolling screenshot awesome extension edge capture full page

Step 5. Once the scrolling screenshot of that webpage is taken, you can annotate the screenshot or skip the annotation and click "Done".

scrolling screenshot awesome extension edge annotation bar

Step 6. You can choose to download the screenshot to your PC or share it to the cloud

How to capture a full webpage on Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Firefox is another popular web browser for both Windows and Mac. Let's move forward to learn how to capture a full webpage on Mozilla Firefox.

Step 1. Download and install Awesome Screenshot Firefox Extension in Mozilla's Add-ons store.

Step 2. Open and stay on the webpage that you want to capture on Firefox.

Step 3. Click to launch Awesome Screenshot on the "Extensions" list of your Firefox browser.

Step 4. Select "Capture Entire Page" to start taking a scrolling screenshot.

scrolling screenshot awesome extension firefox capture entire page

Step 5. Once the scrolling screenshot of that webpage is taken, you can annotate the screenshot or skip the annotation and click "Done".

scrolling screenshot awesome extension firefox annotation bar

Step 6. You can choose to download the screenshot to your PC or share it to the cloud.

scrolling screenshot awesome extension firefox saving options

Bonus tip: How to further edit your full-page screenshot

Once a scrolling screenshot is captured, Awesome Screenshot & Recorder can also help you resize the image or annotate it by adding text, arrows, shapes, callouts, etc. You can also crop the image to cut off the part that you don't need.

How to take a scrolling screenshot outside of a website

The browser extension can only help you record the scrolling screenshot based on the browser. However, if you need to capture a scrolling screenshot on a document or an app window, you can download and install a third-party screenshot app.

How to take a scrolling screenshot outside of a website on Windows

ShareX is a completely free and open-source screenshot tool for taking basic and scrolling screenshots on Windows. This free screen capture app is widely used by gamers because of its powerful screen capture features, including video capture, scrolling screenshot capture, GIFs, region-select, workflows and filters and effects.

Check below to learn how to capture a scrolling snapshot on Windows by using ShareX.

Step 1. Download and Install ShareX from its official website.

scrolling screenshot sharex download

Step 2. Launch ShareX once installation is done. Click "Capture" > "Scrolling capture".

scrolling screenshot sharex scrolling capture

Step 3. Click the target window that you want to make a scrolling screenshot. Set the screen capture parameters in the pop-up window. Once done, hit "Start scrolling capture".

scrolling screenshot sharex start scrolling capture

Step 4. Once the scrolling capture is done, you can click "Upload/save depending on after capture settings". Then, you can annotate, copy, save, print, or upload the screenshot.

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How to take a scrolling screenshot outside of a website on Mac

Mac's keyboard shortcut and built-in screenshot tool - QuickTime Player can help you with basic screen capture. If you want to run a scrolling capture of a document or a conversation in a chat app on your Mac, you don't have many choices as most of the third-party screenshot apps don't support capturing screenshots outside of a website.

Try Shottr. As claimed by itself, it is probably the only free scrolling app for Mac that can scrolling capture a document or a conversation in chat.

Step 1. Download and install Shottr on your Mac. Give it the necessary accessibility.

Step 2. Open and stay on the document or conversation box that you want to take a scrolling screenshot.

Step 3. Launch Shottr and click "Scrolling Capture".

scrolling screenshot shottr scrolling capture

Step 4. The mouse cursor will become a target point. Drag to select the width and starting area of the scrolling capture. Then this app will automatically scroll down and take screenshots. You can either click to stop the scrolling screenshot or wait for it to scroll capture to the end of the document/conversation box.

Step 5. Once the scrolling capture is done, you will have the option to annotate or save the image.

scrolling screenshot shottr preview

How to take a scrolling screenshot on iPhone

When it comes to mobile devices, the scrolling screenshot can be easier to take. iPhone has a native screenshot tool to capture the entire webpage, document or email. But iPhone's built-in scrolling screenshot feature might have some limitations:

It only works for some native apps, including Safari, Pages, iBook, Files, etc.
It saves full-page or scrolling screenshots as PDFs, not images.

If you are okay with that, please check the guide below.

Step 1. Open your iPhone and go to the page you want the extended screenshot from.

Step 2. Press the side and volume up button simultaneously to take a screenshot.

Step 3. Tap the image preview in the bottom left corner before it disappears in 5 seconds.

Step 4. Select the "Full Page" tab and you can see the preview of the full page, add annotations.

scrolling screenshot iPhone

Step 5. You can tap "Crop" to cut off the unnecessary part of the full-page screenshot. Once done, you tap "Done" then "Save PDF to Files". To view the saved scrolling screenshots, you just go to the "Files" app.

If the iPhone's built-in screenshot tool cannot scrolling capture the content you need. You can also try a third-party screen capture app, such as Picsew, Tailor, ect.

How to take a scrolling screenshot on Android

Native scrolling screenshot capture is well supported in Android 11 and above. Unlike the iPhone, Android phones save your screenshot as a picture instead of a PDF.

Step 1. Open your Android phone and go to the page you want the extended screenshot from.

Step 2. Press the power and volume down buttons simultaneously to trigger the screenshot tool.

Step 3. Tap the "Capture more" button on the thumbnail that appears. (If there is no "Capture more" button, then the page you’re on doesn’t support scrolling screenshots. )

Step 4. On the following page, you will find a long snapshot. Drag the accented borders in the center to cover what you want.

scrolling screenshot android

Step 5. You can annotate the screenshot by adding text, highlight or drawing on it. Once done, you click "Save" to save the scrolling screenshot. You can find the scrolling captured screenshots in your gallery.

If you are using an old Android device or you need advanced screen capture options, there are also many scrolling screenshot apps for you. If you need, just have a look at ScreenMaster and LongShot.

How to Take a Scrolling Screenshot on Windows/Mac/iPhone/Android

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