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How to Take Long Screenshot in Samsung Phones

Capture entire web pages, chat threads and articles as a single tall image on your Samsung phone

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Summary

  • Samsung offers a built-in tool to take a long screenshot of webpages, chat threads and more.
  • To take a long screenshot on Samsung phones, press the Power + Volume Down buttons and take a regular screenshot.
  • In the floating toolbar that appears, use the Scroll capture icon at the bottom left to extend the screenshot as preferred.

Sometimes, saving a single-page screenshot is not enough. If you are trying to save a long Amazon order page, a WhatsApp chat or an entire news article, you need to take a long screenshot. Thankfully, on Samsung phones, you can easily take a long screenshot using the built-in Scroll Capture feature. It automatically stitches everything into one tall image. So, if you want to learn how to take a long screenshot in a Samsung phone, check out our short guide below.

Take a Long Screenshot in Samsung Phones

You can easily take a long screenshot on Samsung phones using the built-in screen-capturing tool. You don't need any third-party app to take a scrolling screenshot on One UI. Here are the steps to follow.

  1. Press the Power + Volume Down keys together to take a screenshot on your Samsung phone.
  2. Once the screenshot is captured, a floating toolbar will appear at the bottom.
  3. Here, tap on the Scroll Capture icon at the bottom left. It looks like a rectangle with two downward arrows.
  4. The page will automatically scroll down and capture the next portion of the screen. Keep tapping the Scroll Capture icon to extend the screenshot.
a screenshot from one ui showing how to take a long screenshot on samsung phones
a screenshot from one ui showing how to take a long screenshot on samsung phones
  1. You can also long-press the Scroll Capture icon to capture a long screenshot until it reaches the bottom of the page
  2. Once you are done, tap anywhere outside the toolbar and you are done.
  3. The long screenshot will be saved to your Gallery > Albums > Screenshots folder.
a screenshot from one ui showing where to locate the long screenshot on samsung phones
a screenshot from one ui showing where to locate the long screenshot on samsung phones

And that is everything you need to know about taking long screenshots on Samsung phones. The built-in Scroll Capture is more than enough for most use cases, and the long-press shortcut makes capturing entire pages effortless. Now, go ahead and try it out the next time you need to save a long chat or web page.

In case you want to deeply customise your Samsung phone using Good Lock, we have a dedicated article ready with all the plugins. There is a Nice Shot plugin that adds a delete button to the screenshot toolbar.

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Arjun has been covering Windows, AI, chipsets, and online privacy at Beebom for six years. He simplifies complex technological concepts for a wider audience and tries to solve everyday computing problems. While he's not writing, you will find him on Twitter following the latest developments in AI.

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