Features

Everything you need to capture your screen.

Grouped from Microsoft Store features and release notes, Softonic’s rectangular and free-shape capture notes, and the promotional screenshots in our media set.

Capture your screen with ease

Rectangle Capture

Four snip shapes, one shortcut

Capture screenshots with the app or keyboard shortcut (Windows logo key + Shift + S). Softonic highlights rectangular and free-shape fragment selection with low system overhead.

Win + Shift + S

Modes: Rectangle · Window · Full screen · Freeform. Shortcut not firing? See the hotkey guide.

Edit and annotate

Quick Annotation

Mouse, touch, or pen markup

Edit with mouse, touch, or pen; crop; ink and highlights; then save or copy to share anywhere. The UI also exposes eraser, ruler, delay timer, and Edit in Paint.

Annotate with shapes and emoji

Editing

Shapes and emoji

Add shapes and emojis to your screenshots. The floating markup tray includes square, circle, line, arrow, fill, and outline controls.

Markup best practices →

Screen Recording

Screen recording with computer or microphone audio

Record your screen with audio from your computer or record your own. Softonic also lists screenshots and screen recording videos as core jobs for students and professionals.

Recording shortcut

Product art shows Win + Shift + R beside camera/video mode toggles on the toolbar.

Win + Shift + R

Permissions

Store permissions include microphone use. If recording is silent, check the microphone guide.

Text actions

Copy all text or Quick redact

Text actions let you copy or redact text from a screen capture. The UI shows Copy all text, Quick redact, and per-selection Copy text / Redact text with Ctrl+C and Ctrl+A hints.

Visual Search

Search the web with your screenshots

Visual Search with Bing lets you search the internet with your screenshots. The context menu sits beside Save as, Copy, and Share in the product UI.

Spec table

Capability matrix from the listings

Capability	Detail from listings	Where it shows up
Hotkey	Windows logo key + Shift + S	Capture bar
Input methods	Mouse, touch, or pen	Editor toolbar
Markup	Crop, ink, highlights, shapes, emoji	Post-capture editor
Output	Save or copy to share anywhere	Save / Copy / Share
Recording audio	Computer audio or microphone	Record mode
OCR / privacy	Copy or redact via Text actions	Text actions bar
Web lookup	Visual Search with Bing	Context menu
OS floor	Windows 11 version 22000.0 or higher	System requirements

Get the app

Ready to capture?

Download Snipping Tool for Windows and open the troubleshooting guides if a shortcut or install needs a reset.

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