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How to enable/disable auto-save screenshots in Snipping Tool on Windows 11
How to enable/disable auto-save screenshots in Snipping Tool on Windows 11
This guide will show you how to enable or disable automatic screenshot saving for the Snipping Tool app on Windows 11 .
The Snipping Tool app includes a built-in screen recorder and lets you quickly capture and annotate screenshots, photos, and other images using pen, touch, or mouse, then save, paste, or share with other apps.
Starting with Snipping Tool version 11.2209.2.0, Snipping Tool will now automatically save your screenshots by default to Screenshots in the Pictures folder (e.g. "%UserProfile%\Pictures\Screenshots" ) for your account.
Note : Screenshots captured by the Snipping Tool are temporarily cached in the %LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.ScreenSketch_8wekyb3d8bbw\TempState folder for the current user.
You can recover missing screenshots from this folder location if they have not been automatically deleted.
How to enable/disable auto-save screenshots in Snipping Tool on Windows 11
Here's how to do it:
1. Open the Snipping Tool application.
Open the Snipping Tool application
2. Click the See more button (3 dots) and tap Settings.
Go to Settings
3. Turn on (default) or off Automatically save screenshots according to your preference.
Enable/disable auto-save screenshots in Snipping Tool
4. Now, you can close the Snipping Tool app if you want.