The default screenshot tool on Windows 10 is great and comes with almost all forms of screenshot options. You have free-form, rectangular, full-screen, and active-window snip options, and they all work pretty well. However, there is one big omission, and that is scrolling screenshots. That’s why we have come up with this guide on how to take a scrolling screenshot on Windows 10.

In this article, we will show you how you can capture full-page scrolling screenshots in Windows 10 with a simple Windows 10 keyboard shortcut and either save the image locally or upload it to cloud storage services. That said, let’s check out how to capture scrolling screenshots on Windows 10 computers.

  • PicPick
  • Snagit
  • ShareX
  • Awesome Screenshot & Screen Recorder

1. PicPick

There are several apps that offer scrolling screenshots on Windows 10, but PicPick is one of the best ones out there. The app is lightweight, free and also among the best Snipping Tool alternatives.

  • Now open the target page for your scrolling screenshot and press Ctrl + Alt + PrntScrn simultaneously. You will see a ‘Capture Scrolling Window’ popup.

PicPick is a free, lightweight app that allows you to take scrolling screenshots with a simple hotkey. It is also fairly configurable, with various editing and saving options. Overall, it is our top pick for the best scrolling screenshot tool in Windows 10.

Another great tool to capture scrolling screenshots on Windows 10 is Snagit. The pro-grade software is an all-in-one screenshot tool that lets you capture the entire desktop, a part of the desktop or just active app windows. Moreover, it also allows you to capture entire web pages with its scrolling screenshot feature. You can use it to take a screenshot of an entire webpage or a scrolling window. It works with all modern browsers, including the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Opera.

  • To take a scrolling screenshot with Snagit, open the program and click on the ‘Image‘ tab on the left. Now click on drop-down ‘Selection‘ menu and select ‘Scrolling Window‘.

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Another popular app that also offers you the ability to capture scrolling screenshots in Windows 10 is ‘ShareX’. It a free and open-source donation-ware that offers built-in annotation tools for screenshots, as well as screen recording options alongside the scrolling screenshot functionality. You can also use it to add effects, watermarks, reorganize text in your screenshot, and more. To capture a scrolling screenshot with ShareX, follow the steps below:

  • Finally, you will get a dialog to save it locally or upload it to the cloud. Select ‘Upload/save depending on after capture settings‘.

While the aforementioned apps are great at capturing scrolling screenshots, you don’t need large, standalone programs if you’re only looking at taking scrolling screenshots of webpages. There are multiple free screenshot and screen recording extensions available for both Chrome and Firefox, and Awesome Screenshot is likely the very best. It offers full-page screen capture and screen recording, as well as sharing options. You can also switch between screen recording and screen capture using a two-tab popup menu.

  • To use Awesome Screenshot and Screen Recorder, first download and install it from the link(s) below and restart your browser. You will now see a new Awesome Screenshot button on the Menu Bar. To take a scrolling screenshot, hit the button and select ‘Capture Entire Page‘.

Capture Scrolling Screenshot Easily on Windows 10 PC

Capturing full-page screenshots on Windows 10 is quite easy thanks to the abundance of third-party software available for the purpose. So go ahead, take you pick and let us know which one you chose and why. Also, while we are at it, check out the best screen recording software for Windows computers.