{"id":30594,"date":"2025-08-05T09:16:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T13:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=30594"},"modified":"2025-08-05T09:16:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T13:16:27","slug":"how-to-open-windows-snipping-tool-with-a-single-key-stroke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/how-to-open-windows-snipping-tool-with-a-single-key-stroke\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Open Windows Snipping Tool with a Single Key Stroke"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How to Open Windows Snipping Tool with a Single Key Stroke<\/span>
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\n<\/strong>If you are using Windows 10 or Windows 11 and you don\u2019t have a 3rd-party screenshot tool installed, you should know about the Windows Snipping Tool. The Snipping Tool is a very capable screenshot tool that continues to improve. And it\u2019s installed on every Windows 10 or Windows 11 computer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, we\u2019re going to show you how to open the Snipping Tool with a single keystroke.<\/span><\/p>\n

How to Open the Snipping Tool with a Single Keystroke on Windows 10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Hold down the Windows key and tap the U key to open Ease of Access. In Ease of Access, click on Keyboard and under \u201cPrint Screen shortcut\u201d \u201cUse the PrtScr button to open screen snipping\u201d, slide the button to the on position.<\/span><\/p>\n

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How to Open the Snipping Tool with a Single Keystroke on Windows 11<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Press and hold down the Windows key and tap the \u201cU\u201d key to open Windows 10 \u201cAccessibility\u201d. In \u201cAccessibility\u201d under \u201cInteraction\u201d, click on \u201cKeyboard\u201d. Slide the button next to \u201cUse the print screen key to open Snipping Tool\u201d to the on position.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Open<\/span><\/p>\n

You can now start the Snipping Tool with the PrtScr key.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"How<\/span><\/p>\n

When you press the PrtScr key, you\u2019ll see the Snipping Tool toolbar appear at the top of your screen.\u00a0 From the toolbar, you can select whether you want to capture the entire screen, cut out a section using the free from tool, or capture the current window.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Once you\u2019ve captured the screenshot you want with the Snipping Tool, the image is placed on the Windows clipboard. From there, you can paste the screenshot into Microsoft Paint \u2014 which is included with every Windows 10 and Windows 11 computer \u2014 or paste the image into the Windows Photos app, Irfanview, FastStone Image Viewer, Photoshop, or the image editor of your choice.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another quick tip.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

You can open Microsoft Paint by typing PAINT into the taskbar search on Windows 10 or Windows 11 and pressing Enter. Once Paint is open, you can then paste the screenshot you took with the Snipping Tool into MS Paint by using the CTRL+V shortcut.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can also paste the Snipping Tool screenshot into the image editor of your choice by using the CTRL+V shortcut.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  How to Open Windows Snipping Tool with a Single Key Stroke If you are using Windows 10 or Windows 11 and you don\u2019t have a 3rd-party screenshot tool installed, you should know about the Windows Snipping Tool. The Snipping Tool is a very capable screenshot tool that continues to improve. And it\u2019s installed on every Windows 10\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4411,3948,4299,1961],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30594"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30594"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30595,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30594\/revisions\/30595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}