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How to screenshot on iPhone
SOMETIMES, you see something on your phone you just really want to remember – be it a photo, a text message, or an item you want to buy.
Whatever it is that pops up on your iPhone screen, you can easily screenshot it in just a matter of seconds to refer back to later. Here’s how…
How do I screenshot on an iPhone?
The way you take a screenshot depends on which model of iPhone you have.
For a phone with face ID – press the side (sleep/wake) button, and volume up button at the same time, and release them both quickly.
For a phone with touch ID – press the home and side (sleep/wake) buttons at the same time, and release both buttons quickly.
For an older phone without face or touch ID – hold the sleep/wake button at the side or the top, then press the home button. This also works on a phone with touch ID.
Or, you can use Siri to take a screenshot, by activating Siri in your usual way and saying “take a screenshot”.
Screenshots automatically save to the Photos app on your iPhone[/caption]
You can also take a screenshot without using any actual buttons, with the virtual, or floating, assistive touch “button”.
To do this, first access the “floating button” – this is a button that can be found under the “Accessibility” settings on your iPhone.
Activating this button makes it “float” on the screen, and opens a series of screens for you to choose from.
Some apps, like Snapchat and Instagram, show when someone screenshots your content – but iMessage or text messages on iPhone do not do this[/caption]
To open this series of screens, you simply touch or hover over the button.
You can leave the floating button available all the time and just drag it out of the way when not needed.
To put the button on your screen, go to Settings, then Accessibility, and under “physical and motor”, select Assistive touch
To use the button, activate it by holding your finger on it, then choose Device, then More, then Screenshot.
Alternatively, you can screenshot using an external app, like Web Capture, which can be downloaded to your phone to take screenshots in web pages.
Though technically not a screenshot, you can also hover on an image to bring up a context menu, where you can choose to save the image.
Where are the screenshots saved?
Screenshots are automatically saved in your camera roll.
To find your screenshots open Photos, then Albums, then Screenshots.
You can choose to save a screenshot to your camera roll or straight to your files just after you have taken the screenshot.
A small image will pop up at the bottom of your screen for a few seconds, after you screenshot.
Tap on this image for a pop-up menu where you can edit, save to Photos or Files, or delete the image.
If you use the option to save an image using its context menu, you can choose for this to go to your camera roll or clipboard.
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Can you tell if someone has taken a screenshot of texts?
No – it is not possible to tell if someone has taken a screenshot of a text or iMessage you have sent.
Other popular apps, such as Snapchat or Instagram, often show a user when someone has taken a screenshot of their content.
But the only iPhone-specific app where you are likely to get alerted if someone has taken a screenshot is on a FaceTime call.
