Take a Screenshot With an iPhone

This article teaches you how to save a picture of your iPhone's screen's contents. You can take a screenshot using the Home and Lock buttons on most iPhones, though you may want to try AssistiveTouch, instead, if you're having difficulty or if your iPhone's buttons are broken.

10 Second Summary

Press your iPhone's Home button and Lock button at the same time.

Steps

Using the Home and Lock Buttons

  1. Find the image, app or webpage you want to get a copy of. When screenshotting, everything on your screen at the time of the screenshot will be captured.
  2. Press the Home button and the Lock button at the same time. The Home button is the round button at the bottom of the iPhone's screen, while the Lock button is on the right side of the iPhone's casing (iPhone 6 and up) or the top of the casing (iPhone 5S and down). The screen will briefly flash white.
    • You'll also hear a shutter sound if your iPhone's sound is on.
  3. View your screenshot in Photos. To do so, tap Photos (the white app with a multicolored pinwheel), tap Albums in the bottom-right corner of the screen, and tap Camera Roll in the top-left side of the "Albums" page. Your screenshot will be the first picture here.
    • If you have iCloud Photo Library enabled on your iPhone, All Photos will be the "Camera Roll" folder.

Using Use-AssistiveTouch-on-an-iPhone,-iPod-Touch,-or-iPad

  1. Open your iPhone's Settings. It's a grey app with a gear icon on it. You can usually find Settings on the Home Screen.
    • AssistiveTouch will allow you to take a screenshot on an iPhone with broken or difficult-to-reach buttons.
  2. Tap General. This option is near the bottom of the screen.
    • If your phone has a 4.7-inch screen, you'll first need to scroll down.
  3. Tap Accessibility. It's near the bottom of the screen.
    • If your phone has a 4.7-inch screen, you'll first need to scroll down.
  4. Scroll down and tap AssistiveTouch. It's below the "Interaction" heading.
  5. Slide AssistiveTouch right to the "On" position. This option is at the top of the page. Sliding it right will cause it to turn green, and a small grey square should pop up on the right side of your iPhone's screen after a second.
    • You can tap and drag the grey square from one side of your screen to the other (or up or down) to relocate it.
  6. Find the image, app or webpage you want to get a copy of. You can choose any image from your email, photos, home screen, app or from anything you find online.
  7. Tap the grey square. Doing so will invoke a grey pop-out menu with several options clustered around the middle.
  8. Tap Device. It's in the top-right corner of the AssistiveTouch window.
  9. Tap More. This option is in the bottom-right corner of the AssistiveTouch window.
  10. Tap Screenshot. You'll see this button on the far-right side of the AssistiveTouch box. Tapping it will temporarily remove the AssistiveTouch window from your screen, and then take a snapshot of your iPhone screen's contents.
  11. View your screenshot in Photos. To do so, tap Photos (the white app with a multicolored pinwheel), tap Albums in the bottom-right corner of the screen, and tap Camera Roll in the top-left side of the "Albums" page. Your screenshot will be the first picture here.
    • If you have iCloud Photo Library enabled on your iPhone, All Photos will be the "Camera Roll" folder.

Tips

  • You can take a screen shot with any version of the iPhone except the first.
  • The method to take a screen grab described here works equally well on other iOS devices like iPads and iPod Touches.

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