An upcoming update to Windows 11 will change how the Print Screen key works. Microsoft is defaulting the key to open its Snipping Tool instead of copying a screenshot to your clipboard.

Microsoft has slowly but surely been updating legacy experiences with modern equivalents on Windows 11, and the behavior of the Print Screen button is the latest to get an update.

Windows' built-in screenshot tools have changed, from the Snipping Tool to Windows 10's Snip & Sketch back to Windows 11's Snipping tool, but the Print Screen key kept on doing the same thing.

Microsoft is poised to make the first major change to Print Screen functionality in years. In the latest Insider builds of Windows 11 , the Print Screen button activates the built-in Snipping Tool.

But Windows Latest discovered that Microsoft is changing the default function of the Print Screen key in Windows 11. In the Windows 11 Beta preview builds 22621.1546 and 22624.1546, hitting the ...

Here is the list of Shortcut keys to print screen in Windows 11/10 - PrtScn Key, ALT+Print Screen, Win+Print Screen, Fn+WinKey+Space Bar, etc.

As reported by Windows Latest, Microsoft is now testing a change in Windows 11 Beta preview builds 22621.1546 and 22624.1546 that may irritate some users using the print screen button for the past ...

Windows 11 offers several options for taking a screenshot: The Snipping Tool; Using keyboard's Print Screen key; Opening the Xbox Game Bar (which can also record the desktop) ...