For decades, the PrtScn (Print Screen) key has sat silently in the upper-right corner of your keyboard, often ignored or misunderstood. But in modern Windows 10 and Windows 11, that single button has evolved into a powerful suite of screenshot tools.
In modern Windows, pressing Windows + Shift + S is the king of screenshot shortcuts.
Let’s ditch the phone photos of your monitor. Here is everything you need to know about capturing, annotating, and sharing your screen in Windows. Before we get fancy, let’s respect our elders. The behavior of the PrtScn key depends on whether you are pressing it alone or with modifiers.
