{"id":18233,"date":"2022-05-23T08:42:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T08:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=18233"},"modified":"2022-05-23T08:46:08","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T08:46:08","slug":"change-screenshot-location-in-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/change-screenshot-location-in-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Methods to Change Screenshot Location in Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

Windows 11 allows you to take screenshots by pressing the Windows<\/strong> + PrntScr<\/strong> keyboard shortcut. By default, the screenshots are automatically saved to C:\\Users\\user_name\\Pictures\\Screenshots<\/code>. What to do if you want to save the screenshots to a different location? In this tutorial we’ll show you 2 methods to change the default screenshot location in Windows 11.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Move Screenshot Location in Windows 11<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Open File Explorer<\/a> and click “Pictures<\/strong>” in the left navigation pane, it will take you to the default screenshot location: C:\\Users\\user_name\\Pictures<\/code>.\n

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    If you don’t see a folder called “Screenshots<\/strong>“, just press the Windows + PrntScr on your keyboard to take a screenshot.<\/li>\n

  2. Right-click the “Screenshots” folder and select Properties<\/strong>.\n

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  3. Go to the Location<\/strong> tab and click the Move<\/strong> button.\n

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  4. Choose a new folder location where you want to save the screenshots.\n

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  5. Click Apply<\/strong>. When Windows asks if you want to move existing screenshots to the new location, click Yes<\/strong>.\n

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  6. The old “Screenshots” folder will disappear from C:\\Users\\user_name\\Pictures<\/code>, while the new folder you’ve chosen will be automatically renamed to “Screenshots”.\n

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    \n \tFrom now on, all new screenshots will be saved to the new location.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Whenever you want to restore the original default screenshot location, right-click the “Screenshots” folder in the new location and choose Properties<\/strong>. Select the Location<\/strong> tab and click the “Restore Default<\/strong>” button.<\/p>\n

    Method 2: Redirect the Screenshot Location in Windows 11<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Before getting started, you need to create a new folder in your desired location for saving screenshots.\n

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      \tNext, go to the default screenshot location: C:\\Users\\user_name\\Pictures<\/code>, and make sure the original “Screenshots” folder is deleted.<\/li>\n

    2. Open the Command Prompt as administrator<\/a>, and use the mklink<\/strong> command to redirect the original screenshots location to a new location.
      \nmklink \/J \"%USERPROFILE%\\Pictures\\Screenshots\" \"your_new_folder_location\"<\/code><\/p>\n

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    3. The above command will create a special folder called “Screenshots” in the default location, which is redirecting to the new location of your choice.\n

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    4. The next time you take a screenshot using Windows + PrntScr, the screenshot is actually saved in the new location, but you can also access it from the original location.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Whenever you need to cancel the folder redirection, just delete the “Screenshots” folder in the default location and you’re done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Windows 11 allows you to take screenshots by pressing the Windows + PrntScr keyboard shortcut. By default, the screenshots are automatically saved to C:\\Users\\user_name\\Pictures\\Screenshots. What to do if you want to save the screenshots to a different location? In this tutorial we’ll show you 2 methods to change the default screenshot location in Windows 11. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,4713],"tags":[4886,4887],"class_list":["post-18233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-11","tag-change-screenshot-location-windows-11","tag-change-where-screenshots-are-saved-windows-11"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18233"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18252,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18233\/revisions\/18252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}