HOW TO TAKE A FACEBOOK SCREENSHOT THROUGH ANDROID, IPHONE, MAC, AND DESKTOP?

Posted by Oliver Smith
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Mar 2, 2021
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Facebook is a free social media platform developed to enable users to connect with their friends, family, colleagues, and acquaintances. Many a time, users come across content on Facebook that they wish to save. The easier way to save this content is to take a screenshot. Since Facebook is available on the desktop or laptop browser, it is technologically impossible to notify the screenshot to the content’s owner. To use this as a benefit, users take screenshots through their smartphones, iPad, desktop, and laptop. This blog will discuss ways to take a Facebook screenshot through Android, iPhone, and desktop (windows). This blog will also answer the query – “Can you screenshot Facebook stories.”

 

HOW TO TAKE FACEBOOK SCREENSHOT ON DESKTOP OR LAPTOP (WINDOWS)?

 

To take a Facebook screenshot on your windows device and learn how can you screenshot Facebook stories on your windows device using the Print Screen, follow the steps mentioned below.

 

  • Open Facebook story you wish to screenshot, and press the Print Screen (PrtSc) key on your keyboard to capture the screenshot
  • Next, open Microsoft Paint and press Control and V key together to past the screenshot; save the screenshot by clicking on Save as under the File option.

 

HOW DO I TAKE FACEBOOK SCREENSHOT ON ANDROID DEVICE?

 

You can take a Facebook screenshot on your Android device as well. To learn how can you screenshot Facebook stories, follow the steps below.

  • Open the Facebook story you want to take a screenshot of and press the volume down button and the power button simultaneously until you hear a shutter sound and see a slight flash on the screen
  • The Facebook screenshot is automatically saved in the gallery of your android device and is easy to share

 

TAKE FACEBOOK SCREENSHOT ON IPHONE OR IPAD

 

You can also take a Facebook screenshot on an Apple device, iPhone, and iPad. To learn how can you screenshot Facebook stories, follow the steps mentioned in this segment.

 

  • Open the Facebook story that you want a screenshot of and press the Power button and the Home button together to capture the screenshot
  • Hold the buttons until you hear a shutter sound and see a slight flash on the screen
  • The screenshot saves itself in the Camera roll of your device and is easily sharable

 

LEARN HOW TO TAKE FACEBOOK SCREENSHOT ON MAC (macOS)

 

Lastly, you can take a Facebook screenshot on Mac as well. To know how can you screenshot Facebook stories, read on, and follow the steps.

 

  • Open the Facebook story that you want to screenshot and press Shift, 4, and  key simultaneously.
  • Using the cursor, click, hold and drag the cursor to highlight the area of the screen to capture
  • As soon as you release the cursor, a screenshot will be taken; the screenshot will save on the desktop with the file name “Screenshot.”

 

The steps mentioned above are the methods to take a screenshot on Facebook using an Android smartphone, iPhone, iPad, Desktop, Laptop, and Mac. Screenshots are fairly easy to take and require less than a minute to do so. You can find more Facebook-related information in our other blogs.

 

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