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How to Take a Screenshot of an Entire Webpage in Safari on a Mac

Taking screenshots of a webpage is a normal operation for many. Perhaps it’s to capture an image for a meme, graphs for a presentation, or to send that annoying error message to a disbelieving customer service rep. Whatever the reason, some of the standard Mac screenshot options may not do the trick.

Most of us are familiar with Shift-Command-3 to capture the entire screen, or Shift-Command-4 to capture a selected portion of a screen. You may even be familiar with Shift-Command-5 to capture a single window. But what if you want to take a scrolling screen capture of an entire webpage? The aforementioned tools can’t do that – they can only capture visible areas of your screen. So, is it even possible to take a screenshot that includes a portion of a webpage you would normally need to scroll to see?

Yes, there is! But it does take a few extra steps than just executing a single keystroke combination.

Screenshot a Webpage

• Open Safari and go to “ Safari > Preferences… “
• Click the Advanced tab and toggle on “ Show Develop menu in menu bar .”

• Navigate to the webpage you want to capture and from the Develop menu, choose “ Show Web Inspector .” Alternatively, you can hit alt-command-I (⌥⌘I).

• Select the Elements tab and right-click on the line that begins with “<html…”
• Choose Capture Screenshot

• Give it a moment to do it’s magic, and then select a name and location to save the file.

All done! Well, almost…

This could just be an issue I run into, but when capturing entire pages in this manner, there is a lot of empty container buffer around the image in the PNG file. You can see this in the Quick Preview of the file:

Let’s fix that.

• Open the file in Preview . If Preview is already your default application to open PNG files, you can simply double-click its icon.

• Drag the crosshairs in the empty area around the image. You’ll see the empty space selected and highlighted in red. Drag too far, and you’ll pick up the image itself. Don’t do that, we only want to select the empty area.

• When you let go of the mouse button, the highlighted color will disappear and be replaced with a dotted line indicating the selected area.

• Hit Shift-Command-I (⇧⌘I) to invert the selection.

• Hit Control-K (⌘K) to crop the image to the selection.
• Now you can hit Save (⌘S) and you truly are done. One cleaned up screenshot of an entire webpage.

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OH man, Thank you so much for this post. it really helped me and saved a lot of my time.

Thanks for the helpful screen capture. I cannot get the clean up to work. The Shift+Command+I doesn’t work and I cannot get the Control+K to work. Can select the red area but that’s it.

Hoping you can help.

You show us how to capture OTHER web pages but NOT your own? That’s not cool dudes! If its not NOT for you, its not OK for anyone, right?

on Catalina, the part involving Preview to crop the image was a bit different, but I figured it out. Click on the show Markup Toolbar icon, then click on Rectangular Selection, then draw a box around the bit of interest, then click on “crop” in the toolbar. Repeat if needed. Zoom as needed.

Thanks for the insight!

Tried it on the article and when I try to pen saved .png I get message that either file is corrupted or can’t open the file format.

I ran into this also, then I quickly realized the file does not have the .png extension. Recaptured the screen and ensured when renaming the file, I added .png. Opened as a webpage though not as a preview. Still to figure out how to set preview as the default file opener for png files.

I’ve often wanted to do this. However, on this very page, while the initial steps seem to work, the resulting .png is un-openable by Preview or Pixelmator Pro or Quicklook. (“It may be damaged or use a file format that Preview doesn’t recognize.”)

File->Print->Save as PDF, and File->Export as PDF work as expected in Safari (full HTML-rendered page) with the added features of selectable text and extractable images in the PDFs (for those memes y’all). ~Tim~ macOS Big Sur, 11.4 Safari 14.1.1

Awesome tip! These are the articles that make it worthwhile to keep visiting Rocket Yard of OWC. Thanks. BTW an application to do it is Paparazzi! (but it does not work in all cases) https://derailer.org/paparazzi

I just tried that same Apple webpage with Safari 14.1.1 in OS 11.4. Went to File > Export as PDF… and bingo! Got a nice high-res 8.2MB PDF on my desktop instantly. Image is clean, no unexpected margins.

That works! Thank you!

Huh. I just tried that in Mojave with the latest Safari (14.1.2), using this webpage for the test.

I end up with a 20.6mb file ending in .PNG format, but which will not open. It’s either “damaged” or in a format that Preview can’t open.

In most other applications, this function would be easily performed using the Print button, and then Save as PDF. It is truly unfortunate that web developers have blocked the normal Print functionality on the web.

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How To Take Full Page Screenshots In Safari For Mac

Safari comes as the default browser on Mac computers. It is a perfectly capable browser and if you prefer using native software instead of downloading third-party browsers, we get it. However, unlike Edge, there is no straightforward built-in tool for capturing full page screenshots in Safari.

We’re not sure if Apple ever plans to introduce the feature in an easier manner, but don’t worry, if capturing full page screenshots is something you’re interested in, there are ways around this problem which we will cover in the guide below, so read on to find out.

Saving Websites As PDFs

What’s interesting about this method is that if you try to take a scrolling screenshot on an iPhone , it actually saves as a PDF, so this method is pretty similar.

• Open Safari
• Go to the website you want to capture
• Click on Show Reader View
• From the menu, select File > Export as PDF
• Choose the location and name and click Save

Note that because you’re saving it as a PDF file, it is actually not an image file. The upside to this method is that if you have a PDF editor, you can actually make some edits to the file like adding notes. The downside is that it is equally easy for someone else to make the same edits if they have the file, versus images which might be slightly trickier to manipulate seamlessly.

Using Safari’s Developer Tools

Similar to how Google approaches full page screenshots with Chrome, it appears that Apple has also hidden its full page screenshot tool for Safari behind its developer tools.

• Click on Develop > Show Web Inspector
• In the newly opened window, right click the very first line that reads “html”
• Select Capture Screenshot
• Save the file

The upside to this method is that if you don’t need to capture the entire page, you can just highlight portions of the code that you want to capture, but that’s assuming you know what you’re looking at. Also, Apple already built-in screen capture tools into macOS that will work in Safari (except it doesn’t do full page captures), so that would be an easier method than this.

Using Awesome Screenshot Extension For Safari

If neither of the options above sound appealing to you, then you might be interested to learn that you can use a browser extension for Safari called Awesome Screenshot that makes the entire process a lot simpler.

• Download and install the Awesome Screenshot extension
• Once the extension is installed, go to the website you want to capture
• Click the extension’s icon and select Capture entire page
• You can now make edits to the screenshot if you want
• When you’re ready to save it, click the download icon and it’ll save it to your computer

Using TechSmith’s Snagit Desktop Tool

If you don’t mind paying for software, then perhaps TechSmith’s Snagit could be the end-all to all your screenshot needs. This is because Snagit won’t just work with Safari, but it will work across your Mac so in addition to capturing websites, you can use the Snagit tool to capture other screenshots like from applications, games, and so on.

• Download and install Snagit
• Launch Snagit and click the “All-In-One” tab to the left
• Click the Capture button
• Select the area of the website you want to capture and click the “Launch a Panoramic Capture” button
• Click start and start scrolling down the website and click Stop when you’re done

Keep in mind that Snagit is not free. There is a free trial that you can check out to see if this is what you want, but once the trial is up, you’ll have to pay $50 for a single-user license. It is expensive, but if you think you can get your money’s worth, why not?

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How to take a full-page screenshot of a website on an iphone or ipad.

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Using a feature tucked away in iPhones (running iOS 13 or later) or iPads (running iPadOS 13 or later), you can take a "full-page" screenshot of a website in Safari and save it as a PDF file. Here's how.

First, open Safari on your iPhone or iPad and navigate to the website you'd like to capture with a full-page screenshot. (This feature doesn't work in Chrome for iPhone or iPad yet.)

When you're ready, take a screenshot on your device by pressing a combination of physical buttons. Here's how to do it on each type of device:

• iPhones without a Home button:  Briefly press and hold the Side and Volume Up buttons at the same time.
• iPhones with a Home and Side button: Briefly press and hold the Home and Side buttons at the same time.
• iPhones with a Home and Top button: Briefly press and hold the Home and Top buttons at the same time.
• iPads without a Home button: Briefly press and hold the Top button and the Volume Up button at the same time.
• iPads with a Home button: Briefly press and hold the Top button and the Home button at the same time.

Related: How to Take a Screenshot on Your iPhone or iPad

After you take a screenshot, you'll see a thumbnail image of the screenshot in the corner of the screen. Tap the thumbnail once.

After tapping the thumbnail, you'll enter a screenshot editing mode. Tap the "Full Page" tab located just below the toolbar at the top of the screen. You'll see a preview of the entire web page appear along the right side of the screen. You can scroll through it by sliding your finger.

If you don't like the capture, you can press the Trash Can icon to delete it. But if you're satisfied and want to save it as a PDF file, tap "Done."

In the small pop-up dialog that appears, tap "Save PDF to Files."

Next, browse to the location in Files where you want to save the full-page website capture. When you find the right spot, tap "Save."

If you want to read the full-page screenshot later, open the Files app , navigate to the location of the PDF you just saved, and tap the file once to open it.

Repeat this process as often as you'd like with any website that you'd like to capture as a PDF. Interestingly, the full-page screenshot technique also works in Apple's Pages and Notes apps (although not perfectly), so it might work in other apps as well if you experiment. Have fun!

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How to screenshot a full page on iPhone and iPad

Learn how to screenshot a full page on iPhone and iPad

There are so many hidden iOS features that it can be a challenge remembering them all, but knowing how to screenshot a full page on iPhone is one I've never forgotten. 

As a writer, I often find myself needing to screenshot large chunks of text from websites and articles to send to someone or read later. And while my iPhone 13 Pro Max has an enviable screen size, my stomach turns slightly at the thought of having to screenshot 25 pages of long-form text individually, ensuring nothing is missed, before sending each screenshot one by one.

Fortunately for me, Apple has thought about this, giving any device running iOS an easy way to capture a full page with just a couple of clicks. So read on and I'll show you how to use the full page screenshot feature on iPhone and iPad to capture and share an entire Safari page in one go. 

How to screenshot a full page on iPhone and iPad

1. Open Safari and head over to a webpage you want to screenshot. Simultaneously press the Side and Volume Up buttons to take a screenshot. A thumbnail preview box will appear in the bottom-left of the screen.

If you have an iPad, it's pretty much the same, but you'll need to press the Lock button and Volume Up simultaneously . 

2. Tap the screenshot preview box , then tap Full Page at the top. 

3. Scroll the page using the bar on the right of the screen. 

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4. Tap Crop to shorten the screenshot. Select a tool from the Mark Up bar and use your digit to mark up the screenshot as required, for example highlighting or encircling sections of text.

5. When you're ready, click Done , then tap Save PDF to Files to store your screenshot for later. Alternatively, hit Share to send the PDF to someone instantly via email or direct message.

So, you now know how to screenshot an entire page on both iPhone and iPad. It's little everyday features like this, designed to make your life easier, that turn your average smartphone or tablet into one of the best phones or best tablets out there.

It's worth nothing that this screenshot feature only works in Safari, and can't be used in other apps. As Safari is the browser I use most of the time, I rarely need this feature anywhere else, but it would be nice to see it rolled out to other apps in the future.

Now that you've learnt how to screenshot full pages, why not check out our list of other hidden iPhone features and our guides to how to turn on mirror front camera on iPhone , how to activate the interactive Weather map on iPhone and how to cast Harry Potter spells on iPhone . 

The security conscious may also want to read our guide on how to turn off significant locations to stop their iPhone from tracking them, and how to protect your iPhone from thieves . Meanwhile if you're trying and failing to draw or write on your iPad, here's how to fix an Apple Pencil that's not working .

Peter is Reviews Editor at Tom's Guide. As a writer, he covers topics including tech, photography, gaming, hardware, motoring and food & drink. Outside of work, he's an avid photographer, specialising in architectural and portrait photography. When he's not snapping away on his beloved Fujifilm camera, he can usually be found telling everyone about his greyhounds, riding his motorcycle, squeezing as many FPS as possible out of PC games, and perfecting his espresso shots. 

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How to capture full page screenshots in Safari, Firefox, and Chrome on Mac

In this tutorial, we will show you how to take a screenshot of a full web page in Safari, Chrome, and Firefox on your Mac using built-in and third-party methods.

Important: Most websites use the lazy-loading feature, which loads the image only after you scroll to that point on the page. So, before following the steps below, load the web page completely and scroll to its bottom to ensure all images are also visible. After that, take a full-page screenshot (also known as a scrolling screenshot ).

Also see: How to take a full-page screenshot in any iPhone app

Screenshot an entire web page using built-in browser tools

To accomplish this in Safari, you’ll need to display the Develop tab in the menu bar. If you already have it, you’re a step ahead. If you don’t, follow these steps first.

• Open Safari and click Safari > Settings or Preferences from the menu bar.
• Go to the Advanced tab.
• Check the box for Show features for web developers or Show Develop menu in menu bar .

Now, head to the web page you want to capture and follow these steps.

1) Click Develop > Show Web Inspector from the menu bar. The Inspector will open with the webpage on either the right or the bottom, depending on the default position. This displays the HTML code for the page.

2) Go to the top of the code in the Elements tab and right-click the first line beginning with “html.”

3) Select Capture Screenshot from the shortcut menu. It can take several seconds before you see the screen in the next step, so be patient.

4) Choose a location to save the image and optionally rename it.

5) Hit Save .

You can then open the saved image in Preview or your Mac photo editor to see it in full.

To close the Web Inspector in Safari after you capture the shot, just click the X on the top left corner of the panel.

Firefox users will be happy to know that this browser provides the easiest option for capturing a scrolling screenshot.

1) Head to the page you want to capture. Now, right-click on the page and choose Take a Screenshot .

2) Click Save full page on the top right.

3) Hit Download to save the image or Copy to place it on your clipboard to paste where needed.

And that’s all there is to it! After you choose to Download or Copy the image, the webpage will go back to its original view.

Google Chrome

1) Visit the webpage you want to capture and click the Customize and Control button (three dots) on the top right.

2) Move down to More Tools and pick Developer Tools in the pop-out menu.

3) When the panel opens on the right of the webpage, click the Toggle Device Toolbar button at the top.

4) With your webpage on the left, you can choose to view it as a different device at the top or just leave as Responsive.

5) Click the three dots on the top right of the left-hand panel and select Capture full size screenshot in the menu.

The image will be downloaded for you to grab and open in whichever app you like. You can close the Developer Tools by clicking the X on the top right of that panel.

Use the Awesome Screenshot extension

You can use the excellent Awesome Screenshot extension to capture full-page screenshots inside any popular browser.

Start by getting the extension for Safari , Chrome , or Firefox . After that, click the extension icon and choose Capture Full Page > Done > Download .

Note: For Safari, you will have to first:

• Allow screen recording permission: Once the app is downloaded, open it and click Go to Screen Recording Setting . It will take you to System Settings > Privacy & Security > Screen & System Audio Recording. From here, enable the switch for Awesome Screenshot & Recorder and confirm. After that, click Quit & Reopen .
• Enable the extension: Go to Safari Settings > Extensions and check the box for Awesome Screenshot before its icon appears in the top left of the address bar.

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How to Screenshot An Entire Webpage on Mac

In iOS, Apple's Safari browser includes a built-in screenshot feature that lets you capture entire webpages on your iPhone or iPad for sharing elsewhere.

Note that in step 4, you can drag or click on the page to select a region and then save just that region by clicking Download , or you can save just the visible area of the page by clicking Save visible in the top-right corner.

Tip: You can also customize the Firefox toolbar to add a Screenshot button. Click the Menu button (three lines) in the top-right corner of the browser window. A special tab will open, where you can drag and drop items in or out of the overflow menu and the toolbar. Simply drag the Screenshot item (the cutting scissors icon) to the toolbar, then click Done .

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Have you ever wanted to take a full webpage screenshot in Safari on iPhone or iPad? Now you can do exactly that with the latest iOS and iPadOS releases, where you’re able to snap full page screenshot and save it as a PDF file, which can then be shared, saved locally, edited, printed, or anything else you’d like to do with it.

Android smartphones have had the ability to capture scrolling screenshots for quite a while now. Also known as full page or long screenshots, this feature allows users to take a screenshot of an entire web page and share it with anyone, which is a lot more convenient than taking multiple screenshots. Until now, iOS had lacked this functionality, but you don’t have to feel like you’re left out anymore. With iOS 13, iPadOS 13, and later, Apple allows you to take full page screenshots on your iPhone and iPad, though the feature is limited to the Safari web browser .

Are you one of those iOS users who felt like you were missing out on such a nifty feature? Look no further, because in this article, we’ll be discussing exactly how you can take full page screenshots using Safari on iPhone and iPad. Let’s get right to it.

Since this feature was introduced alongside recent iOS versions, you need to make sure your iPhone and iPad is running iOS 13 / iPadOS 13 or later. Capturing full page screenshots on your iPhone and iPad is fairly similar to taking any regular screenshot , except you have to choose a specific option that saves the whole web page as a file. Here’s how this works:

• Open “Safari” web browser from the home screen of your iPhone and iPad, then visit a website or webpage you want to take a full page screenshot of.

• Next, tap on the thumbnail of the screenshot in the bottom corner of the screen to bring up the markup and sharing option menu for that screen shot

Now that you’ve taken a full webpage screenshot in Safari, you might be wondering how to locate that full page screenshot on the iPhone or iPad. That’s what we’ll discuss next.

How to Find and Share Full Page Screenshots on iPhone & iPad

Unlike regular screenshots that get saved to Photos app as a PNG file, “Full Page” screenshots get saved as a PDF file that can be accessed using the Files app on your iPhone and iPad. Simply follow the steps below to find and share your screenshots.

Those are the steps that you need to follow in order to snap, find, and share your Full Page screenshots.

The brief video below shows the process of taking full page screenshots on an iPhone; taking the screenshot, tapping the thumbnail, selecting ‘Full Page’ from the tab options, then tapping on ‘Done’ so you can save the full webpage screenshot as a PDF file to your device or elsewhere (you can also share it directly from that screen).

Prior to this feature being native to screenshots in the latest iOS and iPadOS releases, your only option was to grab multiple screenshots and stitch them together using a third-party application from the App Store, but having this feature built in is much more convenient.

Apple took some time to bring these full page scrolling screenshots to iOS devices, but now that it’s here it’s quite useful particularly for anyone who works with the web, or even if you just want to save a webpage locally.

The feature is not perfect however, as it only applies to Safari thus far and you can’t really use other third-party web browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Firefox Focus, etc for capturing Full Page screenshots with this technique. Thus if you don’t use Safari for browsing on iPhone or iPad, you’re out of luck for easy full page screenshots.

Additionally, while you can snap full webpage screenshots, you can’t take Full Page screenshots within other apps like Mail, Facebook, Instagram, etc (yet at least, but perhaps that will arrive in a future version of iOS and iPadOS?).

Finally, remember that all of these full page screenshots aren’t really images, but instead they’re saved as PDF files. That may be inconvenient to access and share compared to JPEG and PNG files like regular screenshots, but it also may be a necessity for capturing the full length of a webpage and being able to view it properly.

What do you think of Full Page Screenshots within Safari on iPhone and iPad? Do you see yourself using this feature to capture whole web pages? Let us know your thoughts, experiences, and opinions in the comments section down below.

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This is a cool but useless feature unless the screenshot is saved as, well, a screenshot (JPG or PNG). Saving it as a PDF is useless. PDFs don’t show up in Photos and so can’t be shared via Messages.

Linda! Thank you for this. I have IPhone XS and and a 13 iOS. This works only if you search for website in Safari. If you are in Google (which I do almost exclusively even though my son tells me not to) you will NOT get the full page tab. Search for the website you want In the Safari browser not in Google.

I have the same problem with mr.Carlos. Only part of the full website is captured, maybe there’s a limitation of how long you can captured..

This would be great……..if it worked properly! Having gone through the steps as instructed, the saved webpage is incomplete. Realising that each part of the page generated as I scrolled down, I let that happen before taking the screenshot. It worked….in part. Half of the webpage is missing. I haven’t been able to solve this issue. So, useless!

Great tip. As well as in Safari, I have been able to use this in Apple’s iOS/iPadOS Mail and Numbers apps.

I use the Tailor app. Saves to your Photos. I like that better then as a PDF.

Here is how to snap a full webpage screenshot with iPhone or iPad:

– Open Safari

– Go to a web page that is long enough to scroll

– Take a screenshot as usual on your iPhone or iPad (press Volume Up and Power, or Home button + Power, depends on your device)

– NOW tap the screenshot thumbnail that appears in the corner – this is the part some people are skipping

– Choose “FULL PAGE” at the top of the screen to take the full webpage screenshot on iPhone or iPad or iPod

– You can then use the Share option to send it to someone directly, or to email it or save it

– If you tap on Done you will have the immediate option to “Save as PDF” to save the entire webpage screenshot as a PDF file

There you have it. This is a great feature.

This did not work for me with an iPhone XS MAX. Tried it a couple of times and all I get is the screen to power off the phone.

Nedda, after you take the screenshot of the webpage in Safari, immediately tap on the thumbnail icon of the screenshot that appears in the corner of the screen. Then you’ll be in the markup screen where you can select “Full Page” to snap the full webpage screenshot.

Hope that helps!

I tried it .. just upgrade to 13.3.1 . and when i hit those two buttons it takes a snapshot and doesn’t give me any options for Full or not

It’s hidden behind the editing toolbar. Slide the toolbar out of the way and you’ll see the missing menu

IPad Pro (first version) iPadOS 13.3.1. Safari Sorry Linda but this does not work here. I just get a screenshot saved in photos.

Hi, not working on iPad Air running iOS 13…don’t get the tabs, just takes screenshot

Tap on the thumbnail after you take the screenshot in Safari, that’s how you access the the tabs to choose the full page screenshot option!

I am running IOS 13.3 on an iPhone XR, this feature is not present!

On my iPhone 7 with iOS 13.3.1, using Power + Home button in Safari, I only get the standard prtscrn image.

I have an iPhone 7 with iOS 13.3.1, I use Power button + Home on Safari, and I only get the standard printscreen to image.

How can I stop getting mail from my old discontinued Blackberry account?

Be aware you must choose FULL PAGE very quick on an iPad or in a blink it defaults to screen.

Finally! Long overdue feature.

So will I not be able to take a photo? I want to be able to create a jpg in Safari.

I have an Xr iPhone with the very latest and tabs do not show either.

This is a great tip! Thanks a lot Paul 😊

The “two tabs” shown in step 3 do not appear on an iPhone 8 or an iPhone X. Are you sure this isn’t just a trick for iPhone 11?

Positively this is for every iPhone or iPad that runs the latest iOS / ipadOS releases. If you’re not using Safari or on iOS 13 or later you will not have this full page screen shot option however.

No, the “two tabs” do not appear on my iPhone X either. I am running the latest 13.3.1 software

You neglected to tell people to click on the thumbnail screenshot image (before it disappears) that was created by pressing the button combinations in step 2.

Only then will the options in step 3 be available.

I agree with Fulano. I am running ios13 on my iPhone X and this functionality does not exist.

I’m running iOS 13 on my iPhone X and iPadOS 13.4 on iPad and the functionality DOES EXIST, there is an extra step that some of you are missing however. Here is how you do this:

– Open Safari

– GO to a web page that is long enough to scroll

– Take a screenshot as usual on your iPhone or iPad

– NOW tap the screenshot thumbnail that appears in the corner – this is the part some people are skipping

– Choose “FULL PAGE” at the top of the screen to take the full webpage screenshot on iPhone or iPad or iPod

There you have it, doing it right now as we speak!

This is a feature that Apple openly talks about on their own website and it’s a good one. Remember to tap that thumbnail in Safari after the screenshot, that’s how you can select FULL PAGE!

I, too, had trouble finding the tabs at first. There’s a step missing: the tabs are in the temporary screenshot that appears at the bottom of your iPhone or iPad screen. Tap on that temporary image and you will see the tabs and be able to follow the rest of the instructions.

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Screenshot entire webpage (Mac)

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How to screenshot an entire webpage on Mac

The easiest way to screenshot an entire webpage on Mac is to use the Shift + Command + 3 combination. Alternatively, you can use built-in browser screen capture features to screenshot an entire webpage on Mac, but the way to do this would depend on the browser.

Taking a screenshot on a Mac computer is very easy – all you need to do is press Shift + Command + 3 and this will create a screenshot using the built-in Screenshot mac utility. This app actually has several useful options, so, to actually open it and gain access to those options you can search for them in Spotlight by typing Screenshot and opening the first result. You can also use the Shift + Command + 5 combination from your keyboard to directly open the Screen capture utility. Once you open it, at the bottom of your screen, you’d be given the different options of the app – to screenshot the entire screen or a specified selection, or to record a video of your entire screen or of a selection. If you want to take a screenshot of the whole screen, click the first button from left to right (should be labeled Capture Entire Screen) and then click anywhere on your screen. A screenshot image file will soon be saved in a location specified in the settings of the Screenshot utility. To see what that location is and to change it if you want, click Options when the Screenshot utility is open and see what folder is checked below Save to . If you want, you can change that folder to another location.

If you want a quick way of making screenshots of specified selections of the screen, you can instead use the Shift + Command + 4 keyboard combination. This will directly turn your cursor into a selection tool. To use it, click and hold somewhere on your screen and then drag the cursor over the area of your screen that you want to capture. Once you’ve selected the area you want, release the click and a screenshot will be taken and saved to the Save to the location of the Screenshot utility.

This is the easiest way to take screenshots on Mac, but note that a lot of browsers offer their own screenshot utilities and functions. Below, we will show you how to take a screenshot of a webpage using Chrome and Firefox.

How to screenshot a webpage in Chrome on Mac

• Open the Chrome browser on your Mac and go to the page you want to screenshot.
• Press the Command + Option + I keyboard combination, and you will see a window appear to the right.
• Next, press Command + Shift + P and then type “ Screenshot” in the Run field.

• If you chose the Capture area screenshot feature, click-hold on your screen and drag the cursor while holding the click to select the area you want to screenshot and then release the click. Any screenshots you create in this way will be saved to the Google Chrome download location, but you can also directly open the screenshot by clicking it from the bottom of your screen, as it should appear there after you take it.

How to screenshot a webpage in Firefox on Mac

• Launch Firefox and visit the page that you need to screenshot.

Martina likes to get into nitty-gritty of tomorrow’s tech, from product design across to security based solutions. A long time mac user and developer, she has the expertise and strives to give new insight

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How to Take a Screenshot of a Full Webpage and Export it as a PDF on Your iPhone

• Users should know that screenshotting an entire webpage is rather simple on iOS.
• While users originally needed to use Safari to accomplish this, recent updates to iOS allow for support from popular third-party apps.
• There’s also a really easy way to screenshot a webpage on a Mac.

Need to know how to take a full webpage screenshot and export it as a PDF on your iPhone? Worry not, for a solution is available. There can be instances when a user needs to screenshot an entire webpage, which isn’t as obvious as one would think. Whether this is for work or play, knowing how to take a screenshot on your iPhone can be quite handy. If you want to know how to take a full-page screenshot on an iPhone 11 or save a screenshot as a PDF on iOS 15, I’ve got you covered. Even better, there’s no need for a third-party app or any additional software. Those looking to capture a full webpage screenshot and export it to PDF format really only need to know one specific thing. 

With that in mind, I’m going to show users how they’re able to screenshot an entire webpage and export it as a PDF on iPhone. I’ll also briefly discuss the compatibility and limitations of this full-page feature, while also showing some additional tips as well. Users should note that the ability to screenshot an entire page is going to require a certain version of iOS, so not every device model is going to be compatible with this feature. Nonetheless, knowing how to screenshot complete webpages is pretty useful, so let’s take a look at how to accomplish this with certain browsers, including Apple’s default browser.

How to Take Full-Page Screenshots on iPhone

If you need to take a screenshot of a full webpage and export it to a PDF on your iPhone, then Safari is going to be your go-to app for this task . Additionally, you can also use certain third-party browsers, such as Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.

Time needed:  1 minute

To capture a full-page screenshot on your iPhone, follow these steps.

On devices with Face ID, you do this by pressing the side button and volume button at the same time. If you have Touch ID and a side button, press the Home button and the Side button at the same time. If your iPhone has a button on the top of the device, press the Home button and the top button at the same time.

That’s all there is to it! Using Safari, or virtually any third-party browser, you can take full-page screenshots of any webpage and save it as a PDF directly to your device. It’s quite a useful feature. However, there are some limitations that users should be aware of in the next section. 

Compatibility and Limitations on iPhone

While Safari can save a screenshot of an entire webpage as a PDF, there are some limitations to this capability. For example, this feature was first introduced in iOS 13, so not every iPhone is going to be able to support this feature. Older iPhone models, such as the iPhone 5s, iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, and older models are not going to be able to take advantage of this feature.

Another important thing to know about this feature is that it works with any browser, so long as you are running a current version of iOS. When the feature first saw an introduction in iOS 13, the ability to screenshot an entire webpage was limited to just Safari. However, this feature now works with other browsers, such as Google Chrome and Firefox. If you’re running the latest version of iOS, you should be good to go. However, if you find that Google Chrome or Firefox isn’t working, try Apple’s default browser, Safari. This should help you get the ideal screenshot you’re looking for.  

Users should also remember the plethora of Share options available when creating a screenshot on their iPhone. Remember steps four and five in the above how-to: rather than selecting Done, users can select the Share Button in the top-right corner for a wealth of options. For example, aside from being able to send the image through Messages, you can also implement AirDrop to send it to other Apple devices. Users are also able to copy the screenshot, add it to Notes, add it to a Shared Album, or save it directly to their files as a JPEG. Of course, users should remember that if they screenshot a webpage, it is likely to be a gigantic screenshot. 

Take a Full-Page Screenshot on Mac: Scrolling Screenshot

Knowing how to take a full-page screenshot on iPhone is rather useful, but did you know you can accomplish this on a Mac as well? You can, and it’s rather easy. On a Mac, one option users have is a scrolling screenshot, and it can go beyond taking a simple screen grab of an entire webpage. Knowing how to do it is as easy as remembering your keyboard shortcuts. 

• Open the webpage you want to screenshot. 
• Press  Command + Shift + 5  on your keyboard simultaneously. 
• You will see a screen record toolbar appear near the bottom of the screen.
• From the toolbar, click  Record Entire Screen . 

• Scroll through the screen that you want to capture. Make sure you are getting everything you want. 
• Click  Command + Shift + 5  again. 
• This will bring the toolbar up again, press the  Stop Screen Recording  button.  

Screenshot an Entire Page on Mac

Introduced in macOS X, users can also take a screenshot of an entire webpage. Simply follow these steps:

• Open the webpage you want to screenshot.
• Hold  Command + minus (-) . This allows you to zoom out on the page until you can see everything without scrolling.
• Then, press  Command + Shift + 4 . This will make a cursor appear. Use your mouse to drag the cursor, selecting the entire webpage. Your Mac will take a screenshot upon the release of the mouse button.

While users originally needed Apple’s Safari to take full-page screenshots, this is fortunately no longer the case thanks to updates with iOS. Now, users can implement some of the most popular third-party browsers to take screenshots, meaning any choice they make regarding a browser is now an excellent choice. Whether you need to take a screenshot of an entire webpage for business or just to share information with someone, know that it’s as easy as following a few steps. Of course, if you need to share a Pages document as a PDF, that’s a cinch to do as well.

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How to Take Full-Page Screenshots on iPhone

Did you know you can take full-page screenshots on your iPhone in Safari? This means that rather than capturing only the section of the web page that's visible on your iPhone display, you'll be able to screenshot the entire page. We'll walk you through how to take full-page screenshots on iPhone.

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• Your screenshots can go full page and save all the information you need without the need for several different image files.
• Learn how to save your screenshot as a PDF and easily share or print an entire web page.

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• Open the web page in Safari that you'd like to capture and take a screenshot as you normally would. 

If your screenshot does not appear in the Files app right away, give it a few minutes and check again. Sometimes it can take a moment to process.

Now you can save screenshots of entire web pages to your Files app! This comes in especially handy when you want to save a whole article without having to break it into individual screen-sized pieces.

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How to Screenshot an Entire Webpage

If you are looking for how to capture a full web page screenshot on a Mac or PC, this post is for you. I’ve tried a handful of tools and techniques that claim to be able to screenshot an entire webpage, but only a few still work as of this writing.

You want to get this done quickly, so I’ll show you how to do it step by step. I’ll also point out the pros and cons of each method, just wanted to save you time figuring out which method is the best for you.

This guide is for those who want to take a whole screenshot of the entire or long web page — meaning there are sections that aren’t totally visible on your screen.

If you simply want to capture a static window or a full desktop screen, this guide is not for you. You can use the built-in tools on your computer or phone to get that done quickly: Shift + Command + 4 (macOS) or Ctrl + PrtScn (Windows).

• Don’t want to download any software or extension? Try Method 1 or Method 7 .
• If you are using the Mozilla Firefox browser, try Method 2 .
• If you want to capture the screenshots as well as make simple edits, try Method 3, 5, 6 .

Quick Update : For Mac users, it is even possible to capture a full-sized screenshot without a browser extension. 1. Open DevTools in Chrome (command + option + I) 2. Open the Command Menu (command + shift + P) and type in “screenshot” 3. Select one of the two options “Capture full size screenshot” of “Capture screenshot”. 4. The captured image will be downloaded to your computer. — Tip contributed by our reader, Hans Kuijpers.

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1. Print and Save an Entire Webpage as a PDF

2. firefox screenshots (for firefox users), 3. parallels toolbox for mac (safari), 4. awesome screenshot plugin (for chrome, firefox, safari), 5. capture a scrolling window or entire page with snagit, 6. capto app (for mac only), 7. capture a full-size screenshot on chrome without a browser extension, 8. full page screen capture (chrome extension), 9. paparazzi (mac only).

Suppose you want to extract, say, an Income Statement sheet from Yahoo Finance. First, open the page on a web browser. Here, I use Chrome on my Mac as an example.

Step 1: On the Chrome menu, click File > Print.

Step 2: Click the “Save” button to export the page into a PDF file.

Step 3: If you want to embed the financial sheet into a PowerPoint project, you may need to convert the PDF into an image in PNG or JPEG format first, then crop the image only to include the data part.

• It’s quick.
• No need to download any third-party software.
• The screenshot quality is good.
• Extra time may be needed to convert the PDF file into an image.
• It’s difficult to directly customize the screenshots.

Firefox Screenshots is a new feature developed by the Mozilla team to help you take, download, collect and share screenshots. You can use this feature to quickly save a screenshot of an entire web page.

Step 1: Click on the Page actions menu in the address bar.

Step 2: Select the “Save Full Page” option.

Step 3: Now you can choose to download the image directly to your computer desktop.

Side note : I saw that this feature is still in BETA, so it’s not guaranteed that Firefox will keep it. But by the time this post was last updated, this feature is still accessible. Also, the most popular web browser like Apple Safari or Google Chrome doesn’t offer this feature yet.

If you want to take a scrolling screenshot on Mac, you’ll love this feature called “Screenshot Page” in Parallels Toolbox which includes a handful of small utilities.

Note: Parallels Toolbox is not freeware, but it offers a 7-day trial without any functional limitations.

Step 1: download Parallels Toolbox and install the app on your Mac. Open it and find Take Screenshots > Screenshot Page .

Step 2: Click on Screenshot Page and it will take you to another window asking to add an extension to Safari. Once you enable it, you’ll see this icon show up on your Safari browser.

Step 3: Select the page you want to screenshot and click on the Parallels Screenshot icon, it will then automatically scroll your page and take a screenshot and save as a PDF file on your desktop.

• The quality of the output PDF file is very good.
• You don’t have to scroll manually as the app will do it for you.
• Besides screenshotting a webpage, you can also capture an area or window.
• It takes a bit of time to install the app.
• It’s not freeware, though a 7-day no-limitation trial is provided.

Awesome Screenshot has a plugin that can capture all or part of any web page. Also, it allows you to edit the screenshots: You can comment, add annotations, blur sensitive information, etc. The plugin is compatible with major web browsers including Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.

Here are the links to add the plugin:

• Firefox (Note: since the Firefox Screenshots is now available, I don’t recommend this plugin any longer. See method 2 for more.)

I’ve tested the plugin on Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, and they all work well. To make things easier, I’ll use Google Chrome as an example. The steps for using Awesome Screenshot for Firefox and Safari are quite similar.

Step 1: Open the above Chrome link and click “ADD TO CHROME.”

Step 2: Hit “Add extension.”

Step 3: Once the extension icon shows up on the Chrome bar, click on it and select the “Capture entire page” option.

Step 4: Within a few seconds, that web page scrolls down automatically. A new page will open up (see below), showing you the screenshot with an editing panel that allows you to crop, annotate, add visuals, etc. Click “Done” when you’re finished.

Step 5: Hit the “download” icon to save the screenshot image. That’s it!

• Extremely easy to use.
• Image editing features are great.
• It’s compatible with major web browsers.
• The extension may encounter some operational issues, according to its developer. I haven’t experienced any such issues yet.

I really like Snagit . It’s a powerful screen capture and editing app that allows you to do almost anything related to screenshotting. To take a full screenshot of a web page, follow the steps below (I’ll use Snagit for Windows as an example):

Please note: Snagit is not freeware, but it has a 15-day free trial.

Step 1: Get Snagit and install it on your PC or Mac. Open the main capture window. Under Image > Selection , make sure you choose “Scrolling Window.” Hit the red Capture button to continue.

Step 2: Locate the web page you want to screenshot, then move the cursor to that area. Now Snagit will be activated, and you’ll see three yellow arrow buttons moving. The bottom arrow represents “Capture Vertical Scrolling Area,” the right arrow represents “Capture Horizontal Scrolling Area,” and the bottom-right corner arrow represents “Capture Entire Scrolling Area.” I clicked on the “Capture Vertical Scrolling Area” option.

Step 3: Now Snagit scrolls the page automatically and captures the off-screen parts. Soon, a Snagit Editor panel window will pop up with the screenshot it just took. See the available editing features listed there? That’s why Snagit stands out from the crowd: You can make as many changes as you’d like, with tons of options.

• It’s able to capture a scrolling webpage as well as a window.
• Powerful image editing features.
• Very intuitive and easy to use.
• It takes time to download and install the app (~90MB in size).
• It’s not free, though it comes with a 15-day trial.

Capto is a productivity app for many Mac users, myself included. The core value of the app is to record screen videos on your Mac, but it also allows you to capture screenshots and save the images to its library. You then can easily edit, organize and share them.

Note: Similar to Snagit, Capto is also not freeware but it does offer a trial that you can take advantage of.

Here’s how to take an entire screenshot using Capto:

Step 1: Open the app and on the top of the menu, click on the “Web” icon. There you can choose to snap the URL of a webpage in different ways. For example, if you’re already on the page, simply click “Snap Active Browser URL”

Step 2: You can also edit the screenshot e.g. highlight an area, add an arrow or text, etc. using the tools on the left panel.

Step 3: Now Capto will extract the page elements and save an image to its library. You then select File > Export to save it locally.

Note: if you select to let Capto snap a web page from the active browser, this may take some time in case of a longer webpage.

Other Methods

During my exploration, I also found a few other working methods. I don’t want to feature them above because they aren’t as good considering the time and effort you need to invest and the quality of output. Nonetheless, they do work, so feel free to give some of them a try.

This tip was kindly shared by one of our readers, Hans Kuijpers.

• Open DevTools in Chrome (OPTION + CMD + I)
• Open the Command Menu (CMD + SHIFT + P) and type in “screenshot”
• Select one of the two options “Capture full size screenshot” of “Capture screenshot”.
• The captured image will be downloaded to your computer.

Similar to Awesome Screenshot, Full Page Screen Capture is a Chrome plugin that is incredibly easy to use. Just install it ( here’s the link to its extension page) on your Chrome browser, locate the web page you want to capture and hit the extension icon. A screenshot is made almost instantly. However, I found it less appealing because it does not have the image editing features that Awesome Screenshot has.

Update: this app hasn’t been updated for quite a long time, there may be compatibility issues with the latest macOS. I thus don’t recommend it anymore.

Paparazzi! is a Mac utility designed and developed by Nate Weaver specifically for making screenshots of web pages. It’s quite intuitive. Just copy and paste the webpage link, define the image size or delay time, and the app will return the result for you. Once that’s done, click the download icon located on the bottom-right corner to export the screenshot.

The main concern I have is that the app was last updated quite a few years ago, so I’m not sure if it will be compatible with future macOS versions.

These are the different ways to take screenshots for a full or scrolling webpage. As I said in the quick summary section, different methods have their own advantages and disadvantages, so be sure to choose the one that best fits your needs. I’ll leave it to you to choose which one(s) to use.

As always, if you’ve got any questions or suggestions, feel free to leave a comment below.

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Great article, I tried #7 and it worked like a charm! Thanks for your help.

my recommendation

GoFullPage : chrome extension

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gofullpage-full-page-scre/fdpohaocaechififmbbbbbknoalclacl/related?hl=en

Hey JP, it’s a great and insightful post for me. The way you have structured all the information with pros and cons about each way to take screenshots of a webpage is commendable. I liked Snagit- allowing me to capture a screenshot while scrolling windows and take a screenshot without using chrome extension on chrome. I appreciate your effort.

@Hans – that’s the most brilliant tip. I had no idea! Thank you!

Thanks! – What i have been looking for. Do you know a software to put a link in, so it will fit in the correct pixel?

Brilliant Firefox, quick as a snap of my fingers! Thank you very much for sharing!

Dear JP, I can’t get Awesome Screenshot with Safari. After the Sept 2019 update to Safari it no longer works. This drives me crazy. It was a great tool. And why can’t Safari & Mac make it work? I also can’t get “command+shift+4” to create a crosshair for taking a shot. Any suggestions? I would be so grateful. I currently have to bring up Preview to take a screenshot.

Many, many thanks, JP! Firefox worked brilliantly! Super easy! Exactly what I needed (as I didn’t want to install Chrome). Thank you so much for posting all this thorough information. Cheers from Australia!

I was using Awesome screen shot for years with Safari but now with the latest Update to Safari (Sept 2019) it no longer works (Mac gave me a notice that this plugin wouldn’t work any more.) I hope they update it. It was a great tool to quickly get a full page screen shot.

Very helpful, however I find the quality of the image (using Methods 3 and 7) was not very good, compared to what we get if we use the snipping tool for part of a website. Should we just expect that free tools aren’t going to have very good resolution?

I also found that both methods didn’t capture the full page of one website, but it was a training one, and I had to pay to access it … could it be that they set up the web page to limit how much of the screen you could capture (it got about 2/3 of it).

Thanks again,

That’s amazing! So many methods! Thanks very much! But there’s a problem after installing the plugin on safari according to the link. They didn’t work except the first option “Capture Visible Part of Page”. Besides, I can’t remove it just as the awesome screenshot on Chrome. There is no “remove” option.

Great article, thanks. Got the first one for both Safari and Chrome and I use it all the time now in Chrome. Works real well like an app so it feels natural too. Thanks again!

Nice researching and great sharing. Very very helpful!! Thank you very much!!

no 3-dot icon/button (Page Actions menu), or screenshot option, anywhere I could find in my Firefox 65.0.1

None of that in my 3 horizontal line “Open menu” option, either.

Can anyone guide me to this?

GrabzIt provides a free online screenshot tool that allows you to convert any webpage to a full length screenshot on demand or to a schedule.

https://grabz.it/screenshot-tool/

I want to capture excels and want scrolling both ways , down and right…can anybody please suggest which will e the best tool for this.

Thanks Inn advance!

Hey JP – YES! Time for a refresh on what still works. Tons of articles out there, some that were posted as far back as 2007.

A few notes:

Papparazzi – Worked for me sometimes. For longer pages it sometimes stalled out.

Fireshot – I nabbed this Chrome extension when Paparazzi wasn’t working smoothly. Works well and is easy to save to either PDF or JPG. But had trouble from time to time when the web page was a sprawling long one with lots of images.

Web-Capture – This is what I fall back on when all else fails. Even tho it can take a bit of time for longer pages, it usually gets them right.

Thanks for the notes!

Hi I’m trying to take scrolling screen shot of “pop-up” on my web browsers (Chrome & safari). None of the popular extensions are helping me to do that. Any suggestions?

PS: Workaround I’m using right now is to copy the visible section of the pop-up and scroll, repeat the process till the entire pop-up is covered.

Regards, Ravi

Great article. Very helpful! Thanks!

You are welcome. Glad that you find it helpful 🙂

It is even possible to capture a full sized screenshot without a browser extension. – Open DevTools in Chrome (OPTION + CMD + I) – Open the Command Menu (CMD + SHIFT + P) and type in “screenshot” – Select one of the two options “Capture full size screenshot” of “Capture screenshot”. – That’s it… the captured image will be downloaded to your computer

Thanks for sharing that, Hans. 🙂

On my extremely long webpage it failed to capture the whole page. So probably there is a upper limit to how long a webpage you can capture with this tool.

By far the best solution for Chrome.

Thanks, that’s so useful – Awesome screenshot always captures sticky menus and repeats them down the screencap which is so annoying – this fixes that!

It’s not working for scrolling webpage

Awesome Hans!

Nice trick! Love it!! But I cannot get the “whole” page. For example, I tried on this page and only got to “4. Capture a Scrolling Window or Entire page with Snagit” section…

maybe it only happens to my computer?

This helped me so much, thank you!

Yeah, just get Snagit. It was by far the easiest way to get a scrolling screenshot!

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Safari is a wonderful browser that allows you to browse the internet with minimal distractions. It even allows you to take full-page screenshots of webpages, documents, or emails that exceed your iPhone screen, allowing you to save these long files as a PDF.

Unfortunately, full-page screenshots don't always work how they're supposed to. But we'll show you how to fix that below.

How to Take a Full-Page Screenshot

To take a full-page, scrolling screenshot of a webpage, take a screenshot as you normally would while on Safari, then tap the preview and select Full Page at the top. You can then choose Save PDF to Files or the Share icon to send it elsewhere.

Related: How to Take Full-Page Screenshots in Safari on iOS

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Try these tips if you can't take full-page screenshots in Safari.

1. Check Your iOS Version

Full-page screenshots are available for iPhone users running on iOS 13 and later. First, make sure that your iPhone is running an iOS version that supports the feature by going to Settings > General > About .

If your OS is not the problem, make sure to check the app you’re using when attempting to take a full-page screenshot. It only works with Safari.

2. Make Sure You're in Safari

There are times that, depending on what you’re browsing, Safari will redirect you to another built-in app, like Apple Books, Files, or Messages. Full-page screenshots are not available in other apps or browsers.

3. Remove Safari From Any Home Screen Folders

A recent update may have a bug where full-page screenshots aren't accessible if you open Safari from a folder.

If your Safari is grouped with other apps in a folder on your Home Screen, first remove Safari from the folder and just place it somewhere on the Home Screen itself. Then launch the app and try to take a screenshot. You should see the Full-Page option again.

However, if you don’t like a cluttered Home Screen, you can also launch Safari from the App Library.

Related: What Is the iPhone App Library and How Do I Use It?

Take Screenshots Again

Full-page screenshots are a handy way to save whole web pages for later offline reading or other purposes. With these easy troubleshooting tips, you can make use of this simple hack again.

• Safari Browser
• Screenshots

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How to take a full page screenshot in Safari?

iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 15

Posted on May 23, 2022 8:15 AM

Posted on May 23, 2022 8:07 PM

I don't think the full page one you are showing is 'smaller', it looks like one of the features of a full page screenshot is that it removes the address bar and iPhone time display etc so that your screenshot is only of the web page.. which makes some sense.

It's most likely something to do with the specific website you are trying to do this on.

Go to delta.com or apple.com and try it there, works just fine for me. but I see the same thing you do on southwest's site.

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May 23, 2022 8:07 PM in response to Catalyst2021