How to take a screenshot on a samsung s21

In this tutorial, you will learn how to:

• Take a screenshot
• Edit or share screenshots immediately
• Access and use screen recording

Take a screenshot

Press and quickly release the Side and Volume down buttons.

Note: To access screenshots, from the home screen, select the 

How to take a screenshot on a samsung s21
 Gallery app > Albums tab > Screenshots.
How to take a screenshot on a samsung s21




Edit or share screenshots immediately

Immediately after taking a screenshot, a toolbar will appear at the bottom of the screen. Select the desired option:

How to take a screenshot on a samsung s21

 CROP A SCREENSHOT: Select the Crop icon, then edit screenshot as desired.

 SHARE A SCREENSHOT: Select the Share icon, then follow the prompts to share.




Access and use screen recording

Screen recording lets you capture what’s happening on your phone. Swipe down from the Notification bar twice, then select the Screen recorder icon. Select the desired sound setting, then select Start recording.

How to take a screenshot on a samsung s21

To pause the recording, select the Pause icon. To stop the recording, select the Stop icon.

Note: To access screen recordings, from the home screen select the

How to take a screenshot on a samsung s21
Gallery app > Albums tab > Screen recordings.

How to take a screenshot on a samsung s21

Second method to make a screenshot in Galaxy S21 5G:

1- Go to the screen or application you want to capture the screen on your Samsung.

2- Open the notification bar or quick setting bar of your Samsung Galaxy S21 5G by sliding your finger from the top of the screen down and pressing the "Screenshot" icon.

3- The captured image is automatically saved in the gallery of your phone or tablet Samsung.

You can find the image gallery on the home screen, it should have a photo icon, an instant photo or depending on the version of the software installed, it is possible that your image gallery application is Google Photos, in this case look for the icon of a four-pointed star made of paper with four colors, one for each point..

How to capture a full page in Samsung Galaxy S21 5G?

If what you want is to capture a complete web page in your Samsung Galaxy S21 5G first of all you should know that this method is not available natively on Android for the moment however Samsung has incorporated it into its One UI customization layer.

To make a scroll screenshot on a web page, a WhatsApp conversation or any other application from your Samsung Galaxy S21 5G, take the screenshot with the method indicated above, when taking the screenshot the capture and the screen capture menu will appear for a few seconds, before it disappears, click on “Scrollshot” and wait while scrolling on the screen capturing all the content, when you want to cut the screenshot, click on the screen to stop since if the web page or the application has a very long or infinite scroll it can generate a too large image and block the system.

Once the capture is made, it will be saved in the Galaxy S21 5G image gallery and you can edit and share it on social networks.

How to take a screenshot on a samsung s21

Screenshot not working on Samsung Galaxy S21 5G

If none of the indicated methods to capture screen on your Samsung Galaxy S21 5G has worked, it may be a problem with the settings or software, to solve it we must reset the Galaxy S21 5G settings.

To do this we go to Settings -> General management -> Reset -> Reset all settings.

A notice will be displayed indicating that all settings except personal data, security, languages, accounts and downloaded applications will be reset (ie this data will not be deleted). Click on “Reset settings” to continue, enter your PIN or unlock pattern and click on “Reset” again, the Galaxy S21 5G will restart and you can check if the screenshot works correctly.

About the device:

Samsung Galaxy S21 5G a size of 151.7 x 71.2 x 7.9 mm (5.97 x 2.80 x 0.31 in), a weight of 169 grams, a screen size of 6.2 inches, 94.1 cm2 (~87.2% screen-to-body ratio) and a screen resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~421 ppi density).

It has a processor Octa-core (1x2.9 GHz Cortex-X1 & 3x2.80 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A55) - InternationalOcta-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 680 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 680 & 4x1.80 GHz Kryo 680 - USA/China, a graphics card Mali-G78 MP14 - InternationalAdreno 660 - USA/China, a RAM memory 8 GB and an internal memory of 128 GB / 256 GB.

The Samsung Galaxy S21 5G comes from the factory with the Android 11, One UI 3.1 operating system.

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