An upcoming update to Windows 11 will change how the Print Screen key works. Microsoft is defaulting the key to open its Snipping Tool instead of copying a screenshot to your clipboard.

Windows offers several built-in ways to take screenshots. Sure, you can just hit the Prt Scrn button on your keyboard to ...

Windows 11 beta changes what the Print Screen button does after 33 years Key now opens the Snipping Tool by default rather than copying to the clipboard.

Microsoft is set to change what the Print Screen key does, with the new functionality set to bring up the Windows 11 Snipping Tool.

Microsoft is testing changes to how the print screen button works in Windows 11, causing it to open the Windows Snipping Tool rather than copying a screenshot to the clipboard.

The Print Screen button on Windows computers has been associated with screen capture for decades. A new beta version of Windows 11 now opens the Snipping Tool when the Print Screen button is used.

Learn how to disable Print Screen button to open screen snipping in Windows 11 using the Settings app and Windows Registry.

Microsoft has released a beta build that changes how the traditional PrtScn or Print Screen key works, launching the Snipping Tool app instead. But you can fix it if you want, too.

Soon, pressing the Print Screen button in Windows 11 could launch the Snipping Tool instead of sending a screenshot to your clipboard.

An update to Windows 11 will change the function of the Print Screen key so that it will now open up the Snipping Tool.

Microsoft is changing the default behavior of the Print Screen button on Windows 11. Don't like it? Here's how to change it back.