How To Take Screenshot and Save it to OneDrive Automatically on Windows

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If you want to save every screenshot you take using Print Screen key to your OneDrive folder so they get synced up automatically, here is a quick tip for you.

Go to the system tray, right-click on OneDrive icon and choose Settings to open OneDrive Settings dialog box.

OneDrive Settings - How To Take Screenshot and Save it to OneDrive Automatically on Windows

Then, switch to Auto Save tab, and check the option “Automatically save screenshots I captured to OneDrive.”

OneDrive Settings Auto Save - How To Take Screenshot and Save it to OneDrive Automatically on Windows

Click OK to save the setting. OneDrive will now take over and register any keyboard combinations that involve Print Screen key, Alt + PrintScr, Ctrl + PrintScr, etc.

Now from this point on, every time you press Print Screen key on your computer a screenshot of your whole desktop will be saved in the following folder in your OneDrive and gets synced up to the cloud automatically. Pressing Alt + Print Screen keyboard shortcut will save the screenshot of the currently active window instead.

OneDrive > Pictures > Screenshots

OneDrive Screenshot folder. 600x354 - How To Take Screenshot and Save it to OneDrive Automatically on Windows

Note that Win + Print Screen key combination still works the same way and will still save a screenshot of entire desktop to the Screenshots folder under Pictures folder in your local user profile.

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