How to take a full-page screenshot in Chrome: every way

To take a full-page screenshot in Chrome without installing anything, open DevTools with F12, press Ctrl+Shift+P (Cmd+Shift+P on a Mac), type screenshot and pick Capture full size screenshot. Chrome downloads the whole page, top to bottom, as one PNG.

By Manish Kalyan, who makes Screenshots Clipboard. Published 1 November 2026.

How do I take a full-page screenshot in Chrome without an extension?

Use the screenshot commands built into Chrome’s DevTools. They’re free and already in your browser.

Open the page, scroll to the bottom and back to the top once, so pictures that load as you scroll are there.
Press F12, or Ctrl+Shift+I (Cmd+Option+I on a Mac), to open DevTools.
Press Ctrl+Shift+P (Cmd+Shift+P on a Mac) and type screenshot.
Pick Capture full size screenshot. The PNG lands in your downloads.

How do I get a full-page screenshot at phone size?

In DevTools, click the device toolbar button (the phone and tablet icon), pick a phone at the top, then choose Capture full size screenshot from the ⋮ menu in that bar. You get the page as that phone shows it, top to bottom.

Can Microsoft Edge take a full-page screenshot on its own?

Yes. In Edge, press Ctrl+Shift+S, choose Capture full page, then copy, mark up or save the picture.

Why does my full-page screenshot look wrong?

Long pages trip up most methods in the same few ways. Check the middle and the bottom of the picture, not just the top.

Blank pictures halfway down: the page loads them only as you scroll. Scroll to the bottom and back, then capture again.
A huge first section: parts sized to your window can stretch when the whole page is captured at once.
The header on every screen: some tools show a sticky header again on each screen of a long page.
Only one screen of an app: web mail, chats and dashboards scroll inside a panel, so a full-page capture sees one screen of it.
A cut-off bottom: very long pages hit a size limit in many tools. Capture it in two halves.

What about print to PDF or my computer’s screenshot keys?

Ctrl+P (Cmd+P on a Mac) and Save as PDF gives you the page as printed pages, so the layout often changes. Win+Shift+S on Windows and Cmd+Shift+4 on a Mac take only what’s on your screen, so a long page needs several shots.

Where Screenshots Clipboard helps

Screenshots Clipboard is a Chrome extension that takes the whole page in one click, top to bottom, with a sticky header shown once. Press Alt+Shift+F or click Full page, then save it as PNG, JPG or WebP, or paste it along with your other shots. It’s free; PDFs, and full pages that wait for parts that animate as you scroll, come with Plus.

Add to Chrome Full-page screenshots, step by step

Questions

Is there a keyboard shortcut for a full-page screenshot in Chrome?

Not a single key. Chrome’s own full-page capture is in DevTools: F12, then Ctrl+Shift+P, then Capture full size screenshot.

Does the DevTools screenshot show the address bar?

No. It captures the page only, without tabs or the address bar, so write the page address next to it when it matters.

Can I save a full-page screenshot as a PDF?

Chrome’s Print (Ctrl+P), then Save as PDF, saves the page itself as a PDF. To put the screenshot itself in a PDF, our screenshot-to-PDF guide shows three ways.

Over to you

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