{"id":12851,"date":"2017-05-11T16:23:02","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T10:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/?p=12851"},"modified":"2017-05-11T16:23:02","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T10:53:02","slug":"change-screenshot-location-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/change-screenshot-location-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change Screenshot Location in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We tend to take a considerable measure of screenshots, as it&#8217;s a really convenient approach to share something from your PC or smartphone. The capacity to take a screenshot is accessible on all OS platforms nowadays and Windows is no exemption. There are different local commands like Win+PrtScn, Alt+PrtScn and so on that let you take screenshots on a PC easily. On the off chance that you are new to Windows, you more likely than not considered where the screenshots go? All things considered, the screenshots gone up against Windows are spared in the Pictures folder, which is the undeniable area however imagine a scenario where you would prefer not to mess the Pictures folder with screenshots.<\/p>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<p>Well, the good news is you can change the screenshot folder in Windows\u00a010, 8.1 or 8, pretty easily. So, without any further ado,\u00a0<strong>here are the steps to change screenshot location in Windows 10:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Note<\/u><\/strong>: We\u00a0used this method on a Windows 10 PC but it should work fine on systems running Windows 8 and 8.1<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Firstly, just\u00a0<strong>create a folder<\/strong>\u00a0in the location where you want to save your screenshots in the future.<\/li>\n<li>Then, head to the\u00a0<strong>Pictures folder<\/strong>\u00a0on your PC and open the \u201c<strong>Screenshots<\/strong>\u201d folder. Here, right click\u00a0on an empty space and click on \u201c<strong>Properties<\/strong> \u201c.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12858\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Windows-Screenshot-Location-e1477389162697.png\" alt=\"How to Change Screenshot Location in Windows 10\" width=\"617\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Windows-Screenshot-Location-e1477389162697.png 617w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Windows-Screenshot-Location-e1477389162697-300x254.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the\u00a0\u201c<strong>Screenshot Properties<\/strong>\u201d dialog box, go to the \u201c<strong>Location<\/strong>\u201d tab. Here, click on the \u201c<strong>Move<\/strong>\u201d button.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12857\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screenshot-Properties-Windows.png\" alt=\"How to Change Screenshot Location in Windows 10\" width=\"476\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screenshot-Properties-Windows.png 476w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screenshot-Properties-Windows-262x300.png 262w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Then,\u00a0<strong>select the folder you created\u00a0<\/strong>to save your screenshots. Once done, click on \u201cOK\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Change-Screenshot-Location-Windows-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Change-Screenshot-Location-Windows-10.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Change-Screenshot-Location-Windows-10-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<ul>\n<li>Once done,<strong>Windows will prompt you\u00a0to move files<\/strong>\u00a0from the older screenshots folder to the new one. Click on \u201cYes\u201d if you want the older screenshots.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12856\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Move-Screenshot-Folder-Windows.png\" alt=\"How to Change Screenshot Location in Windows 10\" width=\"640\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Move-Screenshot-Folder-Windows.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Move-Screenshot-Folder-Windows-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Now, the screenshots you take will be saved in the new screenshot location you just set up. You can always\u00a0set it to the default location through the \u201c<strong>Restore Defaults<\/strong>\u201d option.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"change-the-screenshot-folder-with-ease\"><strong>Change the Screenshot Folder with ease<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Those were some simple steps to change screenshot location in Windows. You can now make sure that\u00a0the Screenshots folder doesn\u2019t clutter your Pictures folder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Change Screenshot Location in Windows 10 &#8211; PC &#8211; We tend to take a considerable measure of screenshots, as it&#8217;s a really convenient approach to share<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5739],"tags":[38948,38962,38955,38963,38945,38951,38952,38946,38953,38954,38949,38947,38964,38960,38957,38958,38956,38950,38959,38961],"class_list":["post-12851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","tag-how-to-print-screen-in-windows-10","tag-how-to-screenshot-in-windows-10","tag-how-to-screenshot-on-pc-windows-10","tag-how-to-screenshot-on-windows-10","tag-how-to-take-a-screenshot-in-windows-10","tag-how-to-take-a-screenshot-on-windows-10","tag-how-to-take-a-screenshot-windows-10","tag-how-to-take-screenshot-in-windows-10","tag-how-to-take-screenshot-on-windows-10","tag-how-to-take-screenshot-windows-10","tag-print-screen-in-windows-10","tag-screenshot-in-windows-10","tag-screenshot-on-windows-10","tag-screenshot-windows-10","tag-snipping-tool-for-windows-10","tag-snipping-tool-in-windows-10","tag-snipping-tool-windows-10","tag-take-screenshot-in-windows-10","tag-windows-10-screen","tag-windows-10-screenshot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}