Dont let go of the left mouse button until you have selected your preferred screen area.

When you stop pressing, a notification will appear indicating that a snip is captured.

Well take a look at it in the later section.

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Before that, lets look at the different screen capture options briefly.

Rectangular Snip: you might only take a screenshot in a rectangular shape.

Its the default mode when the keyboard shortcut launches the snipping tool.

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Freeform Snip: Capture the screen in any form you want.

No particular shape binds the snapshot.

Check here the easy step toturn on keyboard shortcuts in Windows 10.

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This will save a great amount of time altogether.

For your convenience, Ive accumulated all the keyboard shortcuts and their functionalities.

These shortcuts work perfectly fine on Windows 11 as well as on Windows 10.

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So if you are rocking Windows 11, it’s possible for you to skip this section.

Things are a bit different on Windows 10, however.

Snip & Sketch app is still in use.

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Once you are in this tool, follow the shortcuts below to execute different operations within the app.

But you better walk some extra miles to set a hotkey or a new custom keyboard shortcut.

The snipping tool is now active and ready for you to take a screenshot.

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If anything goes wrong, the snipping tool may not work on your machine, nevertheless.

The good news is, you could fix it with simpler approaches.

Here is the simple step forcreate a keyboard shortcut for any Program In Windows 11.

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Youve successfully created a functional snipping tool shortcut on your desktop.

Go through our epic guide with 4 quickest ways to takescreenshots on Windows 11.

Ending Remarks

Snipping tool shortcut is exceptionally effective in various instances, reducing complexity and saving time.

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This article is a complete guide on snipping tool shortcuts.

I hope you find it useful.

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