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How to Take a Screenshot on Galaxy S9

This quick guide explains how to take a screenshot on the Samsung Galaxy S9. It’s a simple feature that just about anyone can use and appreciate, and every company has its own way. Not to mention that the Samsung Galaxy S9 lacks a dedicated home button, so it’s different if you recently upgraded.

There are several different reasons for taking a screenshot or capturing and recording whatever is on the screen. And once you’ve done that, you can save, edit and share that screenshot anywhere and everywhere. Here is a quick video showing how to follow more details for those who are interested.

There are actually multiple different ways to take a screenshot with the Galaxy S9. The easiest is a simple button combination that will be familiar even to someone coming from an iPhone. Also, Samsung has added scrolling screenshots and a bunch of extra tools you can take advantage of to capture an entire webpage or email. Here’s how to do it all.

How to Take a Screenshot on Galaxy S9 and S9+

If you want to take a screenshot of something important in an email or save a photo, this is it. What all owners should do is both at the same time. Press, hold and release. This is the easiest of the 3-4 ways to take a screenshot.

Quickly press and hold the volume down and power buttons at the same time, hold for a second, then release. You will see and hear the screenshot capture. This much. The phone will record whatever is on the screen and you can access it instantly from the gallery. Depending on your settings, you can start editing right away.

Palm Scroll Screenshot

There is another way that is quite easy, you’ve probably done it before by accident. Samsung has a feature where you can swipe your palm over the screen to quickly record whatever is on it.

Hold the edge of your hand (wrist, palm and little finger) on the screen. Then, swipe the edge of your hand from left to right across the entire screen. This gesture will capture information from the screen and instantly save it. This way you don’t need to use both hands to make the button combination.

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Scroll Smart Capture

Additionally, you can continue to take screenshots after the first one using Samsung’s Smart Capture. This shows more information at the bottom of the screen after a screenshot. The first is “capture more+”, which instantly takes another screenshot. It automatically scrolls down when you tap it, then takes a second screenshot. This is useful for saving an entire web page, emails or recipes from the internet.

How to Take a Screenshot on Galaxy S9 4

Each time you tap on catch more, it will get another one until you tell the Galaxy S9 to stop. This is an extremely useful feature, but it slows you down and prevents you from taking multiple screenshots quickly. You can also tap “crop” to set them longer than usual.

If you don’t want this popup to slow you down or get in your way to close it.

Screenshots with Bixby

Finally, you can talk to your Galaxy S9 and ask Bixby to take a screenshot for you. If you haven’t disabled the Bixby button, tap the button (under the volume keys on the left) and then tap . Your phone will automatically capture what’s on the screen. So make sure you’re on top of what you want to record before asking.

If you’re using Bixby Voice instead of Google Assistant, you can also say “Hey Bixby, take a screenshot”. Here are 175+ great things you can do with Bixby.

Everything Else You Need To Know

Screenshots are instantly saved to your gallery under “screenshots” for easy access. You can also find a preview of the screenshot in the notification bar to share, edit or delete instantly.

Also, if you find that you accidentally took a screenshot, it’s probably the palm swipe method. To turn this off, go to Now use the combo button or Bixby to take your screenshots.

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