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Find something cool in a game that you’d like to share with the world? If you’re using Steam, just press F12 on your keyboard to snap a screen capture of that sweeping vista or funny bit of dialogue. We’ll tell you more about taking screenshots, where to view them, and how to change your screenshot hotkey.
Things You Should Know
- Take a screenshot in a Steam game by pressing F12 on your keyboard.
- View your Steam screenshots by pressing View in Steam’s top navigation bar, then Screenshots.
- Change your screenshot key by selecting Settings in the Screenshots menu. Then, enter your new key in the “Screenshot shortcut key(s)” section.
Steps
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Viewing Screenshots and Settings
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Click View > Screenshots in Steam's top menu. To view your screenshots, open Steam, then click View along the top bar. On the dropdown menu, click Screenshots to see a gallery of your captures. If you like, press the Upload button to upload it to the Steam Community page for the game, but not before captioning it with the text box and selecting who can view it (public or private) or marking it as a spoiler.- Select a screenshot and press the trash icon to delete it from your computer.
- Click Show On Disk (the folder icon) to view the screenshot in your file navigator, where it’s stored on your computer.
- On Steam Deck, press the Steam button, then select Media to view your screenshots.
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Find your screenshots outside of Steam with a file navigator. On Windows, open the File Explorer app and navigate to C:\ Program files (x86) \ Steam \ userdata \ SteamID \ 760 \ remote\ app ID \ screenshots , where “Steam ID” is replaced with the numbers that make up your Steam ID, and “app–ID: is replaced with the game’s ID. [2] X Research source- On Mac, the navigation path is Users \ [your Mac username] \ Library \ Application Support \ Steam \ userdata \ [Steam ID] \ remote \ [app ID] .
- Find your Steam ID number by clicking on your profile in the top right of Steam, then View my profile . Then, click Edit Profile. Your ID is listed under the “Custom URL” entry field.
- Find the app ID by opening your Steam Library and right-clicking on the game. Then select Properties , then Updates to display the ID.
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Change the screenshot hotkey in the settings. While in the “Screenshots” menu, select Settings or the gear icon to access the screenshot settings page. Edit the screenshot key by scrolling down until you find the “Screenshot shortcut key(s)” entry. Click the field next to it, then press your new keybind to assign a new screenshot key. [3] X Research source- Here, you can also choose to save uncompressed screenshots, and select the folder where you want to save them.
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