How can I take a screenshot with my iPhone?

iPhone Screen Shot A few months ago I was asked to contribute a chapter explaining Facebook Places & Deals for the book Facebook Marketing For Dummies. I was excited, of course, but I was confused about a significant issue. Facebook Places & Deals are mostly relevant on a smart phone because you need to check into a place via your phone’s Facebook app in order to take advantage of a deal. To show how to use the app and check in, I would need to have screen shots. But how in the world do you take a screen shot of your iPhone’s screen? Thankfully, I found out and the screenshots are in the book. I thought you might want to know how to do it too, and it’s so incredibly easy, you won’t believe it.

How to Take a Screenshot with Your iPhone

While looking at the screen you want to capture, just click and hold the top power button and the round menu button simultaneously. Your phone will take a picture of the screen and store it in your Camera Roll. Now you can send it, text it, download it, etc.

32 thoughts on “How can I take a screenshot with my iPhone?”

Suzanne Reilman February 11, 2014 at 9:00 am

Thanks much for the quick/easy solution to this problem that has plagued me off and on over the last couple years! Won’t be losing any more chances to catch great pics or particularly witty posts/signs any more!:)
lucy January 31, 2014 at 5:10 pm

you can see here: http://youtu.be/NMGvXwQoZK4
Jessie July 17, 2013 at 8:36 pm

Well that didn’t work
Kira June 4, 2013 at 11:59 pm

Thx a lot this helped me
David Oatley February 6, 2013 at 11:48 pm

Thank you for sharing this information…it IS so simple…
abby January 2, 2013 at 11:49 am

thank you very much! it is always good to see that there’s always someone to help you find out new things and won’t mind to share!
AmaDummy? October 26, 2012 at 12:29 pm

K, that just turns off my phone every time. And yes, I’m holding the round menu button. I wonder if my Otterbox is getting in the way.
Rachel October 9, 2012 at 8:04 pm

You do it quickly if you hold both buttons down it will power down just press them together and let go don’t hold them down
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Angela September 3, 2012 at 8:51 am

Same as Mae…have tried multiple times and my phone just wants to power down. Maybe there is a setting that needs to be changed?
Lyndsey September 1, 2012 at 5:15 am

Just wanted to say thanks for doing this blog, I’ve had my iPhone almost two years and didn’t know how to do this until now!
Mae August 21, 2012 at 2:19 pm

Idk why it’s not working for me. I hold the power and the home button but asks me to power it off… Not so much :/
1. Melanie Nelson August 21, 2012 at 3:22 pm
  
  Hi, Mae,
  Be sure you’re not holding the buttons down continuously. You just press both together, then release.
3. Carter September 12, 2012 at 5:57 am
  
  Ms Nelson, your amazing thank you. My phone was doing that same thing and it work this time. Thank you
5. Dawn December 12, 2012 at 2:21 am
  
  Well that might be because she wrote ” click and hold” the buttons. Really, you just click buttons simultaneously. No holding or the phone does turn off.
7. Sejah January 15, 2013 at 9:46 pm
  
  No wonder mine keeps turning off. Thank You.!!
Betty Rocker May 26, 2012 at 11:53 pm

Thank you for explaining that! I have been wondering lately. Very handy for my instagram posts and a couple other people suggested some grest ways to use it I hadn’t thought of. Thanks for the info!
Andrew McGovern March 24, 2012 at 6:36 am

Thanks for this tip. I see so many iPhone screenshots in Twitter and I have always wanted to know how to capture them… until now. Thanks again.
Tom Scarborough March 11, 2012 at 6:54 pm

Thank you for posting these instructions – this was very helpful.
Jay March 4, 2012 at 9:13 am

Great… Many thanks !!!
Luke February 28, 2012 at 11:42 pm

Perfect! Thanks for the explanation.
Mikey Williamson January 9, 2012 at 9:39 pm

Thank you so much for the tip! I’ve been trying to work it out for ages…
Michelle DeMarco November 10, 2011 at 2:42 pm

Thanks so much! You saved me! I just switched back to iPhone and I couldn’t remember how to take a screen shot for a blog post I needed!!! This was perfect.
Eric September 13, 2011 at 6:00 pm

Melanie,

This is why men need to ask ladies how to do stuff that is in the “Manual” – cause we don’t read the “Manual”… LOL

Thanks for the simple tip! I knew it had to be something simple like that. 🙂

– Eric
Cindi @ Moomettes Magnificents July 26, 2011 at 7:25 pm

Appreciate learning new tips for my new iPhone – thanks!
Leona Bowie May 22, 2011 at 2:37 am

Awsome – thanks
JenniferG-Hip As I Wanna Be March 6, 2011 at 4:34 pm

I had no idea! Thanks! (It is the little things in life that mean so much!)
Jendi February 16, 2011 at 12:05 am

I discovered that it’s the same for the iPod Touch. I accidently did it one day. 🙂
Mrs Lemon February 7, 2011 at 9:59 am

I have a Palm Pre Plus, and to do a screenshot you press three keys at once: the gray button on the left (which normally switches to the number/keypad symbol function), the Sym button (more symbols) and the P. The screenshot is saved in the Photos app in its own special category.
Melanie Nelson February 3, 2011 at 12:20 pm

Thanks, Michelle! I was surprised at how easy it is to take a screenshot, then text, e-mail, or save the image.
Michelle February 2, 2011 at 11:42 pm

Oh I love this! It’s amazing how many things are possible these days – and how easy they are once you *know* how to do something. And the book? Now that is just cool – congrats on being asked to contribute (and so nice to meet you at Blissdom, too)!
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