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Snipping Tool

Snipping Tool is a screen capture utility that allows users to take screenshots of specific objects or full screens, annotate them, and save or share the captured images or videos.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Proprietary

Application type

Platforms

  • Windows  Included in Windows 10, 7 and Vista.
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Features

Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Dark Mode
  2.  Annotate Screenshot
  3.  Screen Recording
  4.  No registration required
  5.  Ad-free
  6.  OCR
  7.  Screen Sharing
  8.  Works Offline
  9.  Bundled with Windows

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Comments and Reviews

   
Top Positive Comment
Boris Yakubchik
1

Already on your computer! No need to download anything 🥳

TBayAreaPat
0

You can not get the OCR feature on Win 10. It's only on Win 11.

bosaya59
0

I will separately note flexible saving options: you can immediately to the buffer, you can to a folder, and you can get a link - convenient when you need to quickly share with colleagues. The quality of the pictures is excellent, nothing is soapy, the text is read perfectly. The program is light, does not load the system, starts instantly.

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Guest
0

to cut pictures without download it

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Shoji VR
0

Preinstalled on windows and easy to use

rupakjakhar
1

Snipping tool are alternative to take a screenshot with easy and later can edit or modify it. The best snipping tool available are:

  • Monosnap
  • Skitch
  • Lightshot
Klementh

What about Greenshot?

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cyrusdavidson
0

So easy to use. Very clean interface and does it's job without fail. Can quickly take a screenshot whenever I want.

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What is Snipping Tool?

You can use Snipping Tool to capture a screen shot, or snip, of any object on your screen, and then annotate, save, or share the image.

Simply use a mouse or tablet pen to capture any of the following types of snips:

Free-form Snip. Draw an irregular line, such as a circle or a triangle, around an object.

Rectangular Snip. Draw a precise line by dragging the cursor around an object to form a rectangle.

Window Snip. Select a window, such as a browser window or dialog box, that you want to capture.

Full-screen Snip. Capture the entire screen when you select this type of snip.

Record video. Capture a portion or full screen video.

After you capture a snip, it's automatically copied to the mark-up window, where you can annotate, save, or share the snip.

Snipping Tool information

Our users have written 8 comments and reviews about Snipping Tool, and it has gotten 232 likes

Snipping Tool was added to AlternativeTo by Ola Johansson on and this page was last updated .