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Snipping Tool

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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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License model

  • Free • Proprietary

Application types

Country of Origin

  • US flagUnited States

Platforms

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

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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

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

 Tags

  • window-capture

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Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
Boris Yakubchik
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•Sep 26, 2024
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Already on your computer! No need to download anything 🥳

Guest
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•Feb 15, 2020
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to cut pictures without download it

Shoji
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•Jan 19, 2018
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Preinstalled on windows and easy to use

rupakjakhar
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•Sep 20, 2017
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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
•Oct 3, 2017

What about Greenshot?

cyrusdavidson
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•Aug 4, 2017
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So easy to use. Very clean interface and does it's job without fail. Can quickly take a screenshot whenever I want.

BUDA20
•Dec 25, 2015
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It lacks JPG quality settings and uses something around 80... I would use 97 if I can, so I end up using PNG... or converting later.

Other that that, the best simple tool for the job.

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.

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Our users have written 6 comments and reviews about Snipping Tool, and it has gotten 229 likes

Snipping Tool was added to AlternativeTo by Ola Johansson on Apr 21, 2009 and this page was last updated Sep 26, 2023.