How to Screenshot on Every iPad

Screenshots take up like 65% of my entire photo library on my phone and iPad. Photos from Snapchat, Instagram, and other apps that don’t have a dedicated save function. Even for dunking on articles with killer tweets, sometimes requires a screenshot to just show the one bit you want to show, without linking to the whole article.

So how do you do this on an iPad? It’s actually incredibly easy. Soon, you too can be gossiping about your weird friend in the group chat in your other group chat.

But what if you’re one of these degenerates that has a smashed-up iPad and a button or two doesn’t work? (I’m specifically speaking to my younger brother here)

When you take a screenshot on an iPad (or any iOS device) there’s no option immediately to edit it, either by cropping or annotating it. Once you do this, you’ll find the screenshot at the bottom of the screen, quickly tap it for options to begin editing what you’ve captured.

If you have an Apple Pencil you can quickly annotate things that way or crop it to cover what you need.

Along the top of the screen you’ll see the Bin and Share icon, here you can quickly share and then delete a screenshot that isn’t needed. In Photos, iPadOS (and iOS) will separate out your screenshots into a different category for you to filter through and delete everything if you’re like me and tend to hoard them long after they’ve been useful.

This is still exactly the same as regular photos, so you’ll need to permanently delete them after the fact if you want to really free up space on your iCloud.

You can find this in Albums > Utilities > Recently Deleted and then highlight and select the photos you want to get rid of for good.