iOS 13 allows the Safari browser to capture a full-page screenshot. This is cool.
What about users who are still using older versions of iOS? You need not worry; this article has you covered.
This article will discuss the top three ways to take a long screenshot on your iPhone and iPad.
Capturing Full Webpage Screenshot
If you are using the latest iOS update, you can use your Safari browser to capture a scrolling screenshot. It’s easy.
But if you are still using an older version, Apple still provides a way for you to take a full-page screenshot.
Below are the steps to get it done:
- Open your Safari browser and head to the page you wish to screenshot; proceed with the normal screenshot by pressing the following key combination (power + home button) on non-face ID devices like the iPhone 6, while on a device like the iPhone XS use the following combinations (volume up + power).
- To preview the screenshot, tap on it.
- To save the screenshot to the Files app, tap the “Full page” option in the upper.
You can select the page you want by cropping it after screenshotting it.
Note that it will save the screenshot in PDF format, meaning you cannot save it to Camera Roll.
Capturing Full-page Screenshot using Siri Shortcuts
Apple’s iOS Shortcuts, formerly Workflow, is an automation app that allows users to automate tasks.
For iOS 12 users, this app is your best bet to take a full-page screenshot at a go.
But for this to work, you must download the Shortcuts app; Apple developed the app, so you need not be scared. You can also get this shortcut, Web Scrolling Screenshot, in your Safari browser.
The shortcut will save the webpage as a PDF and then convert it to image format. You can then combine the images and save them to your Camera Roll.
You can choose to copy a page URL and proceed directly. If the web page requires login access, you can open the page with Safari and run the shortcut through Safari Share Sheet.
Capturing Long Screenshots using Siri Shortcut
Since Apple devices don’t have a built-in scrolling screenshot feature, your best bet is to capture multiple shots and combine them.
Fortunately, there’s a way to save you the stress of doing it manually.
This allows you to remove the status bar from each shot automatically. Sounds cool, right?
To see how this works, see the steps below:
- Get this shortcut app, Long Screenshot Stitcher
- Within the app, tap to launch the app and select the screenshots you would want to combine
- The shortcut app will give you a preview of the combined screenshot. And if you are uncomfortable with it, you can select the last option to change other parameters.
- The screenshots show that it enables you to adjust the width and image order and auto-removes the top status bar.
- Afterward, you can save the image to Photos and remove the original screenshots.
Screenshot Stitcher App for iPhone
This app is used to merge different screenshots into one. It is a paid app that costs $1 for iPhone and iPad.
It also removes duplicate parts and sometimes some parts of the shots, so it’s advisable to edit it manually for a good stitch.
These are all the methods you can use to take long screenshots on your iPhone and iPad. Tell us your favorite method.
You can also contribute a method that worked well for you and is not on this list. Use the comments section below to tell us.
