How to Take a Scrolling Screenshot
A normal screenshot stops at the edge of the window. If the useful part of a page continues below the fold, you end up with the top of a table, the first step of a form, or half a conversation. A scrolling screenshot keeps the whole run of content in one image.
Some browsers offer a full-page capture in their developer tools or screenshot menu. When that option is unavailable or produces a distorted page, capture overlapping sections with Screenshot Capture and join them afterwards. Each capture is saved as a PNG, which keeps text sharp enough to stitch.
Quick answer
Set the page to the width you want, capture it in overlapping sections from top to bottom, then stitch the images and crop the duplicated strips. Keep the zoom, width, and theme unchanged between captures. Check every seam at full size before sharing.
Check for a built-in full-page capture first
Firefox, Chrome, and Edge all offer some form of full-page screenshot, usually in the developer tools or the screenshot interface. It is the fastest route when it works, but it can fail: pages that load as you scroll may leave blank areas, sticky headers may repeat, and very long pages may be scaled until the text is unreadable. A PDF printed from the browser is not a substitute, because it reflows the page.
Capture overlapping sections
Prepare the page before the first shot. Close cookie banners and chat widgets, dismiss notifications, and hide sticky navigation if the page allows it. Set the browser zoom to 100 per cent and keep it there; a change of zoom or window width makes the sections different sizes and turns a simple stitch into a repair job.
Scroll to the top and capture the visible area. Then scroll down by roughly three-quarters of a screen, so that each new image shares a clear band with the one before it. That overlap is your alignment guide. Use a tab capture for page content, or a selected area when the page sits inside a wider interface.
Name the files in order as you go, so the folder sorts correctly.
Stitch, crop, and check
Open the images in an editor that supports layers and paste them onto one canvas in order. Align each section using a fixed feature in the overlap: a heading, a table border, or the edge of a button. Crop the duplicated band from each join, then zoom in at every seam to check that text has not been cut through or doubled.
Export the result as a PNG. Long screenshots are often scaled down in chat apps, so split the image into two or three logical sections if the text must stay legible; a single enormous image is convenient to store and awkward to read on a phone.
Privacy and sharing
The capture happens in the browser and the image is not uploaded by the tool. That protects the file in transit, not everything in the frame. Check the whole stitched image for account menus, email addresses, order numbers, and notification banners.
If the screenshot is for a bug report, an arrow or a box will save the reader time; see How to Annotate a Screenshot for a Bug Report. For the capture options, read How to Capture a Tab, Window, or Selected Area.
Open Screenshot Capture, take the sections at a consistent width, and stitch them before the page changes again. Long pages are rarely static, so capture the whole set in one sitting.
Common questions
Why does my screenshot stop at the bottom of the window?
A normal screenshot captures only the visible viewport, so anything below the fold is left out. Use a browser full-page capture if one is available, or take overlapping captures and stitch them together. A single still cannot record content that the page has not scrolled into view.
How much overlap should the captured sections have?
About a quarter to a third of a screen is enough to align the images without creating too much duplicated content. Keep the zoom and window width fixed between captures, and include a heading or a table edge in every overlap so you have a reliable reference point.
Can I take a scrolling screenshot on a phone?
Some phones offer a scrolling or full-page option in the system screenshot tool, usually after the first capture. If yours does not, take separate screenshots down the page and stitch them in an image editor, keeping the same width and a consistent overlap.