How to take a screenshot on your Samsung Galaxy S21
Once you’re on the screen you want to take a screenshot of, press both the power button and the volume down button at the same time. You don’t need to hold the buttons, just press them: the screenshot taking is instant.
Press simultaneously the volume down and power button on the right-hand side of your Galaxy
Be careful not to hold the two buttons as instead of taking a screenshot, the phone will display the shut down/restart menu. If you have successfully triggered the screenshot-taking mechanism, that gorgeous AMOLED display will flash in a second to show you a screenshot has been taken and that it has been saved to your Gallery.
How to take a screenshot of a whole webpage with your Samsung Galaxy S21
How to edit your screenshot on Samsung Galaxy S21
Right after the shot is taken, your Galaxy S21 will show you a menu with edit options. You will see four buttons: Scroll Capture mode, Crop/Draw, Tag, and Share. The Tag feature will help you find the screenshot easily within your Gallery. The function helps you tag and organize screenshots and photos in your Gallery. You can even create your own tag or use the default Samsung tags. The Share feature is pretty self-explanatory: it allows you to send the screenshot to one of your contacts.
Edit options. You can pick a pen to draw with. You can annotate on the screenshot
The button Crop/Draw will allow you to crop the screenshot or write notes on it if you tap on the Pen icon.
The Scroll Capture mode is used to take a screenshot of an entire webpage on your Galaxy S21.
Alternative way to take a screenshot on Galaxy S21: Palm swipe
Samsung phones have the palm swipe option to take a screenshot
If you don’t want to use the buttons to take a screenshot on your Galaxy, than you can use the cool option called Palm swipe. The feature is activated by default, so you just need to swipe on the screen from one edge to the other, gently, with the side of your palm, and you can take a screenshot.
How to disable/enable Palm swipe. Palm swipe is enabled by default
Where to find your screenshot on Samsung Galaxy S21
Screenshots are saved in your Samsung Galaxy S21’s Gallery app, where all your photos reside. If you want to see the screenshots only, you have to tap on Albums (at the bottom of the screen), and then choose the “Screenshots” album. From there you can edit, delete, or share your screenshots as any regular photo.
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