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How to Take a Full Page Screenshot in Chrome

Taking a screenshot of just the visible area of a webpage is built into most browsers, but capturing the entire page — including everything below the fold — requires scrolling, stitching, and usually a third-party tool. ScreenSnap is a free Chrome extension that captures full-page screenshots by automatically scrolling and stitching the page into one seamless image. It also offers region select, element capture, batch all-tabs mode, a built-in editor, and OCR — and your screenshots stay in your browser.

Updated 14 October 20263 min read6 steps

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Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Install ScreenSnap

    Install the ScreenSnap Chrome extension from the Chrome Web Store. No account needed.

  2. Navigate to the page you want to capture

    Open the webpage you want to screenshot. ScreenSnap can capture any regular webpage — news articles, dashboards, long documents, or entire product pages.

  3. Click the extension icon and choose Full Page

    Click the ScreenSnap icon in your toolbar. You'll see six capture modes: Visible Tab, Full Page, Select Region, Element, Whole Screen, and All Tabs. Click Full Page to capture the entire scrollable page.

  4. Choose your output format

    Select PNG (sharpest; on Retina screens and zoomed-in pages it's made from a high-quality JPEG capture), JPG (smaller), or PDF (with page size, orientation, and margin settings). Set a delay timer if you need the page to load dynamic content first.

  5. Edit and annotate (optional)

    If 'Edit after capture' is enabled, the editor opens in a new tab with your screenshot. It is a page of oneclickpdf.net, so you need to be online; the screenshot itself is not uploaded. Add text labels, arrows, rectangles, circles, or blur sensitive areas. Crop to the exact area you need.

  6. Save your screenshot

    Click Save to download the screenshot. If you chose PDF, it's formatted with your selected page size and margins, ready for printing or email.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does ScreenSnap upload my screenshots to a server?
No. Capture, editing, and export all happen in your browser, and screenshots are saved directly to your device. No cloud storage and no account. The editor and OCR open as a page of oneclickpdf.net, so they need an internet connection, but the screenshot is not uploaded. ScreenSnap does send anonymous usage statistics to Google Analytics (which features are used, never your screenshots or page content); you can switch that off in the popup.
Can I capture just part of the page?
Yes. ScreenSnap has six capture modes: Visible Tab (what's on screen), Full Page (entire scrollable page), Select Region (draw a rectangle), Element (click a DOM element), Whole Screen (your entire screen, another window, or a second monitor), and All Tabs (every tab in the window). Use Region or Element for partial captures.
Can I save screenshots as PDF?
Yes. Choose PDF as your output format and configure page size (A4, Letter, or fit-to-image), orientation (portrait or landscape), and margins (0–20mm). The screenshot is embedded in a properly formatted PDF.
Does it work on all websites?
It works on any regular webpage. Browser security restrictions prevent extensions from running on internal pages (chrome://, about:, Chrome Web Store) or other extensions' pages.
Can I extract text from my screenshots?
Yes. ScreenSnap has built-in OCR powered by Tesseract.js. Enable 'OCR after capture' in settings, or click the OCR button in the editor. It supports 16 languages, confidence highlighting, and table detection with CSV export.

Full-page screenshots don't need to be complicated. ScreenSnap handles the scrolling, stitching, editing, and export in one extension — all in your browser, with no upload of your screenshots. For batch capturing multiple tabs at once, use the All Tabs mode to get every tab in the window as a ZIP of images or one combined PDF. For converting existing HTML or webpages to PDF, you can also use the web-based HTML to PDF or Webpage to PDF tools at oneclickpdf.net.

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