Screenshots aka screengrab aka Screen capture can come really handy. It fundamentally means capturing your screen as an image. Screenshots made life easy and helped many share or store content. Once captured these screenshots get automatically saved in various places depending on the device. In this article, you will learn where to find screenshots captured on devices like desktops, laptops, smartphones, tablets and also get useful information on how to recover deleted or lost screenshots.
Table of contents:
Part 1: Finding Screenshots on Various devices:
- Where can I Find screenshots on Android smartphones?
- How to Find captured and Deleted Screenshots on iPhones and iPad?
- Where Exactly can you Find Screenshots on Windows?
- How to Locate Screenshots on macOS?
Part 2: How to Recover Screenshots on Various Devices.
Part 1: Finding screenshots on Android, iOS, Windows, and macOS
How to Find and Recover Screenshots on Android Smartphones?
You can find the captured screenshots automatically saved in the screenshot folder of the gallery app. If you are using Google photos you can find them in the screenshot folder of your Google photos app.
Tip for recovery: If you are unable to find the screenshots as mentioned above. Deleted screenshots on Android OS can be found in the deleted folder of your gallery as well as in the deleted folder of your Google photos app.
How to Find and Recover Screenshots on iPhones and iPads?
Screenshots grabbed on an iPhone or iPad are also stored in the gallery. They are stored in the screenshot folder as shown below.
If you have deleted them from the screenshot folder. They end up in the recently deleted folder. From where you can easily restore them. Click here to know how to recover permanently deleted photos from the iPad.
Where Exactly can you Find Screenshots on Windows?
The answer depends on how you have captured the screenshot.
If you have used the Windows Key + PrtSc key to grab the screen, then you can find them in the screenshot folder.
If you want to view them you can follow the below steps:
Step 1: Open File Explorer, and click on This PC from the left pane.
Step 2: Double-Click on Pictures Folder.
Step 3: within the pictures folder you can find the screenshot folder, double-click on that.
All the screenshots grabbed using this method will by default get saved in this folder.
If you have used any other command such as pressing Windows key + Shift + S key or used a tool like snipping tool or snip & sketch. The OS doesn’t automatically save them, you will have to store them in any particular folder. You can easily find and view them.
The important point to be noted here is that the unsaved screenshots cannot be recovered.
Irrespective of what method you have used to capture the screen, as long as you have saved them onto any folder or any internal or external storage device. The chance of recovering them is pretty high.
How to Find and View the Screenshots on Macbook and iMac?
If you have used the following methods to take screenshots on mac then by default those screenshots are saved on the desktop.
- Command + Shift + #/3 key
- Command + Shift + $/4 key
You can view them from the desktop. If you are unable to find them manually, make use of the finder.
Part 2: Recover Deleted or Lost Screenshots | Windows, and Mac
Recover Deleted Screenshots on Windows.
If you have permanently lost screen grabs from any laptop or desktop that runs on Windows such as Acer, Asus, Alienware, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, Lenovo, MSI, Razer, Samsung, Sony, ThinkPad, and Toshiba, then you can follow the below-mentioned methods that are proven to recover all of your screenshots.
Method 1: Restore Deleted Screenshots from the Recycle Bin
All of your deleted screenshots or other items end up in the Recycle Bin of your system. Just click on the Recycle Bin icon from the desktop and right-click on the deleted screenshots that you want to retrieve. From the drop-down menu click on the Restore option. Screenshots are restored to the exact same folder where they were earlier saved
Method 2: Restore screen captures from Backup Files
If you regularly take backups of your files, then the job is pretty simple.
Step 1: Click on Start at the bottom left corner of the computer
Step 2: Next, click on Settings and select Update and Security
Step 3: Now, look for Backup to the left of the screen and click on it
Step 4: Under older backup, select Go to Backup and Restore
Step 5: In the restore section, click on Select another backup to restore a file from
Step 6: Now, browse for the file that has to be backed up and click on Next
Step 7: Select a location to restore the files and click on Restore, to start the restore process
Step 8: After restoring, click on Finish, restart the computer, and check for the recovered file
If the screenshots are not found in Recycle Bin or in the backup, you will have to use an effective data recovery tool to get lost images.
Method 3: How to Recover Permanently Lost or Deleted Screenshots on Windows?
Make use of Remo Photo Recovery software, a tool built with powerful search algorithms that are capable of finding and recovering screenshots that were lost or permanently deleted. Regardless of the brand or model of the computer Remo Photo Recovery Software is equally effective. It functions flawlessly on any version of Windows OS including Windows 11. Download the tool for free and follow the steps below to get back your screenshots with just a few simple clicks!!!
Download and install the Remo Photo Recovery tool on your Windows system, and follow the steps mentioned below.
Step 1: Launch the tool, from the main screen click on the drive or the folder where you want to recover deleted screenshots and click on the Scan option.
Step 2: Once the tool is done with the Quick Scan. You can make use of the Dynamic Recovery View option to view and restore the screenshots without having to wait till the completion of the entire scanning process.
Step 3: Upon completion of the entire scan, a list of all the recovered files will get displayed on your screen. Make use of the Advanced Filter option to sort and filter files.
Note: The feature was thoughtfully built to help you recover only those files that you want to retrieve without any unwanted clutter.
Step 4: The tool is built with a preview feature that lets you verify the recovered screenshots even before saving them.
Step 5: When you are satisfied with the efficacy of the tool. Kindly activate the tool by purchasing the activation key. Browse and select any safe location then click on the Save button to save the recovered files onto the chosen location.
How to Recover Deleted Screenshots on Mac?
As long as those screengrabs were saved in the system or any external storage device, recovering them is not at all a difficult task. Let's start screenshot recovery.
Method 1: Restore Deleted Screenshots from the Trash Bin
Any files that were deleted manually including the captured screenshots usually end up in the trash bin. Follow the steps below explained below.
Step 1: Open the Trash Folder, find and select the files you want to recover.
Step 2: Right-click on the files, and tap on the Putback option to restore the selected files.
Method 2: Restore Files from Time Machine Backup
Taking a regular backup of important files and folders is usually a good habit. If in case you have lost the screenshots that were saved in any folder, then you can make use of Time Machine to restore the backup files.
Step 1: Launch Time Machine by Clicking on the System Preferences option.
Step 2: Find and click on the Time Machine icon.
Step 3: Check the show time machine in the menu bar option, Time Machine icon will appear on the menu bar of your screen.
Step 4: Click on Enter Time Machine.
Note: In case you know in which folder was the file previously stored. Click on that folder, then Click on Enter Time Machine.
Step 5: Find the files that you want to recover, then click on the Restore button.
This method works if you have a backup, in case you don’t have a backup or this method failed to recover your files. We highly recommend you use the next method.
Method 3: Recover Screenshots on Mac that are Lost
Recovery of deleted screenshots or other files is a cakewalk when you use Remo Mac Photo Recovery Software. A tool that has been tried and tested to recover image files (screengrabs) clicked on any Macbook or iMac without any effort. It is even capable of retrieving lost screenshots from a corrupted drive. The powerful search algorithms of Remo can locate and recover them from any internal or external storage device with absolute ease.
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How to Recover Permanently Deleted or Lost Screenshots from Macbook or iMac?
Once you have downloaded and installed the tool on your Mac desktop or laptop. Follow the steps carefully to retrieve your favorite screenshots.
Step 1: Launch the tool, from the main screen click on the Recover Photos option.
Step 2: You can select either Recover Deleted Photos or Recover Lost Photos options based on your requirement.
Step 3: Select the drive where you had previously saved your screenshots and click Next.
Step 4: Select the type of files that you want to recover and click on the Next button.
Step 5: As and when the recovery process gets completed, the tool will display a list of all the recovered files in the Data View and File Type View.
Step 6: You can preview the files, once you are satisfied with the performance of the tool. Activate the software by purchasing the activation key. Click on the Save button.
Conclusion:
Here we end our discussion on finding and recovering screenshots on various devices running on Windows and Mac. If you have deleted those screenshots permanently or they are lost forever due to any reason such as formatting or virus attacks, make use of Remo Photo Recovery software which is built specifically to recover images or screenshots.
While most of the questions on finding and recovering screenshots have been answered, feel free to drop additional queries in the comments section below.
