While the Mac has the best screenshot tools of any Apple device, it's not quite the same story on iPhone. Your iOS device is mostly restricted to built-in tools for taking screenshots and screen recordings, which makes it hard to bypass apps that block those features. Having said that, your iPhone's screenshot tool is anything but basic, supporting editing, annotations, and even extracting text from images. If you want to take better screenshots on iOS, these 10 hacks can help.
iPhone 17 Pro (256GB) $1,047.00 at Amazon $1,099.00 Save $52.00 Shop Now Shop Now $1,047.00 at Amazon $1,099.00 Save $52.00Accessibility > Touch > AssistiveTouch. From here, enable AssistiveTouch to add a virtual Home button to your iPhone. Next, tap Customize Top Level Menu, then, if you're only interested in using this option for screenshots, reduce the number of icons from six to one by tapping the minus button. From here, tap the remaining icon on this settings page. Go to Device > Screenshot, and tap the blue checkmark in the top-right corner. The next time you tap the virtual Home button, your iPhone will immediately take a screenshot.
Accessibility > Touch > Back Tap. Select either Double Tap or Triple Tap, and go to Device > Screenshot. I recommend picking Triple Tap to avoid accidental screenshots. Once you enable this, tap the back of your phone thrice to take screenshots.
Use this gesture to add calendar events directly from a screenshot
Credit: Pranay ParabThis is one of the best features for people who want to avoid piling up useless screenshots in their photo libraries. Once you capture a screenshot on your iPhone, tap the thumbnail to open the screenshot editor page, and tap the checkmark icon in the top-right corner. Here, you can select "Copy and Delete" to save the screenshot to your clipboard and delete it from your device. You can now paste it in other apps, such as Mail, Messages, or WhatsApp. Goodbye, clutter.
Use the Live Text tool to extract text from screenshots
When I'm annotating a screenshot, I'll often draw a quick squiggle to highlight something to others who'll view it. Since I'm no Picasso, my attempts at drawing a circle (or any other shape) over an element in the screenshot look hopelessly amateur. Fortunately, iOS has a feature that allows you to turn your squiggles into regular shapes. Try this: Draw your best estimation of a circle, rectangle, square, or another shape on a screenshot. Immediately after, hold the screen, and iOS will convert your drawing into a neat symmetrical shape.
Use opaque shapes to securely hide sensitive information in screenshots
Credit: Pranay ParabDeleting a bunch of screenshots by hand is a pain. However, you can use Apple's Shortcuts app to create an automation to do the job for you. The basic logic behind this automation is to find all photos that are screenshots taken in a specific time period, and delete them in one shot. For most people, this will work as a periodic cleanup tool that deletes recently taken screenshots. As an example, you can use it to delete all screenshots taken in the past 30 days. I've created a sample shortcut for you to follow. You can modify it to suit your needs, but if you use it as is, it'll find and delete all screenshots from the past month. It does ask for confirmation before deleting screenshots, and even after it's done, you can still recover photos from the Recently Deleted folder.
Disable thumbnails to stop accidental screenshots
Apple has since changed this default, so there's a chance your screenshots now open in full-screen already. However, if your iPhone is still running with the thumbnail method, you can set this up by going to Settings > General > Screen Capture and enabling Full-Screen Previews.
Enable microphone audio recording to create screencasts
Credit: Pranay ParabScreen Recording.
Use this shortcut to disable screen capture sounds and previews
If you want to take screenshots with maximum efficiency, try Screenshot, a screenshot shortcut I found on Reddit. This shortcut bypasses all screenshot previews and capture sounds, and instantly saves your screenshot to a library of your choice. Once you install this shortcut, review its steps, and select an album for your screenshot. (It drops your screenshots in the Recents album by default, which may not be ideal for everyone.) From here, open Control Center, tap the + button, select Add a Control > Shortcut. Now select the Screenshot shortcut, and you're good to go. The next time you want to capture a screenshot as fast as possible, run this shortcut from the Control Center, and you'll notice that it's the least intrusive screenshot workflow. You could even link this shortcut to Back Tap gestures for even faster access.
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