--- description: You'll need two to three fingers. Depends how crazy you want to get. title: 30-Second Tech Trick: Chromebook Screenshot image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf0349d2f2e53dcf6/69869bf0e53abae1724d397c/screenshots.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 30-Second Tech Trick: How to Take a Screenshot on a Chromebook by [Doug Aamoth](/author/doug-aamoth/) ## Doug Aamoth Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 16, 2014 4:59 PM CUT  Doug Aamoth / TIME by [Doug Aamoth](/author/doug-aamoth/) ## Doug Aamoth Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 16, 2014 4:59 PM CUT **More Tech Tricks:** * [Save a Wet Phone](http://time.com/2907042/30-second-tech-trick-how-to-save-a-wet-phone/ "undefined") * [Get the iPhone Emoji Keyboard](http://time.com/101708/iphone-emoji-keyboard/ "undefined") * [End Calls with the Power Button on Your Android Phone](http://time.com/38769/30-second-tech-trick-end-calls-with-the-power-button-on-your-android-phone/ "undefined") * [Take the Best Selfies](http://time.com/30633/best-selfies/ "undefined") * [More Tech Tricks](http://time.com/tag/tech-tricks/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2992818/chromebook-screenshot/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2992818/chromebook-screenshot/"},"headline":"30-Second Tech Trick: How to Take a Screenshot on a Chromebook","datePublished":"2014-07-16T16:59:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:02:47.511Z","description":"You'll need two to three fingers. Depends how crazy you want to get.","url":"https://time.com/2992818/chromebook-screenshot/","keywords":["Tech","Videos","Chromebooks","video","Tech tricks"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf0349d2f2e53dcf6/69869bf0e53abae1724d397c/screenshots.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Doug Aamoth","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/doug-aamoth/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf0349d2f2e53dcf6/69869bf0e53abae1724d397c/screenshots.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"screenshots","caption":"screenshots","creditText":"Doug Aamoth / TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2992818/chromebook-screenshot/","name":"30-Second Tech Trick: How to Take a Screenshot on a Chromebook"}}]}] ```