--- description: Whatever you're looking at on your iPhone's screen can be captured as an image to be shared with others. Here's how. title: 30-Second Tech Trick: Take a Screenshot on Your iPhone image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt03540d21cd9c8df7/698684f9f983e77d7d04caec/iphone-screengrabs.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&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 Your iPhone by [Doug Aamoth](/author/doug-aamoth/) ## Doug Aamoth Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 12, 2014 12:00 PM CUT  Doug Aamoth / TIME by [Doug Aamoth](/author/doug-aamoth/) ## Doug Aamoth Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 12, 2014 12:00 PM CUT **More Quick Tech Tricks:** * [Make a Strong Password (and Actually Remember It)](http://time.com/15908/best-password/ "undefined") * [Use the iPhone’s Built-in Flashlight Feature](http://techland.time.com/2014/02/28/quick-tech-trick-how-to-use-your-iphone-as-a-flashlight/ "undefined") * [Pre-Write Email Messages with Canned Responses](http://time.com/12436/quick-gmail-trick-pre-write-email-messages-with-canned-responses/ "undefined") * [Type Less with Text Shortcuts for Your Phone](http://time.com/9136/quick-tech-trick-type-less-with-text-shortcuts-for-your-phone/ "undefined") * [Hide Facebook Posts from Certain People](http://time.com/8251/30-second-tech-trick-how-to-hide-facebook-posts-from-certain-people/ "undefined") * [Search a Specific Site with Google](http://techland.time.com/2014/02/26/quick-tech-trick-how-to-search-a-specific-site-with-google/ "undefined") * [Charge Your Phone Faster](http://techland.time.com/2013/10/01/30-second-tech-trick-how-to-charge-your-phone-faster/ "undefined") * [Extend Your iPhone Battery](http://techland.time.com/2014/01/24/30-second-tech-trick-how-to-extend-your-iphone-battery/ "undefined") * [Unsend Email with Gmail](http://techland.time.com/2014/01/21/30-second-tech-trick-how-to-unsend-email-with-gmail/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/20451/30-second-tech-trick-how-to-take-a-screenshot-on-your-iphone/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/20451/30-second-tech-trick-how-to-take-a-screenshot-on-your-iphone/"},"headline":"30-Second Tech Trick: How to Take a Screenshot on Your iPhone","datePublished":"2014-03-12T12:00:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:42.301Z","description":"Whatever you're looking at on your iPhone's screen can be captured as an image to be shared with others. Here's how.","url":"https://time.com/20451/30-second-tech-trick-how-to-take-a-screenshot-on-your-iphone/","keywords":["Tech","Smartphones","Photos","iPhone","How-To","Videos","video","Tech tricks","images"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt03540d21cd9c8df7/698684f9f983e77d7d04caec/iphone-screengrabs.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/blt03540d21cd9c8df7/698684f9f983e77d7d04caec/iphone-screengrabs.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"iPhone Screengrabs","caption":"iPhone Screengrabs","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/20451/30-second-tech-trick-how-to-take-a-screenshot-on-your-iphone/","name":"30-Second Tech Trick: How to Take a Screenshot on Your iPhone"}}]}] ```