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How to Take a Full Page Screenshot in Chrome (3 Ways)

Updated August 2026 · 6 min read

Chrome can't do a full-page screenshot from its right-click menu, but there are three reliable ways to get one. Here's each method, step by step, with an honest note on where each falls short.

A "full page" screenshot means the entire page — everything above and below the fold, stitched into one tall image — not just the slice currently visible in your window. That's the part Chrome makes surprisingly hard. Below are the three approaches that actually work in 2026, ordered from most fiddly to most convenient.

Method 1: Chrome's hidden built-in command (DevTools)

Chrome ships a full-page capture, but it's tucked inside the developer tools and it's meant for developers, not everyday use. It's free and installs nothing, so it's worth knowing.

  1. Open the page you want to capture.
  2. Press Ctrl+Shift+I (Windows/Linux) or Cmd+Option+I (Mac) to open DevTools.
  3. Press Ctrl+Shift+P (or Cmd+Shift+P) to open the command menu.
  4. Type screenshot and choose "Capture full size screenshot."
  5. Chrome saves a PNG of the whole page to your downloads.
Where it falls short: There's no crop, no PDF, no clipboard, and no keyboard shortcut you'll remember. It often chokes on pages with sticky headers (they repeat down the image) and on lazy-loaded content that hasn't scrolled into view yet. It's a developer tool, and it feels like one.

Method 2: GoFullPage

For years the default answer to "how do I screenshot a whole page" was the GoFullPage extension. It's a mature, popular tool with a big install base, and it does the core job well. Note: as of August 2026, GoFullPage's main Chrome Web Store listing is temporarily unavailable — the extension still works if you have it installed, and a beta listing exists, but new installs may be limited in the meantime.

  1. Install GoFullPage from the Chrome Web Store.
  2. Open the page and click the extension's icon (or use its shortcut).
  3. Watch it scroll and stitch the page automatically.
  4. On the result screen, download as PNG or PDF.
Where it falls short: The free tier is capable, but the interface nudges you toward an account and paid upgrades, and some export options sit behind them. If you just want a fast, private capture without the surrounding product, it can feel like more than you asked for. (We wrote a detailed, fair Shotfold vs GoFullPage comparison if you're choosing between them.)

Method 3: Shotfold (the clean, modern option)

Shotfold was built to be the least-friction way to do exactly this one thing: capture the whole page, save it, and get out — with no account and no data leaving your machine.

  1. Install Shotfold from the Chrome Web Store.
  2. Open any page and press Ctrl+Shift+S (Cmd+Shift+S on Mac) — or click the icon, or right-click and choose "Capture full page."
  3. Shotfold scrolls, stitches, and hides fixed headers between frames automatically.
  4. On the result page, crop if you like, then save as PNG, JPG, or PDF — or copy straight to the clipboard.
Why it's the clean option: No account, no upgrade nag, no watermark, and — the part that matters most to a lot of people — zero network requests. Your capture is processed locally and never uploaded. It's the same one-click job as the tools above, without the surrounding weight.

Which method should you use?

If you want to…Use
Grab one page, install nothingChrome DevTools (Method 1)
A well-known tool with a big feature setGoFullPage (Method 2)
A fast, private, no-account captureShotfold (Method 3)

All three produce a full-page image. The difference is friction and privacy. If you capture pages occasionally and don't mind opening DevTools, Method 1 is genuinely free and fine. If you do this often — or you care that nothing about the pages you capture is ever sent anywhere — an extension that's built for the job will save you real time.

A quick note on pages that resist capture

No method captures everything perfectly. A few surfaces are genuinely hard: infinite-scroll feeds that never end, heavy WebGL or <canvas> visualizations, and Chrome's own protected pages (like chrome://settings and the Web Store), which Chrome blocks all extensions from screenshotting. Good tools cap infinite feeds at a sane number of screens and capture canvas content best-effort; none can override Chrome's protected-page rule.

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