The screenshot feature has been part of Windows for a while now. Being able to capture what you see on your screen is an important feature when you’re working on a project, or when you want to share information on your screen in a community forum, or when you’re working on an article like this one.

But where do screenshots go? Well, the answer to that depends entirely on how you took the screenshot. Here’s everything you need to know about where screenshots are saved on Windows and how to troubleshoot them.

A note about Windows 10 compatibility: The guides on this page were compiled using Windows 11, so the screenshots show Windows 11 UI. But these guides fully work on Windows 10 as well. So feel free to use the guides on both Windows 11 and Windows 10 PC.

There are multiple ways to take a screenshot. So there are different places where the captured screen is saved. This is the same on Windows 11 as it is on Windows 10. So if you know how to take screenshots on Windows 10, you will have no trouble doing the same on its successor. Here's how to find your screenshots…