The Fastest Way to Share a Screenshot from Your iPhone

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You know how to take a screenshot with an iPhone, but did you know one of the fastest ways you can share it? Here's how to share a screenshot from your iPhone in just a few taps. Below, I show how to open the share menu directly from the screenshot, so if you don't want or need to edit the screenshot, you can send it to someone as is.

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To do this:

• Take a screenshot.
• Tap and hold the screenshot thumbnail when it appears in the lower left.
• If you only tap and don't hold, the Markup menu will open for you to edit the screenshot.

• When you tap and hold the screenshot thumbnail, the Share menu pops up.
• Select how and who you want to share the screenshot with.
• You can text, email, AirDrop, or if you have a social media account like Instagram enabled, you can share it directly.

Now you can share a screenshot in no time!

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