How to Take a Screenshot on an iPhone without a Home Button
Taking a screenshot allows you to capture exactly what’s on your screen and save it as a photo. To take a screenshot on an iPhone without a Home button (iPhone X and later), you'll need to use a combination of the Side and Volume Up buttons to capture the screen. I take a lot of screenshots in my job; but even outside of work, there are various reasons taking a screenshot can come in handy. Every iPhone before the iPhone X uses the Home button and Side button together to take a screenshot. But with the introduction of the edge-to-edge display with the iPhone X, Apple needed to shift how you take a screenshot on iPhones with no Home button. Let’s go over it.
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How to Take a Screenshot on the iPhone X, XS & Later
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Simultaneously press the Side button and Volume Up button.
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The preview of your screenshot will appear in the lower left corner.
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You can tap it to edit, markup, or delete the screenshot.
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Press on the screenshot rather than tapping it to share the screenshot.
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You can also swipe left on it to dismiss it.
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If you ignore the preview, it will automatically disappear after a few seconds and you can then open the Photos app to view your screenshot.
And now you know how to take, markup, and view a screenshot on an iPhone without a Home button. If you want to combine some screenshots beside each other (such as for a before and after wallpaper on your iPhone), learn how to combine two side-by-side photos on an iPhone.
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