There is no doubt that your Android phone has a feature that takes screenshots. However, that feature will only capture a particular section of your screen. If you are exhausted from taking multiple screenshots of a particular web page in Chrome on your Android phone then you should consider enabling the long screenshot flag in Chrome so you can take full page screenshots. The Chrome flag Chrome Share Long Screenshots lets you easily capture entire websites and full details of web pages.
In this post, we will be sharing with you a step-by-step guide on how to take full page screenshots in Google Chrome on your Android smartphone.
Step 1: Enable the Full Page Screenshots feature
1. Start the Google Chrome app on your Android device and in the address bar type chrome://flags and press Enter.
2. On the “Experiments” page, type “long screenshots” in the search flags bar.
3. Upon typing the Long Screenshots in the search bar, the flag will display below. Now, tap on the dropdown menu under the Chrome Share Long Screenshots flag. Currently, the status will be showing Default, select Enabled to enable full page screenshot flag.
4. After selecting Enabled, you will be prompted to tap “Relaunch” so that your changes take effect the next time you launch Google Chrome.
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Step 2: Take Full Page Screenshot in Chrome on Android
1. Tap in the address bar, search and open the page that you want to capture.
2. After the page has loaded, tap the three vertical dots in the top-right corner to open the Chrome menu.
3. From the displayed Chrome Share menu select “Long Screenshot.”
4. Chrome will open a white-bordered box with up and down arrows on the top and bottom and gray out the rest of the area. Tap and drag the up or down arrows in the respective directions to capture more areas of the web page.
5. Once done, hit the checkmark button in the bottom-right corner.
6. Next, you will be referred to Chrome’s built-in image editor. On that page, click on edit for the editor to be installed. You can choose to edit the screenshot with editing options like the “Crop” (for cropping), “Text” (for adding text), and “Draw” (for annotations) options at the bottom. After editing, tap “Next” in the top-right corner.
7. Another Share menu will open with the option to share the long screenshot or save it to your phone. Select the option that suits you best.