Be the first, order the brand new Galaxy S24 FE, Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra, order the KING Galaxy S24 Ultra!

SamMobile has affiliate and sponsored partnerships. If you buy something through one of these links, we may earn a commission.

News For You
News For You
Notifications

Grab cleaner screenshots with your Galaxy device

Tips & Tricks
By 

Last updated: March 6th, 2024 at 12:44 UTC+01:00

Samsung made it as easy as pie for Galaxy phone and tablet users to grab screenshots and screen recordings. By default, One UI users can capture screenshots on Galaxy devices by pressing the volume down and power buttons simultaneously, but as you may know, there are also ways to grab screenshots through gestures, a quick toggle, or Good Lock modules.

Right now, we're not focusing on all the methods One UI offers for taking a screenshot. But we want to let you in on a little feature that can help you generate cleaner screen grabs with your Galaxy phone or tablet and possibly cut down on extra editing work.

Capture screenshots with fewer UI elements

If you ever wanted to share screenshots from your Galaxy phone or tablet while excluding the status and navigation bars, you know cropping out these UI elements can turn into a real chore, particularly if you are working with more than one screen grab. Well, with this trick, you won't have to do any extra work,

There is a way to capture cleaner screenshots with your Galaxy phone or tablet and exclude the navigation and status bar. All you need to do is open the Settings app, access “Advanced features,” go to “Screenshots and screen recordings,” and switch the “Hide status and navigation bars” toggle ON.

These two top and bottom UI elements will now be excluded from your screen grabs. You can see this demonstrated in the fourth screenshot above.

You may also notice that images captured when this feature was turned ON have a slightly shorter aspect ratio. That is because the navigation and status bars are cropped out of the final image rather than covered up.

PhoneTabletTips & Tricks One UI Buy the Galaxy S24 Now
Scroll for more related content
News For You

You might also like

Samsung starts rolling out One UI update to its TVs!

Samsung starts rolling out One UI update to its TVs!

A few days ago, during the Samsung Developer Conference (SDC) 2024, Samsung announced it would bring One UI to its TVs. The company has now fulfilled its promise. Starting today, Samsung has started rolling out the One UI update to its smart TVs. We are surprised to see the update reach TVs so quickly after […]

  • By Asif Iqbal Shaik
  • 13 hours ago
All Samsung software everywhere to use One UI brand from 2025

All Samsung software everywhere to use One UI brand from 2025

The Samsung Developer Conference 2024 is underway and we’re on the ground in San Jose bringing you everything that the company is showing off at the conference. Samsung has made some noteworthy announcements today, including one that we’ve been nudging the company for since quite some time. Samsung has many different product lines and the […]

  • By Adnan Farooqui
  • 2 weeks ago
Why this small One UI 7.0 change seems like a pretty big deal

Why this small One UI 7.0 change seems like a pretty big deal

As you may have probably heard several times before, the upcoming One UI 7.0 update will change many things about the look and feel of Samsung's proprietary Android skin. But oddly enough, in my eyes, one of the most significant changes One UI 7.0 is supposed to bring is rather inconspicuous. If some of the […]

  • By Mihai Matei
  • 2 months ago
New One UI 7.0 firmware spotted as development continues

New One UI 7.0 firmware spotted as development continues

The One UI 7.0 beta update might be coming later than everyone had hoped, but this could mean we'll enjoy a more polished test firmware than usual. Either way, Samsung isn't sitting around not doing anything, and new evidence shows that the company is hard at work developing the firmware. A new One UI 7.0 […]

  • By Mihai Matei
  • 2 months ago
Every new Galaxy phone user should know about this routine

Every new Galaxy phone user should know about this routine

Samsung was among the first OEMs to implement the Always On Display (AOD) feature on its smartphones, and to this day, AOD remains a staple of the Galaxy phone experience. With the Galaxy S24 series, AOD became even more prominent because it can now work full-screen and show a faint wallpaper when you're not using […]

  • By Mihai Matei
  • 2 months ago
One UI 7.0 will feel completely different even in early beta

One UI 7.0 will feel completely different even in early beta

Samsung might be taking its time launching the One UI 7.0 beta program, but it could be for the better. By all accounts, One UI 7 isn't just another incremental upgrade but almost like a reimagining of Samsung's proprietary skin for Android. The company better get it right, even if it comes at a time […]

  • By Mihai Matei
  • 2 months ago