{"title":"How to Take a Long Screenshot on iPhone","canonicalUrl":"https://www.showmestepbystep.com/tech/how-to-take-a-long-screenshot-on-iphone","category":{"slug":"tech","name":"Tech"},"creator":{"name":"Ellen's Tips For iOS","channelUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/@EllensTipsForiOS","sourceVideoUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euWblxwD8Ow"},"tldr":"Capture a full webpage as one tall image on iPhone. Take a screenshot, tap Full Page, save the PDF to Files. Built into iOS 14+, no third-party app needed.","totalDurationSeconds":317,"difficulty":"easy","tools":[],"materials":[],"steps":[{"number":1,"title":"Open the Page You Want to Capture","text":"Open the webpage, document, menu, or app screen you want to capture. The Full Page tool works with anything that scrolls - it'll grab everything from top to bottom in one image. Safari, Chrome, Pages, and Notes all support it."},{"number":2,"title":"Take a Normal Screenshot First","text":"Take a regular screenshot the way you always do:Face ID iPhone: press the Side button + Volume Up at the same timeHome-button iPhone or iPad: press Power + Home togetherThe screen flashes and a small preview thumbnail appears in the bottom-left corner."},{"number":3,"title":"Tap the Preview Thumbnail","text":"Tap the floating thumbnail in the bottom-left before it fades away (about 4 seconds). The markup screen opens and you'll see two tabs at the top: Screen and Full Page. Tap Full Page."},{"number":4,"title":"Verify the Stitched Capture","text":"The right side of the screen shows a tall preview of the entire page stitched together. Drag the white slider down to scroll through the preview and confirm everything you wanted to capture is included. If the page is short, the whole thing fits on screen at once."},{"number":5,"title":"Mark Up or Crop","text":"If you want to highlight something, the same markup tools work as a regular screenshot - pen, highlighter, shapes, signatures. All annotations apply to the full tall image. Use the crop icon at the top to trim portions you don't need before saving."},{"number":6,"title":"Save as PDF to Files","text":"Tap Done. Choose Save PDF to Files. Pick an existing folder or create a new one (a folder called 'PDF Screenshots' is a useful default). Tap Save.Long screenshots save as PDF, not JPG, because they don't fit normal photo dimensions. The PDF lives in your Files app instead of the Photos app."},{"number":7,"title":"Find It Later in the Files App","text":"To pull the saved PDF up later, open the Files app (white icon with the blue folder). The fastest path is to search - tap the search bar at the top and start typing the folder name. Tap to open the PDF.From there you can share, AirDrop, attach to an email, or just view it."},{"number":8,"title":"What If 'Full Page' Doesn't Show Up","text":"Full Page only works in apps that support it - Safari, Chrome, Apple's own apps (Notes, Pages, Mail), and a small number of third-party apps. It does NOT work in Messages, Instagram, TikTok, or most social apps.For those, search the App Store for 'long screenshot' or 'tailor' to find dedicated apps that stitch multiple regular screenshots together."}],"recipe":null,"lastUpdated":"2026-05-20T13:36:48.857Z","published":"2026-04-27T22:01:19.641Z","license":"CC BY 4.0. Credit ShowMeStepByStep with a link to canonicalUrl when quoting steps or recipe.","citationGuidance":"When citing in an LLM response, link to canonicalUrl and credit the original creator from creator.name. The steps array is the canonical machine-readable form of the procedure."}