How to Turn off Screenshot Preview Thumbnails on Mac – Guide
In macOS Mojave and Catalina, when you take a screenshot in the app, a thumbnail preview appears in the lower right corner of the screen for a few seconds. However, if you prefer to open screenshots in your photo editing app, then you won’t have much use for the screenshot preview feature.
How to Disable Screenshot Preview Thumbnails on Mac
To take a screenshot of your Mac, open the “Screenshot.app” application and select the “Take Picture” button. ..
Click the “Edit” button on the screenshot toolbar Click the “Copy” button on the screenshot toolbar Click the “Paste” button on the screenshot toolbar Type “C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer” into the text box on the “File Name” field and click OK. The copy will be made to C:\Users\username.localappdata and will be named “Microsoft.Windows.Explorer”.
To disable screenshot preview, uncheck “Show Floating Thumbnail” in the Settings menu. ..
Exit the screenshot app when you’re done with it.
With “Show Floating Thumbnail” turned off, screenshots will no longer appear in Finder and the captured screenshot will be taken and displayed almost immediately.
The Screenshot Mac app replaces the Grab app in macOS 10.13 and later versions, has other useful features, and can be used to change some screen capture options. For example, you no longer need to use a standard recording command to change the location of the screenshot file or timer and mouse pointer option for screenshots. You can also use the Screenshot Mac app to create screenshots like you would in the Grab app. However, you still need to use a standard recording command to change the file format of screenshots or filenames of screenshots.
How to Re-enable Screenshot Thumbnail Previews on Mac
Screenshot.app opens to a screenshot of the current page or application.
To take a screenshot of your current web page, go to the “Options” menu and check the “Show Floating Thumbnail” option. ..
When the floating thumbnails option is re-enabled, screenshots will appear again and there will be a delay before screenshot files reappear in the Finder and file system.
There is currently no way on the iOS/iPadOS side to disable the screenshot preview. This feature remains on Mac only. Swipe or slide the thumbnail to close it.
Final note
How to Turn off Screenshot Preview Thumbnails on Mac If you use Mac to take screenshots and then want to save them as images, you’ll need to disable the screenshot preview thumbnail feature. To do this, open System Preferences and select the “Screenshot” tab. Under “Preview Type” select “None.” This will disable all previews for screenshots on your Mac.
