Microsoft is changing the default behavior of the Print Screen button on Windows 11. Don't like it? Here's how to change it back.

In the current non-beta version of Windows 11, this Print Screen behavior is an off-by-default toggle in the keyboard accessibility settings. The change will make the setting on-by-default instead.

Microsoft is testing changes to how the print screen button works in Windows 11, causing it to open the Windows Snipping Tool rather than copying a screenshot to the clipboard.

An update to Windows 11 will change the function of the Print Screen key so that it will now open up the Snipping Tool.

Microsoft is set to change what the Print Screen key does, with the new functionality set to bring up the Windows 11 Snipping Tool.

The Print Screen button on Windows computers has been associated with screen capture for decades. A new beta version of Windows 11 now opens the Snipping Tool when the Print Screen button is used.

Microsoft is poised to make the first major change to Print Screen functionality in years. In the latest Insider builds of Windows 11, the Print Screen button activates the built-in Snipping Tool.

The Print Screen button has performed the same function in the Windows operating system since Windows 95: taking a screenshot of the current screen and copying it ...

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