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How to capture a full-page screenshot in Chrome or Edge

Updated October 10, 2026

A normal screenshot only captures what fits on screen. To save a whole article, a long dashboard or a landing page you have to capture the part that is scrolled out of view as well. Here is how that works in Chrome and Edge, and when each method is the better choice.

Option 1: the browser's own tools

Both browsers can already capture a full page without an extension. In Microsoft Edge, open the Web capture tool with Ctrl+Shift+S (Cmd+Shift+S on Mac) and choose Capture full page. In Chrome, open DevTools, open the Command Menu with Ctrl+Shift+P (Cmd+Shift+P), type screenshot, and run Capture full size screenshot.

These are good for a one-off capture. DevTools is not ideal if you want to drag a region, copy the image to the clipboard, or export a PDF, and it asks more of someone who is not used to developer tools.

Option 2: AnyTool Screenshot

AnyTool Screenshot adds a toolbar button with three choices: the visible area, a rectangle you draw, or the full page. Every capture opens in a preview first, so you can check it before saving anything.

  1. Open the page and click the AnyTool Screenshot icon in the toolbar.
  2. Choose Full Page. A progress bar shows how many frames have been captured, and Cancel stops it and leaves the page as it was.
  3. In the preview, check the result. The size and file size are shown above the image.
  4. Choose Download PNG, Download PDF or Copy image.

What happens during a full-page capture

The extension scrolls the page one screen at a time, takes a picture of each screen, and stitches them into a single image on your computer. Fixed and sticky elements, such as a navigation bar that follows you down the page, are hidden after the first frame so that they appear once at the top instead of repeating down the image. When it finishes, or if anything goes wrong, the page is put back to its original scroll position.

Limits worth knowing

  • Browsers limit how large a single image can be. A very tall page on a high-density display is scaled down automatically, and the preview tells you by how much.
  • Pages that scroll inside an inner panel rather than the page itself capture only what is visible in that panel.
  • Content that loads only while you scroll, or that is removed from the page when it leaves the screen, may be incomplete.
  • Browser-internal pages, extension stores and the built-in PDF viewer cannot be captured by any extension.

Choosing a method

Use the built-in tools for an occasional capture. Use AnyTool Screenshot if you capture regularly, want to draw a region, or want a PDF or clipboard copy without opening DevTools. If you already have the image and only need to shrink or convert it, an online tool such as the AnyTool Studio Image Compressor is the simpler route.