How to Manage Automatic Screen Recording in Snipping Tool

This guide shows you how to control whether your screen recordings are saved automatically in the Snipping Tool on Windows 11.

The Snipping Tool is a tool built into Windows. It lets you take pictures of your screen. You can capture the whole screen, a single window, or just a small part.

You can use the Snipping Tool to redact text, disable screen capture and recording, including system audio and microphone when recording, disable automatically saving screenshots, and more.

Why manage this setting? Windows now saves your screen recordings to your C:\Users\Username\Videos\Screen Recordings folder automatically. You might want to turn this off if you prefer to choose where your files go or if you want to save storage space.

What happens when done? Once you change this setting, your computer will stop saving recordings automatically, or start saving them again, depending on your choice.

How to change automatic saving

You do not need admin privileges for these steps.

1. Open the Snipping Tool app on your computer.
2. Click the See more button (it looks like three dots).
3. Select Settings.

4. Look for the section called Screen recording.
5. Find the option that says Automatically save screen recordings.
6. Click the switch to turn it On or Off.

7. Close the app when you are finished.

Summary

The Snipping Tool makes it easy to record your screen. By default, it saves these files to your Videos folder. You can go into the app settings at any time to turn this feature on or off. This helps you keep your files organized and manages your storage space the way you want.