How to Enable or Disable Screen Capture and Recording with the Snipping Tool App in Windows 11

This article explains enabling or disabling the Snipping Tool app screen capturing and recording in Windows 11.

The Snipping Tool is a built-in screenshot-capturing and recording tool in Windows that allows you to capture a portion or the entire screen of your computer.

In some environments, screen capture and recording tools are not allowed. If you want to enable or disable the ability to perform screen capture or recording, the steps below will show you how.

Enabling or disabling screen capturing and recording with the Snipping Tool in Windows can be helpful in specific environments where sensitive information is displayed on the screen.

For example, in corporate settings, organizations may want to disable screen capturing and video recording to prevent accidental or intentional leakage of confidential information. On the other hand, in educational settings, enabling screen capturing and video recording can help create tutorials or instructional videos.

Enable or disable screen capturing and recording with the Snipping Tool app

As mentioned, you can enable or disable the ability to capture the screen or record video of your desktop using the Snipping Tool app.

Here’s how to do it.

First, open the Windows Registry and navigate to the folder key path below.

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\default\Experience\AllowScreenCapture

Next, double-click the value (REG_DWORD) name on the AllowScreenCapture key’s right pane to open it.

Then, enter a value 1 to enable screen capturing and recording with the Snipping Tool app.

Enter a value 0 to disable screen capturing and recording with the Snipping Tool app.

If you do not see the “value” item, right-click a blank area and create a new DWORD (32-bit) registry item.

Then, enter the name “value” and a desired value to enable or disable it.

Warning: Editing the Registry can be risky and may cause irreversible damage to your installation if not done correctly. It’s recommended to back up your PC before proceeding.

Save your changes and restart your computer.

That should do it!

Conclusion:

This post showed you how to enable or disable screen capturing and video recording with the Snipping Tool app on Windows 11. Please use the comments form below if you find errors or have something to add.