How to Use the Zoom Meeting Screenshot Tool

To use the Zoom meeting screenshot tool, open Chat during a meeting, select the Screenshot icon below the message box, and drag over the area you want to capture. Review the image and recipient before sending it. If you want a file for your own notes, use Windows Snipping Tool or the Mac screenshot shortcuts instead.

Ask permission before capturing people or confidential material, and follow the meeting's rules. A screenshot captures a single moment; it does not record the meeting's audio or ongoing video.

How to capture and send a screenshot in Zoom

These instructions cover the Zoom Workplace desktop app. Controls can vary by version and account settings; Zoom documents the feature in its meeting chat guide.

1. Open the conversation. Join the meeting, select Chat in the meeting toolbar, and choose the main chat or an available private conversation.
2. Select Screenshot. Look for its icon below the message field. Hover over the icons to identify the control.

   

3. Choose the area. Click and drag around the slide, diagram, or other content you need. Keep unrelated desktop content outside the selection.

   

4. Review and send. Check the captured image and intended conversation, then press Enter or select the send icon.

   

This workflow shares the image through chat. Do not assume it has also saved a separate file to your computer.

Using Screenshot outside a meeting

In the desktop app's Chat tab, select a conversation and use Screenshot in the composer. Its adjacent arrow lets you choose whether to hide the chat window while capturing. Zoom also supports adding arrows, shapes, and text after capture, as explained in its Zoom Chat instructions.

Save a Zoom screenshot on Windows

For a personal copy on Windows 11 or Windows 10, display the meeting content, press Windows+Shift+S, and choose a rectangular or window capture. Select the desired area or Zoom window, then open the capture in Snipping Tool to review and save it.

Current Windows 11 Snipping Tool versions support automatic saving to the Screenshots folder, with the behavior and location configurable in Settings. You can also use Save as to choose a filename and location. On older versions, save the image manually. See Microsoft's Snipping Tool guide.

Save a Zoom screenshot on Mac

Bring the meeting content into view and use the shortcut that matches what you need:

Screenshots save to the desktop by default, unless you changed the destination. Open the Screenshot toolbar's Options menu to check it. To copy a capture to the Clipboard instead, hold Control while using the screenshot shortcut. These options are covered in Apple's screenshot guide.

Check or change Zoom's screenshot shortcut

Zoom's published Chat shortcuts are Alt+Shift+T on Windows and Command+T on Mac. To inspect your assignment, open your profile picture, select Settings, and choose Keyboard shortcuts. Find Screenshot; select its shortcut field to assign another key combination.

A global shortcut can work while another app has focus. If Zoom interferes with a browser shortcut, clear its global option or change the assignment. Check your installed settings rather than relying on older Ctrl+T instructions. See Zoom's keyboard shortcut reference.

Why the screenshot tool is missing or not working

Meeting chat restrictions

The host can restrict chat, and administrators can disable screenshot sharing. Ask the host or admin to check Meeting chat and its Enable the Screenshot feature in meeting chat option, documented in Zoom's meeting chat settings. Update the desktop app if expected controls are missing.

Mac screen-capture permissions

If Zoom requests screen access, review System Settings > Privacy & Security > Screen & System Audio Recording and allow Zoom to capture the screen when appropriate. Older macOS versions may call this Screen Recording. Follow any prompt to reopen Zoom. Apple explains where to review access in its screen-recording permissions guide.

The captured meeting window is blank or missing

Zoom's Prevent screen capture setting can exclude meeting windows and shared content from screenshots on supported devices. This is separate from enabling screenshots in chat. Ask the host or administrator whether protection is active and request an approved copy of the material. See Zoom's screen-capture protection guide.