How to Take a Screenshot on OPPO Phone

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Capturing a screenshot on your OPPO smartphone is a quick and effective way to save important information, from conversations and documents to full webpages and app screens. OPPO devices offer multiple screenshot options—including standard, partial, and scrolling screenshots—along with built-in editing tools that let you crop, annotate, and share instantly. Whether you’re preserving digital receipts or sharing content, this guide walks you through the different ways to take and edit screenshots on your OPPO phone.uide walks you through the different ways to take and edit screenshots on your OPPO phone.


Note: Check your phone's ColorOS version in [Settings] > [About Phone] / [About Device].


Screenshot using key combinations

Press and hold the Power and Volume Down buttons for about 2 seconds and the screen will briefly flash white, and you'll hear a shutter sound if your phone's sound is on. The screenshot is automatically saved in your Photo album.

Screenshot using key combinations

Screenshot Using Smart Sidebar

For ColorOS 5.2 to ColorOS 14 and above: Slide the [Smart Sidebar] to appear, and tap [Screenshot] icon on Smart Sidebar to get a screenshot, then the screen will briefly flash white, and you'll hear a shutter sound if your phone's sound is on.

Note: Smart Sidebar is only available for ColorOS 5.2 and above devices. For more information on Smart Sidebar, see OPPO Smart Sidebar.

Screenshot Using Smart Sidebar

Control Center Screenshot

Enable screenshots via Control Center: Swipe down from the top notification bar to open Control Center. Locate the “Screenshot” icon in the list, then tap it to activate the screenshot feature.

Note: If you cannot find the “Screenshot” icon in the Control Center list, try tapping the [Edit edit button control center] button to modify the Control Center icon list. Add the “Screenshot” icon to the Control Center list.

Control Center Screenshot

Gesture screenshot

  • For ColorOS 15 and above: Go to [Settings] > [Accessibility & convenience] > [Screenshot] and toggle [3-finger swipe down]/ [3-finger touch and hold] to enable.

  • For ColorOS 13 to ColorOS 14: Go to [Settings] > [Additional Settings] > [Screenshot] and toggle to enable the [3-finger swipe down] / [3-finger touch and hold] option.

  • For ColorOS 7 to ColorOS 12: Go to [Settings] > [Convenient tools] > [Gesture & motions] > and toggle [Gesture screenshot] / [Swipe down with 3 fingers to take screenshot] to enable the three fingers screenshot.

Gesture screenshot settings

Capture a long screenshot using an OPPO screenshot

You can easily take longer and scroll screenshots with simple taps. A long screenshot allows you to take a scrolling screenshot of your conversations on messaging apps or a full webpage.

  • For ColorOS 6.1 and above: Press and hold the Power and Volume Down buttons for about 2 seconds, or swipe down the screen with three fingers to take a screenshot of the current page. Tap the screenshot, and tap [Long Screenshot] / [Scroll], then scroll the page up or down and stop whenever you want to. Tap [Done] / [Complete] to generate a long screenshot. The image is saved in the Photos app.

Alternatively, you can tap the Scroll icon below the screenshot preview to take a long screenshot.

Note: For ColorOS 3.1 and 3.2, you cannot take a long screenshot when you are on the home page of your OPPO phone.


Take a screenshot on OPPO phone without disturbing your game

You can now take a screenshot while gaming without a pause or the screenshot picture popping up since the screenshot will show a notification that it was done.You can tap the notification to view it or do it later.



    * Pictures, settings, and paths might differ from those of your phone, but these won't affect the description in this article.

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