How to take a full page screenshot in Chrome (3 ways)

A normal screenshot only captures what fits on your screen. If you need the whole page — header to footer, every section in between — you have to use a different method. There are three that work in Chrome today.

1. Chrome DevTools: “Capture full size screenshot”

Chrome ships with a hidden full-page capture inside DevTools.

1. Open the page and press F12 (or Ctrl+Shift+I).
2. Press Ctrl+Shift+P (Cmd+Shift+P on Mac) to open the command menu.
3. Type screenshot and choose Capture full size screenshot.

Chrome saves a PNG of the whole page. It works, but it takes several steps every time, it only produces PNG, and very long pages can come out blank or cropped.

2. Print to PDF

Press Ctrl+P, set the destination to Save as PDF and save. This produces a document rather than an image, but it uses the page’s print layout: navigation and sticky elements are often hidden, and content can be split across page breaks.

3. A full page screenshot extension

An extension scrolls the page for you, captures every part and gives you the file in the format you pick. This is the fastest option if you do it more than occasionally.

With Full page screenshot you open the page, click the extension icon, choose Save full page and pick PDF, PNG or JPG. Finished files stay in History, so you can preview, share, print or download them again later.

Which method should you use?

Need	Best choice
One-off capture, you already have DevTools open	DevTools full size screenshot
A text-focused document to print	Print to PDF
Regular captures, a choice of PDF/PNG/JPG, a saved history	Extension

If you only remember one thing: the right method depends on how often you do it and which file you need at the end.