Learn how to disable Print Screen button to open screen snipping in Windows 11 using the Settings app and Windows Registry.

In the current non-beta version of Windows 11, this Print Screen behavior is an off-by-default toggle in the keyboard accessibility settings. The change will make the setting on-by-default instead.

Microsoft has, however, included a way to revert this change by going to the Settings > Accessibility > Keyboard menu and toggling the 'Use the Print Screen key to open Snipping Tool' to off.

An upcoming update to Windows 11 will change how the Print Screen key works. Microsoft is defaulting the key to open its Snipping Tool instead of copying a screenshot to your clipboard.

You can take a screenshot on a Dell laptop or desktop computer in several ways, but the easiest is to simply press the Print Screen key.

Microsoft is testing changes to how the print screen button works in Windows 11, causing it to open the Windows Snipping Tool rather than copying a screenshot to the clipboard.

Prevent or Allow access to apps to the camera in Windows 11/10. Stop all or certain apps from taking screenshots via Settings or Registry Editor.