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How to take a screenshot or screen capture on a Galaxy S21 5G

Last update: October 22, 2025 by DevicesFAQ.com Editorial Team

One essential feature of modern smartphones is the ability to take screenshots, capturing an image of what is currently displayed on your Samsung Galaxy S21 5G's screen.

Although there are apps for this function, you don’t need to install any additional ones, as it’s already built into the Android 11, One UI 3.1 operating system.

Taking a screenshot allows you to save a WhatsApp conversation, a Tinder message, an Instagram story, a Facebook photo, or a video frame directly to your Samsung device's memory.

If, on the other hand, you want to record a video of your Samsung Galaxy S21 5G's screen, such as a video call, a story, a web page, or part of an internet video, you can follow the next tutorial: Record screen on Samsung Galaxy S21 5G

Table of Contents:

Screenshot using buttons on Galaxy S21 5G
Where are screenshots saved on Galaxy S21 5G?
Screenshot without using the buttons on Galaxy S21 5G
How to capture a full page in Samsung Galaxy S21 5G?
Screenshot not working on Samsung Galaxy S21 5G
Video instructions
User questions and problems

First method:

If you want to make a screenshot to your Samsung Galaxy S21 5G you have to follow these simple steps:

Estimated time: 2 minutes.

1- First step:

First, go to the screen that you want to capture a screenshot of on your Samsung Galaxy S21 5G, whether it's a web page, chat, or application.

2- Second step:

There are two methods: using the Android native method by simultaneously pressing the power key and the volume key down or through Samsung's own system: it consists of sliding the side of the palm of the hand across the screen from the right side to the left (or vice versa) of our Samsung Galaxy S21 5G to that we see a flash that indicates that the capture has been made. This method may not be available, depending on the version of the software you have.To take the screenshot with this gesture you must first activate it from the settings, go to the settings, click on "Advanced functions" and activate the option "Move palm to capture".

3- Third step:

When taking the screenshot on the Galaxy S21 5G, a flash will appear on the screen, as if a picture of the screen has been taken. Depending on the version of the installed software and the model or region, a black bar will be displayed at the bottom of the screen from which you can open the screenshot, edit it, share it, or take a long screenshot or scroll screenshot.Otherwise, a silent notification will appear indicating that the screenshot has been taken, you can click on this notification to view it and perform the action you want with it.

4- Fourth step:

The captured image is automatically saved in the gallery of your mobile/cell phone Samsung SM-G991B, SM-G991B/DS, SM-G991U, SM-G991U1, SM-G991W, SM-G991N, SM-G9910.You can find the image gallery on the home screen. It typically has a photo or instant photo icon. Depending on the software version installed, your image gallery application might be Google Photos. If that's the case, look for an icon resembling a four-pointed star made of paper, with each point in a different color.

Samsung Galaxy S21 5G photo Gallery icon

5- Fifth step:

Open the image gallery, the images and photos will appear sorted by date, click on the capture that you just made on your Galaxy S21 5G, and you will be able to edit it, trim it or send it to your contacts or through your preferred social network.

Video instructions

Screenshot without using the buttons on Galaxy S21 5G

If you cannot use the physical buttons of the Samsung S21 5G because they are broken or you do not want to use them because it is a problem for you to press both buttons at the same time to take the screenshot, there is an alternative so you can continue taking screenshots without the power and volume buttons that we tell you about below:

1- First step:

Go to the screen or application you want to capture the screen on your Samsung.

2- Second step:

Display the quick access or settings bar of your Samsung Galaxy S21 5G. To do this, slide your finger down from the top of the screen, the shortcuts to device settings will be displayed.

3- Third step:

Press the screenshot icon, if you don't see the icon, swipe down again to display the full panel.If you can't see this icon, you may need to add it to the shortcuts panel.

4- Fourth step:

The captured image is automatically saved in the gallery of your Samsung phone or tablet.You can find the image gallery on the home screen. It typically has a photo or instant photo icon. Depending on the software version installed, your image gallery application might be Google Photos. If that's the case, look for an icon resembling a four-pointed star made of paper, with each point in a different color.

How to capture a full page in Samsung Galaxy S21 5G?

If you want to capture a complete web page in your Samsung Galaxy S21 5G, you should know that this method is not currently available natively on Android. However, Samsung has incorporated it into its One UI customization layer.

To make a scroll screenshot of a web page, a WhatsApp conversation, or any other application on your Samsung Galaxy S21 5G, follow these steps:

1- Take a screenshot using the method indicated above. When taking the screenshot, the capture and screen capture menu will appear for a few seconds before disappearing.

2- Click on “Scrollshot” and wait while the screen scrolls, capturing all the content.

3- When you want to stop the screenshot, click on the screen. If the web page or application has a very long or infinite scroll, it can generate a very large image and block the system.

Once the screenshot is complete, it will be saved in the Galaxy S21 5G's image gallery, where you can edit and share it on social networks.

Screenshot not working on Samsung Galaxy S21 5G

If none of the indicated methods to capture screen on your Samsung Galaxy S21 5G has worked, it may be a problem with the settings or software, to solve it you must reset the Galaxy S21 5G settings.To do this, go to Settings -> General management -> Reset -> Reset all settings.A notice will be displayed indicating that all settings except personal data, security, languages, accounts and downloaded applications will be reset (ie this data will not be deleted). Click on “Reset settings” to continue, enter your PIN or unlock pattern and click on “Reset” again, the Galaxy S21 5G will restart and you can check if the screenshot works correctly.

About the device:

Samsung Galaxy S21 5G is a mobile/cell phone with dimensions of 151.7 x 71.2 x 7.9 mm (5.97 x 2.80 x 0.31 in), a weight of 169 grams, a screen size of 6.2 inches, 94.1 cm2 (~87.2% screen-to-body ratio) and a screen resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~421 ppi density).

It has Octa-core (1x2.9 GHz Cortex-X1 & 3x2.80 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A55) - InternationalOcta-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 680 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 680 & 4x1.80 GHz Kryo 680 - USA/China processor (CPU), a graphics card (GPU) Mali-G78 MP14 - InternationalAdreno 660 - USA/China, a 8 GB RAM memory and an internal memory of 128 GB / 256 GB.

The Samsung Galaxy S21 5G comes from the factory with the Android 11, One UI 3.1 operating system.

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