Capture & Share Screenshots Easily With Dropbox

Note: I wrote this in 2013, when Dropbox had a dedicated Screenshots feature that auto-uploaded a Ctrl+PrtScn capture and copied a shareable link straight to your clipboard. Dropbox dropped that workflow years ago for a different sharing model, so the steps below no longer match the current app. Keeping this post up for the record.

Dropbox allows you to take screenshot and share it right from your Dropbox account easily. Just like print screen button that you have used in old days to take screenshot, Dropbox app has a special combination of buttons to take screenshot of your PC.

While app is running on your PC, you can use Ctrl + PrtScn (Print Screen) buttons to take screenshot of whole desktop. Once you pressed this key combination Dropbox app will take the screenshot, will upload it to your Dropbox account and will put the public link on your clipboard. Now just you have to do a paste operation i.e. Ctrl + V to share that link.

Dropbox Screenshots
Dropbox Screenshots

Alternatively, if you want to take screenshot of running application (focused on that app) then you can use Ctrl + Alt + PrtScn combination. Dropbox will take screenshot of focused window and will save it to your online storage and will put the public link on your clipboard.

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