Latest Snipping Tool news

Windows 11 Snipping Tool gets OCR support to copy text from images

Microsoft has added text recognition support to the latest Snipping Tool build, allowing users to select and copy text from screenshots.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 14, 2023
- 02:04 PM
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Windows 11 changing Print Screen to open Snipping Tool by default

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.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 10, 2023
- 03:24 PM
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Microsoft pushes OOB security updates for Windows Snipping tool flaw

Microsoft released an emergency security update for the Windows 10 and Windows 11 Snipping tool to fix the Acropalypse privacy vulnerability.
- Lawrence Abrams
- March 25, 2023
- 01:54 PM
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Microsoft fixes Acropalypse privacy bug in Windows 11 Snipping Tool

Microsoft is testing an updated version of the Windows 11 Snipping Tool that fixes a recently disclosed 'Acropalypse' privacy flaw that allows the partial restoration of cropped images.
- Lawrence Abrams
- March 23, 2023
- 01:23 PM
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Windows 11 Snipping Tool privacy bug exposes cropped image content

A severe privacy flaw named 'acropalypse' has also been found to affect the Windows Snipping Tool, allowing people to partially recover content that was edited out of an image.
- Lawrence Abrams
- March 21, 2023
- 05:32 PM
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Microsoft adds screen recording to Windows 11 Snipping Tool

Microsoft is adding a built-in screen recorder to the Windows 11 Snipping Tool that will enable users to capture videos of their desktop without the need for a third-party app.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 11, 2022
- 10:15 AM
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Windows 11 gets new versions of Snipping Tool, Mail, and Calculator

Microsoft is rolling out its first Windows 11 app updates with new versions of the Calculator, Mail and Calendar, and the Snipping Tool apps.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 12, 2021
- 01:51 PM
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Microsoft Won't Kill the Classic Snipping Tool on Windows 10 With Next Update

Microsoft is looking for feedback from Insiders about Screen Sketch app before removing the old Snipping Tool. In the release notes, Microsoft's Dona Sarkar says the removal is not timed for Redstone 5 and the classic Snipping Tool is here to stay, at least for now.
- Mayank Parmar
- July 01, 2018
- 12:46 PM
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