Guide
How to take a full-page screenshot in Chrome
In Chrome, you can capture a full page with DevTools for quick one-off screenshots or use Captorify when you need repeatable capture, redaction, export choices, or sharing.
Quick answer
Chrome has a built-in full-page screenshot in DevTools that works well for a quick, one-off image with nothing to install. Open DevTools, run the "Capture full size screenshot" command, and Chrome scrolls the page and saves a single PNG.
Use the Captorify extension instead when you capture pages often, or when you need to redact sensitive details, choose an export format, or share with links. Captorify auto-hides sticky headers during capture and keeps the whole workflow in the browser.
Chrome DevTools method
Open the page you want, then press F12 (or Cmd+Option+I on macOS) to open DevTools. Press Cmd+Shift+P or Ctrl+Shift+P to open the command menu, type "screenshot", and choose "Capture full size screenshot".
Chrome scrolls the page from top to bottom and saves a single PNG to your downloads. This is free and built in, but it has no redaction, no PDF or JPG option, and it does not hide sticky headers.
Captorify method
With the Captorify extension installed, open the page, click the toolbar button, and pick full page, visible area, or a region. Captorify scrolls and stitches the tiles into one image, automatically hiding sticky and fixed elements so headers do not repeat down the capture.
After capture you stay in the editor to annotate, permanently redact sensitive areas (Pro), export as PNG, JPG, or PDF, or create a controlled share link (Pro). Free capture and export stay local on your device.
When no extension is needed
If you only need a quick full-page PNG and the page has no sensitive content, DevTools is enough and there is nothing to install. The same is true when you capture rarely and do not need to redact or share with access controls.
Reach for an extension when capture becomes a repeated task, when the image contains data you must remove before sharing, or when you need PDF export or a link you can password-protect and revoke.
Sticky headers and lazy loading
Sticky and fixed headers can repeat down a stitched capture. Captorify hides these elements during capture (using visibility:hidden so the layout does not reflow), which the DevTools method does not do.
Lazy-loaded images are captured as they appear at the moment each tile is taken, so images that have not loaded yet may come out blank. Scroll the full page slowly first so images load, then capture.
Export formats
DevTools saves a PNG only. Captorify exports PNG, JPG, or PDF, all available on the free tier, with multi-part stitched PDFs laid out across A4 pages and the orientation chosen automatically from the capture shape.
An optional URL and timestamp overlay on the PDF is a Pro opt-in. It is not added by default, so a standard export carries no source-context footer unless you turn it on.
FAQ
Common questions.
Short answers about capture, privacy, sharing, and billing.