The Print Screen button on Windows computers has been associated with screen capture for decades. A new beta version of Windows 11 now opens the Snipping Tool when the Print Screen button is used.

Microsoft is changing the default behavior of the Print Screen button on Windows 11. Don't like it? Here's how to change it back.

Windows 11 beta changes what the Print Screen button does after 33 years Key now opens the Snipping Tool by default rather than copying to the clipboard.

An update to Windows 11 will change the function of the Print Screen key so that it will now open up the Snipping Tool.

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.

But Windows Latest discovered that Microsoft is changing the default function of the Print Screen key in Windows 11.

Soon, pressing the Print Screen button in Windows 11 could launch the Snipping Tool instead of sending a screenshot to your clipboard.

Windows 11 is rolling out a major change to the function of the Print Screen key.