An upcoming update to Windows 11 will change how the Print Screen key works. Microsoft is defaulting the key to open its Snipping Tool instead of copying a screenshot to your clipboard.

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.

Microsoft is poised to make the first major change to Print Screen functionality in years. In the latest Insider builds of Windows 11, the Print Screen button activates the built-in Snipping Tool.

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