How to take a screenshot on iPhone or iPad: Capture a snapshot of your iOS device's screen

How do you take a screenshot on an iPhone or iPad? By pressing the sleep/wake/power button (at the top-right of the device) and the Home button (below the screen) at the same time. The screenshot will then appear in your Photos app. It's as easy as that!
But in case you're interested in a few little exceptions and extra tips - such as ways to take a screenshot if one of the hardware buttons on your iPhone or iPad is broken, or how to convert the screenshot into a jpeg - then read on, because we answer this query in a little more depth below.
See also: How to take a screenshot on a Mac

Screenshot tips: Why would you take a screenshot on an iPhone or iPad?

The word screenshot is a contraction of screen and snapshot. Also known as a screen grab or a screen capture, a screenshot is a picture - a static image - of what's on your screen at any given moment.
Why would you take a screenshot on an iPhone or iPad? For a journalist the answer is obvious: here on macworld.co.uk we use screenshots to illustrate iOS apps and games so you can see what they look like, to show off features in iOS itself, and to illustrate individual steps in tech tutorials.
But screenshots can be useful for all iPhone and iPad owners. You might use screenshots to show off to your friends: "Take a look at this incredible moment I engineered in the game XCOM," for instance. More practically, you might use a screenshot to show a tech-savvier friend a weird error message that was coming up, or a strange behaviour your iPhone was exhibiting, so they can offer advice. (Or the reverse situation: if your mum can't work out what's happening or her iPhone and you'd rather not drive round there, you could ask here to send over a screenshot of the problem.)

How to take a screenshot on an iPad or iPhone

To create a screenshot of whatever's on your iPhone or iPad display, press the sleep/wake/power button (at the top-right of the device) and the Home button (below the screen) at the same time. It can be a bit fiddly doing this while doing something cool and screenshot-worthy in a game, as all iOS games reviewers discover.

The screen will flash once, to show it's captured an image (you'll also hear the camera's shutter sound effect), and the screenshot will be saved to your Photos app - the collection that used to be known as your Camera Roll.

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