Tools and Features

This is comprehensive list of tools and features offered by Free Snipping Tool app.
  1. Tag Snips with Information

    2- Login on Free Snipping Tool with same account you just created via settings as shown in picture...

  2. Drag and Drop Snip Images

    Free Snipping Tool now supports directly drag-drop snip images right from our app to third part apps that does not accept pasting images. Here's how you can drag snip images to any app...

  3. Fill Circle or Rectangle with Solid Color

    While drawing on snip in Free Snipping Tool, to fill circle or rectangle with colors instead of drawing them as lines, you can open Fill control by clicking these small icons or right clicking respective icons as showing in image below...

  4. Adjust Line Width

    In Free Snipping Tool, you can adjust line width for drawing tools by clicking small buttons positioned on top-right of the respective tools or right-click on their icons as shown below...

  5. Numbering

    So at last Free Snipping Tool now supports Numbering, so you can explain your snips in an organized way. To add numbering to your snips, just follow these simple steps. Open the snip interface.Select Numbering control. Now click anywhere on...

  6. Register on ImgHostr

    To upload via Free Snipping Tool to ImgHostr, you need to register an account on ImgHostr...

  7. Rotate Snip Selection

    Often you find funny or intriguing posts on Facebook that says that rotate the picture to see the real magic, so here we have made it easy for our Free Snipping Tool users to rotate the snips with just a click. :)...

  8. Import External Images Into Snip

    Free Snipping Tool now supports image import. To import external images into snip, follow the steps below...

  9. Save Snip Screenshots as PDF

    Starting 7.2 version of Free Snipping Tool, now you can save snip screenshots in PDF format. You just need to click the save as button and choose pdf from file formats. Click save as button Choose pdf file format and click save Saved pdf...

  10. Capture Scrolling Window

    With Capture Scrolling Window you can now capture any scrolled areas/windows from any apps running on your computer. You can start Capture Scrolling Window from taskbar options or Snipping Tool ribbon...

  11. Blur Tool

    By using Free Snipping Tool's one-click blur tool you can hide out the information that you don't want to share with your snips. Here's how to blur some parts of snips...

  12. Upload Image

    Snipping Tool also offers an Image hosting service and your images will be available for others to use. To upload your image, click the cloud button, it will create a URL for your image on Snipping Tools “ImgHostr” and will be visible to members...

  13. Copy Image

    If you need to use the snip in multiple documents or presentations or you just want to use it as an image that can be used to paste anywhere, you can use copy img feature, once you click the button, it will copy the snip and you can use it anywhere on...

  14. Recorder

    If you are working on a presentation, you may be required to show the whole work you did on the snip. For example, you may be required to show where and when you highlighted an area, add a circle, arrow, text or line. If you press the recording button...

  15. Series or Gif

    Snipping Tool allows you to make a series of multiple Snips. Each snip in the series will appear in the sequence you add them. You can change the time one Snip will stay on the screen and the gap between the two snips. You can find this feature next to...

  16. Share

    You may also like to make your Snip viral and want to share it in social media. You may also require otherwise to share the work on social media so that millions of social media users can view your work. A simple feature on this tool will allow you to...

  17. More Tools

    There are some features that are not shown on the tool but they can be found on next to the Settings button. You can capture the active window, grab an image from the image, search Google or Amazon from the images, etc...

  18. Settings

    This button is used to make changes to the features of the Snipping Tool. From general settings to make changes to watermarks, upload, snip, etc. This button can be used to customize all the features of this tool and the features will appear on your Snip...

  19. Close Snip

    A simple feature to close the Snip. Once you finish your work, simply click on the cross button at the bottom and the Snipping Tool will be closed...

  20. Redo

    If you have undone something and don't know how to get it back on your image, you can use Redo feature. Snipping Tool saves all your work done on a snip. If you have used Redo feature once and one of your arrows has gone, you can get it back on the same...

  21. Undo

    If you do not want something on your snip or you have added something not as you want to, you can simply use the feature to undo. This button can be found at the bottom of the features panel with a reverse arrow sign. You press it once and it will...

  22. Default Tools Color

    Colorpicker has nothing to do with a shape or to highlight an area but it is used to change the colour of shapes and text you insert in the snip. Unlike the colorpicker, these are the default colours provided by the tool. It is also useful when you...

  23. Color Picker

    Colorpicker is used to change the colour of the text and shapes you add in your snip. It doesn't work like selecting a random, pre-defined colour from the tool and apply. This feature allows you to choose the colours that have been used in your image...

  24. Emoji

    This feature is used to add different shapes to your snip. You can add emojis, infographics, logos and different arrow shapes. This feature can be used if you click on the emoji button and another box will appear on the left. You can select what you want...

  25. Text

    Now you can move the text where you want on the snip, making it easier for the users to place text where they want...

  26. Rectangle

    This feature works in a similar way as a circle works, however, sometimes it is more suitable to use a rectangle shape to highlight an area. Circles cover more irrelevant area then rectangle shapes. You can make it a square or rectangle shape around the...

  27. Circle

    The Circle is used to draw a circle around your desired area on a document or an image. The perfectly round shape is used to make your snip cleaner and more presentable. You need to select the circle from features bar, put the cursor on any side of the...

  28. Line

    This feature can be used for multiple purposes. For example, you can use it to draw a line between two or more objects to link them. You can use it to underline text in a document or you can use it to cover an area on the image that cannot be covered...

  29. Arrow

    Most of the time, during presentations and generally you may need to point out something important in a picture or document. Arrow feature has been added to do this task conveniently. Just select the arrow from the features bar, use the cursor to draw an...

  30. Highlighter

    There might be an object or text on the image, document or your snip that needs to be prominent or highlighted. The highlighter feature can be used to highlight that object or text. All you need to do is to select the option from the right bar and use...

  31. Pen Tool

    The Pen can be used for multiple purposes. Once you capture a snip, you can then use a Pen to encircle, point out, write or to highlight something on the snip. This feature is customizable. It means you can move it around on snip in the way you want to...