Put one finger on the Side Button (on the right edge of your iPhone) and your thumb or another finger on the Volume Up button (the upper button on the left edge).
🔍 What to look for on your iPhone screen: Physical buttons on the left and right edges of your phone
🏮 Lanny’s pointer tip: “Rest fingers on Volume Up (left) + Side Button (right)!”
👉 Try it now: Rest your fingers lightly on both buttons first before pressing.
💡 Helpful Note: If your older iPhone has a round Home button on the front below the screen, use Side Button + Home Button instead.
Click both buttons at the same time and let go immediately.
Press both buttons together for just a split second and release them right away—like clicking a camera shutter. Your screen will briefly flash white and a small thumbnail preview will appear in the bottom-left corner.
🔍 What to look for on your iPhone screen: Small thumbnail preview in the bottom-left corner
🏮 Lanny’s pointer tip: “Click-flash! Let go right away & spot the corner preview!”
👉 Try it now: Click both buttons quickly and let go. Look for the small preview in the corner.
💡 Helpful Note: Why let go quickly? If you hold both buttons down for several seconds, your iPhone shows the Power-Off slider instead. If that happens, just tap Cancel!
Let the thumbnail slide away to save automatically—or tap it.
If you just wait 4 seconds (or swipe the little corner preview to the left), your screenshot automatically saves into your Photos app! Or, if you tap the little corner preview immediately, it opens full-screen.
🔍 What to look for on your iPhone screen: Full-screen preview with “Done” and “Share” at the top
🏮 Lanny’s pointer tip: “Wait 4 seconds to auto-save, or tap Share at top right!”
👉 Try it now: Either let the preview slide away, or tap it to view it full-screen.
💡 Helpful Note: Don’t worry if the little corner preview disappears before you tap it—that just means it safely saved itself to your Photos app!
If you opened the preview, tap Done → Save to Photos.
If you tapped the preview, tap Done in the top-left corner and choose Save to Photos. Anytime you want to see your screenshots later, just open the Photos app—they sit right alongside your recent pictures.
🔍 What to look for on your iPhone screen: “Save to Photos” in the menu, or your Photos app
🏮 Lanny’s pointer tip: “Saved right inside your Photos library!”
👉 Try it now: Open your Photos app to see your new screenshot.
💡 Helpful Note: In the Photos app, you can also scroll down to “Media Types” and tap “Screenshots” to see only screenshots.
