How to Take a Full-Page Screenshot on iPhone

Quick answer

iPhone can already take a full-page screenshot, but the feature is narrower than most people expect. Take a normal screenshot in Safari, tap the preview in the corner, then choose Full Page at the top. You get the entire scrollable page, and you can save it to Files as a PDF.

Two limits catch people out. It only works in Safari, so a page opened inside another app will not offer the option. And it saves as a PDF, not an image, so there is no long PNG to drop into a message or a design tool.

If you need a long image, or you are not in Safari, you need a dedicated capture tool. That is the gap Foldless fills.

Step-by-step

Using the built-in Safari method

1. Open the page in Safari.
2. Take a screenshot the usual way: Side button + Volume Up on Face ID devices, or Home + Side button on Touch ID devices.
3. Tap the small preview that appears in the bottom-left corner. Be quick, it disappears after a few seconds.
4. At the top of the editor, switch from Screen to Full Page.
5. Tap Done, then Save PDF to Files.

The scrollbar on the right of the preview shows the whole captured height, so you can confirm you got the entire page before saving.

When Full Page does not appear

If the tab at the top only says Screen, the app you are in does not support it. The option is provided by Safari and a handful of Apple apps such as Mail and Notes. Third-party browsers, in-app browsers inside social apps, and most other apps do not offer it.

The workaround is to open the same URL in Safari. Tap the share icon in the app, choose Open in Safari, then capture there.

Capturing as an image instead

A PDF is fine for archiving, but awkward for sharing. If you want a single tall PNG you can paste into a chat, a document, or a design file, you need an app that captures the page directly rather than editing a screenshot after the fact.

The pattern is the same in any of them: open the page inside the app's own browser, tap capture, choose the format. Because the page is loaded in the app, the capture is not limited to what is on screen.

Common problems and fixes

The screenshot is cut off partway down

This usually means the page loads more content as you scroll, an infinite feed being the obvious case. There is no fixed bottom for the capture to reach. Scroll to the point you actually want to end at, let the content settle, and capture from there.

The preview disappeared before I could tap it

The preview thumbnail only lingers for a few seconds. If you miss it, the screenshot is already in Photos as a normal screen-height image, and the Full Page option is gone. You have to take it again.

The page looks different in the capture

Sticky headers and floating banners are the usual culprits: they can repeat or land in odd positions because the page was never designed to be rendered at full height. Dismissing cookie banners and closing any floating chat widget before capturing gives a much cleaner result.

I need to capture a page I had to sign in to

The built-in method handles this fine in Safari, because it captures the page as Safari sees it, session and all. It gets harder with a separate capture app, since a fresh browser will not be signed in. How to screenshot pages you are logged into covers this in detail.

Doing this with Foldless

Foldless is a capture tool built around this single job. You browse to a page in its own built-in browser, tap the shutter, and it expands the page to its full height and captures it in one pass. No scrolling, no stitching, no seams.

The differences from the Safari method are the ones that matter in practice:

• Image or PDF, your choice per capture. A long PNG when you just want to send it, a real vector PDF when the text needs to stay sharp and selectable.
• Any page, not only Safari. The browser is part of the app.
• Signed-in pages work, because the session lives in the app's browser.
• Very long pages, up to about 25,000 pixels tall.

Captures go into a library on the device, where you can rename them and group them into projects. There is no account and no server, so nothing is uploaded anywhere.

Foldless is $3.99, once, on the App Store and Google Play.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can iPhone take a full-page screenshot without an app?

Yes, in Safari. Take a screenshot, tap the preview thumbnail, and select Full Page. It saves as a PDF to Files. The option is not available in most other apps, and it does not produce an image file.

Why is there no Full Page option on my screenshot?

Because you were not in an app that supports it. Safari and a few Apple apps such as Mail and Notes offer it; third-party browsers and in-app browsers generally do not. Open the same page in Safari and capture again.

Can I save a full-page screenshot as a PNG instead of a PDF?

Not with the built-in method, which only offers Save PDF to Files. To get a long image you need a capture app that produces PNG directly. See PNG or PDF for a full-page screenshot for which format suits which job.

How long a page can be captured?

The built-in Safari capture handles most ordinary articles. Very long pages, particularly endless feeds that keep loading as you scroll, have no natural end point and will be cut off wherever the loaded content stops. Foldless captures up to roughly 25,000 pixels in a single pass.

Does a full-page screenshot include the parts I have not scrolled to?

Yes, that is the point of it. The page is rendered at its full height rather than photographed a screen at a time, so content below the fold is included without you scrolling to it first.

Conclusion

iOS gives you a genuine full-page screenshot, provided you are in Safari and a PDF is what you want. Outside those two conditions, you need something else. If you mostly capture articles in Safari for your own records, the built-in method is enough and costs nothing. If you need long images, capture from apps other than Safari, or work with pages behind a login regularly, a dedicated tool saves the workaround every time.