Screenshot an entire webpage, not just the visible part
Short answer
To screenshot an entire webpage you need a tool that scrolls the page and joins the captures, because both the operating system screenshot and the browser window itself only ever contain one viewport. The whole page means everything in the document: above the fold, below it, and inside any panel that scrolls on its own.
Updated 13 August 2026Written by the Full Page Screenshot team
"Entire webpage" hides an ambiguity that decides whether a capture works. It can mean the full document height, which is what most people want. It can also mean content inside a panel that scrolls independently of the page — an inbox, a chat thread, a data table with its own scrollbar. Those are different problems, and a lot of tools only solve the first.
This page covers both, and where the boundary of what any browser tool can do actually sits.
Three things people mean by "entire page"
| What you mean | What it needs | Works in the browser? |
|---|---|---|
| The full document height | Scroll the window, capture each screenful, join them | Yes |
| A panel with its own scrollbar | Detect the real scrolling element and scroll that instead | Yes, if the tool looks for it |
| Content inside a cross-origin iframe | Scroll a document from another origin | No — the browser forbids it. The frame is captured as displayed. |
The nested scroll problem
This is the single most common reason a capture comes back looking wrong, and it is worth understanding before you blame the tool.
- The page body does not always scroll
- Many application-style layouts pin
bodyto the viewport height and put the scrollbar on an inner element instead. Scrolling the window does nothing, so a naive capture photographs the same screenful repeatedly. - Finding the real scroller
- The capture measures the document. If it does not overflow, it searches for the largest element whose scroll height genuinely exceeds its visible height and scrolls that instead, cropping each capture to that element's bounds.
- Why cropping matters
- If the panel occupies part of the window, capturing the whole window would paste the surrounding chrome into every band. Cropping to the scroller means the output is the content, and only the content.
Edge cases worth knowing
What happens to a page that never stops loading?
Infinite scroll has no bottom, so there is no "entire page" to capture. What you get is everything loaded at the moment the capture begins, plus whatever arrives during it. Scroll to the point you want first, then capture. Covered in more detail in screenshotting long pages.
Does the page get modified?
Temporarily, yes — fixed elements are neutralised and the page is scrolled. Every change is recorded and undone when the capture ends, including your original scroll position. A watchdog restores the page even if something goes wrong mid-capture.
Can I capture a page behind a login?
Yes. The capture runs in your own browser session, so anything you can see, it can photograph. Nothing is transmitted anywhere.
Getting the whole page in practice
Open the page, let it settle, dismiss any overlays, then start the capture. If the content lives in a panel, click inside that panel first so it is unambiguous which region you mean.
The step by step guide walks through it with the specific cases, and the editor covers cropping and blurring the result before you send it on.
Frequently asked questions
How do I screenshot an entire webpage in Chrome?
Install a full page capture extension, open the page, and click the toolbar icon. Chrome's built-in DevTools option also works for simple pages: Ctrl+Shift+P, then "Capture full size screenshot".
Why does my screenshot only show part of the page?
Almost always because the content is inside a nested scrolling container rather than the page body, so scrolling the window does nothing. A capture that detects the real scrolling element handles this.
Can I capture an entire webpage on mobile?
Not with a Chrome extension — Chrome for Android and iOS do not support extensions. Both platforms have their own built-in scrolling screenshot features.
Does capturing an entire page slow my browser down?
It uses memory proportional to the page height while it runs. Completed bands are encoded and released as it goes, so a 30,000 pixel page does not hold 30,000 pixels of bitmap in memory at once.
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