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wyred
Helpful | Level 6
8 years ago

Disable URL to screenshot when taking a screenshot

When I take a screenshot, a public URL to it is automatically copied.   This has been annoying in a few situations because I had some code copied that I wanted to paste, but overwritten by the scre...
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corvusco
New member | Level 2
8 years ago

Hi,

I also often need to work with printscreens from browser without information about the URL. I have fast solution: Put your browser to fullscreen mode (F11 usually), than press PrintScreen or Alt+PrintScreen. 

 

Does it work?

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wyred
Helpful | Level 6
8 years ago
I’m not talking about the URL in a browser being captured in the screenshot.

When you take a screenshot, the file gets saved into Dropbox and a public url to it is automatically copied for you. This public url is what I’m referring to.

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