Snip it, pin it, read it, mark it up. Without touching a menu.
Hold Win and drag. Your snip floats on top of everything while you work. Add Ctrl and the text in that box lands on your clipboard instead.
30-day money-back guarantee. One-time purchase. No subscription. No AutoHotkey install needed.Everything starts with a drag.
Snip and pin
The region opens as a small window that stays on top of everything else.
Copy the text
OCR reads the region and puts the text on your clipboard. Nothing to click.
Delayed snip
A visible countdown border gives you time to open a menu or hover a tooltip first.
Prefer other keys? Change all three in Preferences.
Your snip stays where you can see it.
Most snipping tools drop your screenshot into the clipboard and it's gone. Window Snipping keeps it on screen as a floating clip, above every other window, until you close it with Ctrl+Esc.
- Keep a number from one spreadsheet in view while you type into another
- Compare two screens side by side
- Snip the header row of a long sheet, then scroll. The snip stays put.
- Snip two things that are far apart, drag them together, and snip both at once
- Follow written steps without Alt+Tabbing back every ten seconds
Copy text from anything on your screen.
An error box you can't select. A scanned PDF. A paused video. A screenshot someone sent you in chat. Drag a box around it with Win+Ctrl and the text is on your clipboard.
- Uses the OCR engine built into Windows, so it's fast and works offline
- Reads any OCR language you have installed in Windows
- Set different source and target languages and Google Translate opens with the text (that part needs internet)
Point at it, highlight it, label it.
Every pinned clip takes the same shortcuts. No editor to open, no toolbar to hunt through.
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+T | Add a text note |
| Ctrl+F | Highlight an area |
| Ctrl+A | Draw an arrow |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo, up to 20 steps |
| + − | Resize the clip |
| Ctrl+C | Copy the clip |
| Ctrl+S | Save it to your folder |
Copy, paste, done.
Press Ctrl+C on a clip and paste it into your message. Gmail and Outlook embed the picture right in the email, so there's no saving or attaching.
- Clips copy in several image formats, so they paste cleanly into Slack, Teams, Discord and Chrome
- Settings live in one INI file in AppData. Nothing goes in the registry.
- Change hotkeys, save folder, countdown, colors, resize step, OCR languages and start-with-Windows in Preferences
It's fine for the odd screenshot. You snip all day.
Here's the same job both ways.
| The job | Windows Snipping Tool | Window Snipping |
|---|---|---|
| Copy text off the screen | Win+Shift+S, open the snip, Text actions, Copy all text4 steps | Win+Ctrl+Drag1 step |
| Keep a snip on top of your work | Not built in | Win+Drag. Every snip is pinned. |
| Arrow, highlight or note | Open the snip in the editor and pick a tool | Ctrl+A, Ctrl+F or Ctrl+T on the clip |
| Delayed capture | Pick a delay from a menu | Win+Shift+Drag with a visible countdown |
| Price | Free with Windows | $4.99 once |
Window Snipping uses drag hotkeys, so Win+Shift+S keeps working alongside it.
Less than a coffee. Yours for life.
- Compiled Windows app (.exe), no AutoHotkey needed
- The full AutoHotkey v2 source, too
- 27-page user guide (PDF and HTML)
- Windows 10 and 11
- Snip, pin, OCR and markup all run offline
- Lifetime download. No subscription.
- 30-day money-back guarantee
The 30-day guarantee
Try it for 30 days. If Window Snipping doesn't earn its spot in your tray, ask for your money back and you'll get 100% of your purchase price. No questions.
Joe Glines
Before you buy
Does it work on Windows 11?
Yes. It runs on Windows 10 and later, and English OCR is installed by default on both.
Do I need AutoHotkey installed?
No. You get a compiled .exe that runs on its own. The AutoHotkey v2 source is included if you want to read or tweak it.
How accurate is the OCR?
It uses the OCR engine built into Windows. Clean on-screen text comes through very accurately. Zoom in on tiny text first for the best result.
Can it read other languages?
Yes, any OCR language installed in Windows. Add more in Settings, then Time & Language, then Language & Region.
Does it work offline?
Snipping, pinning, OCR and markup all run on your PC. Auto-translate opens Google Translate, so that part needs a connection.
Is it a subscription?
No. You pay $4.99 once and keep it.
What if it's not for me?
Ask for a refund within 30 days and you get every cent back. No questions.
Will it clash with Win+Shift+S?
No. Window Snipping uses drag hotkeys, so the Windows shortcut keeps working.
Your next screenshot is the test.
Hold Win and drag. If the snip floating on top of your work doesn't change how you use screenshots, nothing will.
Buy now, $4.99 30-day money-back guarantee.