How to take a screenshot on a Xiaomi phone (HyperOS 3)

Device

Android

Shown on

Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G (25080RABDG), HyperOS 3.0.308.0, Android 16

App

Settings

Real screenshots

6 of 6 steps

Checked

October 2026

Sources

1 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Open Gesture shortcuts

   Go to Settings, Additional settings, Gesture shortcuts. Tap Take a screenshot.

   Done

2. 

   Turn on the screenshot gestures

   Turn on Slide 3 fingers down and Volume down + Power. Both were on on our phone.

   Done

3. 

   Turn on Partial screenshot

   Back in Gesture shortcuts, tap Partial screenshot and turn on Press and hold with 3 fingers. Then hold three fingers on the screen to pick part of it.

   Done

4. 

   Take the screenshot

   Swipe down with three fingers or press Volume down and Power. A preview appears at the top right with Scroll and Send.

   Done

5. 

   Tap Scroll for a long page

   Tap Scroll. On our phone the page scrolled down by itself and then the editor opened. Xiaomi says you can also scroll up to choose where it ends.

   Done

6. 

   Save it

   In the editor, tap the tick at the top right to save.

   Done

If you do not see this option

• Three fingers do nothing? Slide 3 fingers down may be off. Turn it on in Gesture shortcuts, Take a screenshot. Source: Generic User Guide for HyperOS 3.0
• No Scroll button? Scroll appears on the preview only on pages that can scroll.

If this does not work

• Scrolling screenshot will not save or open? Xiaomi says the Gallery editor needs permission to certain folders to view and save scrolling screenshots. Source: Generic User Guide for HyperOS 3.0
• Screenshot taken by mistake? Turn off the gesture you trigger by accident in Gesture shortcuts.

About this guide

HyperOS 3 has two screenshot gestures, a partial screenshot gesture and a scrolling screenshot. All of them were on on our phone.

The screenshots are from our Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G with Xiaomi HyperOS 3.0.308.0 and Android 16, in Light mode. We deleted the test screenshots afterwards.

Good to know

Record a video of the screen instead: how to screen record on a Xiaomi phone.

In short: Three fingers down, or Volume down + Power. Scroll for long pages; three-finger hold for part of the screen.