Scrolling screenshot on Xiaomi: all ways and life hacks

How many times have you tried to save an entire web page, a long chat in a messenger or a table with data, but a regular screenshot has cropped half of the information? Xiaomi smartphones have a built-in Scrolling Screenshot feature that allows you to capture all the content — even if it does not fit on one screen. But not all users know how to use it correctly, especially on new versions of MIUI 14/15.

In this article, we’ll look at all the current ways to create long screenshots on Redmi, Poco, Black Shark and classic Xiaomi devices, from standard gestures to hidden features and third-party apps. You’ll learn why sometimes the option doesn’t work, how to get around the limitations of the system, and even how to edit the resulting image before saving, and at the end you’ll find a comparative method table for speed and convenience.

1. Standard method through the notification panel (MIUI 12-15)

The most obvious and versatile method is to use the built-in Scrolling feature after you have created a regular screenshot.It works on all Xiaomi devices with the MIUI 12 shell and later, including the Redmi Note 12, Xiaomi 13T and Poco F5.

Here's the step-by-step instruction:

1. Take a regular screenshot: 👆 Press the power buttons at the same time. + Volume reduction (clip for 1-2 seconds). 🖐️ Or use the "three finger swipe down" gesture (if enabled in Settings). → Additionally. → Gestures).

After the screenshot appears in the lower right corner, click on it.

"Scroll"** (an icon with two arrows down).

Ready.

⚠️ Note: Some models (e.g. Redmi) 10A) The scroll function may not work in apps with dynamic content (such as Instagram or TikTok.

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2. "Three-finger scrolling" gesture (hidden function)

Few people know, but Xiaomi has a hidden gesture for instant long screenshots without first capturing the screen.This method works on devices with MIUI 13/14 and requires pre-tuning.

How to turn on and use:

1. Activate: Go to Settings → Special Features → Gestures. Find the option “Three-finger scroll”** and turn it on. In the action list, select Scrolling Scrolling Screenshot.

• Open the desired screen (for example, a page in the browser).
• Swipe your fingers down the screen and hold for 1 second.
• The system will automatically start scrolling and saving.
• Tell the command: Take a screenshot of this page or in English: Take a scrolling screenshot of this page
• Wait for the confirmation and save of the file in the gallery.

⚠️ Note: This method does not work in all applications (e.g., it can be blocked in banking programs or games due to security policies.

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4. Applications for long screenshots: TOP-3 alternatives

If you don’t like the built-in features of Xiaomi (for example, due to length or quality restrictions), you can install third-party utilities. We tested dozens of programs and selected the 3 best solutions for MIUI:

🔍 Important nuance: When using third-party apps, turn off battery optimization for them in settings MIUI, Otherwise, the scroll function may be interrupted. → Annexes → Application management → Battery → Optimize the battery and select No restrictions for the desired program.

5 Manual gluing of screenshots (if the automation does not work)

Sometimes automatic scrolling refuses to work in specific applications (e.g., 1C, some banking programs, or older versions of VK), in which case you can take a series of regular screenshots and glue them together manually.

Step-by-step:

1. Take a few screenshots in a row by scrolling the screen between them.
2. Open any of these applications to glue: 📱 Google Photos: Select Screens → Create → Collage. 🖼️ Photoshop Express: Tool to Combine Images. 🌐 Online Services: iLoveIMG or PineTools.

Adjust the overlay of personnel (usually 10-20% of overlap is enough).

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JPEG

⚠️ Attention: When manually glued, font distortions or gaps between frames may occur if the screen scrolled unevenly. To minimize errors, use the alignment grid in the editor and fix the same indentation between the screens.

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For perfect gluing, turn on Show borders in the screen settings (in some Xiaomi models, this helps align frames over a pixel grid).

6. Problems and Solutions: Why is Scrolling Not Working?

Even on new Xiaomi devices, users are faced with errors when creating long screenshots.-5 causes and ways of eliminating them:

• 🚫 Application restriction: Some programs (e.g. Netflix, SberBank Online) block screenshots for security reasons.Solution: Use Google Assistant or third-party utilities with rights ADB.
• 🔄 Outdated firmware: B MIUI 11 and below, the scroll function was unstable. Solution: Update the system in Settings → The phone. → Update MIUI.
• 📱 Lack of RAM: On budget models (e.g. Redmi) 9A) When multitasking, the function can "fly out." Solution: Close all background applications before creating a screen.
• 🔧 Disabled option in settings: In some regional firmwares, the function is hidden. Solution: Enable it through Settings → Additionally. → Screenshot. → Scrolling.
• 🛠️ Damaged system files: If none of the methods work, the firmware may have crashed. Solution: Reset to factory settings (Settings) → The phone. → Resetting settings).

📌 Key Conclusion: 90% of the time, the problem is solved by the update MIUI If the scrolling doesn't work in a particular application, try the alternative methods in this article.

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On devices with MIUI 15 (such as Xiaomi 14), the scroll function has become more stable thanks to the optimization of the screen rendering engine.

7.How to edit and save a long screenshot?

Once you've created a scrolling screenshot, you can crop it, blur it out, or convert it to PDF. Xiaomi has built-in tools for this, but they're limited.

Built-in MIUI editor:

• 🖌️ Pruning: After creating the screen tap on the thumbnail → select Edit → staffing tool.
• 🎨 Drawing: Brushes, text and stickers are available (but no layers).
• 🔒 Blurring: Mosaic Tool for Hiding Confidential Data.

Editors (for advanced tasks):

• 📝 Adobe Scan: Converts Screen to Editable PDF function OCR (text-reading).
• 🖼️ PhotoRoom: Remove background and optimize the image for social networks.
• 📊 CamScanner: Automatically aligns and improves text clarity.

💾 Conservation formats:

• PNG – no loss of quality (recommended for text and graphs).
• JPEG is a smaller size (suitable for photo).
• PDF – for documents (can be created via Google Drive or Adobe Acrobat).

📌 Tip: If you need to send a long screen to the messenger, pre-compress it through TinyPNG – this will reduce the file size without visible loss of quality.

FAQ: Frequent questions about screenshots with scrolling on Xiaomi