When you take a screenshot of a window on your Mac, also captures the shadow of the window. Looks great, but it may not be ideal if you are sharing the screenshot online or for work. Next, We tell you how to disable the shadow of the screenshot on your Mac.
There are two alternatives to disable this window shadow. You can do it by screenshot using a special keyboard shortcut, or you can use a Terminal command to disable shadows on all window screenshots in future.
Disable window shadow in screenshots via keyboard shortcut
If you want to erase the window shadow from a particular screenshot, you can use a different shortcut variation when taking a screenshot.
To take a screenshot of a window, first, use the Command keyboard shortcut + Shift + 4. The cursor will now turn into a cross. Hover over the window you want to capture and press the space bar.
The window will be selected. Now, hold down the Option key when you press the left mouse button to take the screenshot.
When you go to your Desk (or wherever you save screenshots), you will see that the screenshot has no shadow.
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Disable shadows for all window screenshots on Mac
Don't want to use the Option key every time you take a screenshot of the window? You can use a Terminal command to disable shadows for all window screenshots captured on your Mac.
To do this, first, open Terminal app. You can do this using Spotlight search by pressing Cmd + Space. You can also find it on Launchpad.
After opening Terminal, paste the next line, then press the Return key / To enter.
defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool true
This will disable the window shading feature. Paste the next line to save the preference and press the Return key / To enter.
killall SystemUIServer
And that is. Screenshots of your window will no longer have shadow!!
If you want to reverse this change in the future, use the following lines of code.
defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool false
killall SystemUIServer
Are you annoyed with the little screenshot previews that appear in the lower right corner every time you take a screenshot? Next, We show you how you can easily disable screenshot preview thumbnails on Mac.
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