Despite this, the app was never removed from Windows 10. Snipping Tool was modified to contain a notice warning of the application's deprecation, which encouraged users to move to Snip & Sketch. It was first named Screen Sketch, and was initially a component of the Windows Ink Workspace.
In Windows 10 version 1809, a new Universal app version of Snipping Tool known as Snip & Sketch was introduced. It was originally released as a PowerToy for the Microsoft Tablet PC launch on November 7, 2002.
The Snipping Tool allows for basic image editing of the snapshot, with different colored pens, an eraser, and a highlighter.īefore Windows Vista, the Snipping Tool, originally known as the Clipping Tool, was included in the Experience Pack for Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005. Snips can then be annotated using a mouse or a tablet, stored as an image file ( PNG, GIF, or JPEG file) or an MHTML file, or e-mailed. It can take still screenshots of an open window, rectangular areas, a free-form area, or the entire screen. Snipping Tool is a Microsoft Windows screenshot utility included in Windows Vista and later. Windows 7 (excluding Home Basic and Starter editions).Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 (Experience pack).
