Press Win + Shift + S to open the Snipping Tool overlay, then click the “Full‑screen snip” icon (the monitor icon). It will capture only the monitor where your mouse cursor is currently located .
nircmd savescreenshot "C:\monitor2.png" 2 (2 = second monitor) | Need | Best Method | |------|--------------| | Quick one‑monitor capture | Win + Shift + S → Full‑screen snip | | Capture active window only | Alt + PrtScn | | Edit before saving | Snipping Tool (move it first) | | Daily heavy use | ShareX (hotkey per monitor) | how to only screenshot one monitor
No more cropping out your second monitor’s Discord or Slack notifications. Just pick the method that fits your workflow and capture exactly what you need. Press Win + Shift + S to open
nircmd cmd savescreenshotfull "C:\screenshot.png" 0 0 1920 1080 Where 1920x1080 is your target monitor’s resolution. You’ll need the monitor’s top‑left offset if using multiple displays, but NirCmd’s savescreenshot with monitor index is cleaner: Just pick the method that fits your workflow
Dual monitors? Triple? Let me know if you need help configuring a hotkey for a specific display.
Here’s a blog-style post you can use or adapt: If you work with two or more monitors, you’ve probably hit this frustration before: you press PrtScn (Print Screen), and Windows captures everything – both screens, taskbars, and all. Then you end up cropping out the second monitor in an image editor.
