---
title: "How to screenshot on an Asus laptop"
url: "https://screenshot-laptop.com/asus/"
platform: "Windows"
section: "By laptop brand"
updated: "2026-09-14"
license: "CC-BY-4.0"
attribution: "screenshot-laptop.com"
shortcuts:
  - "Fn + Esc"
  - "Win + Shift + S"
  - "Fn + PrtSc"
---

# How to screenshot on an Asus laptop

*Asus calls the Fn setting Hotkey Mode. And if your Zenbook has a ScreenPad, every full-screen capture quietly produces two files.*

URL: https://screenshot-laptop.com/asus/

## The short answer

- `Fn` + `Esc` — Fn Lock on most Asus models
- `Win` + `Shift` + `S` — Works on every Asus
- `Fn` + `PrtSc` — If a single press does nothing

Asus laptops are Windows machines — [the Windows methods](https://screenshot-laptop.com/windows/) all work. Two things are specific to Asus.

## Hotkey Mode

Asus's BIOS calls the function-row setting **Hotkey Mode**. When it's enabled, the printed media icons are primary and traditional labels need `Fn`.

To change it:

1. Restart and tap `F2` during the Asus logo.
2. Press `F7` for Advanced Mode if you land on the simple EZ screen.
3. Under **Advanced**, find **Hotkey Mode** — sometimes listed as *Function Key Behavior*.
4. Disable it so F1–F12 are primary.
5. `F10` to save and exit.

Quicker alternative first: `Fn`+`Esc` toggles Fn Lock on most current Asus models, with no restart. Look for a padlock on the `Esc` key.

## ScreenPad models capture twice

This is the genuinely Asus-specific behaviour. Zenbook Duo, Zenbook Pro Duo and several Vivobook models have a **ScreenPad** — a second screen built into the touchpad or above the keyboard.

Windows treats it as a separate display. So `Win`+`PrtSc` produces **two PNG files**: one of your main screen and one of the ScreenPad. People wonder why their Screenshots folder fills up twice as fast as expected.

If you only want the main display, use `Win`+`Shift`+`S` and drag within it, or use the Snipping Tool's window mode.

On dual-screen Zenbook Duo models the effect is more pronounced, since the second display is full-size and captures at full resolution.

## Where the key sits

**Zenbook.** Far right of the function row, printed **prt sc** in lower case. Thinner models squeeze it onto the Insert or delete keycap.

**Vivobook.** Top row, usually a standalone key.

**ROG and TUF.** Present, but gaming Asus laptops ship with Armoury Crate and typically GeForce Experience. Both can bind Print Screen to their own capture. The symptom is a capture that happens but never appears in Pictures › Screenshots. [How to trace it](https://screenshot-laptop.com/fix/print-screen-not-working/)

## MyASUS and Armoury Crate

Neither adds a general screenshot tool. MyASUS handles updates, diagnostics and fan profiles. Armoury Crate manages performance and lighting on gaming models, and does have its own capture and recording feature aimed at games — useful there, unnecessary for everyday captures.

## The universal fallback

`Win`+`Shift`+`S` on any Asus, regardless of Hotkey Mode, ScreenPad or overlays. [The four capture modes it offers](https://screenshot-laptop.com/windows/windows-shift-s/)

## Questions

**Why does my Asus save two screenshots at once?**

You have a ScreenPad, and Windows treats it as a second display, so full-screen captures include both. Use `Win`+`Shift`+`S` and select within your main screen to get one file.

**Can I screenshot the ScreenPad on its own?**

Yes — `Win`+`PrtSc` already saves it as its own file, so just keep that one and delete the other. Or use the Snipping Tool's full-screen mode and pick the ScreenPad when prompted.

**Where is Print Screen on an Asus ROG keyboard?**

At the end of the function row. Some ROG models share that cap with a macro or lighting control, in which case Print Screen is the secondary label and needs `Fn`.