How to Disable the Snipping Tool in Windows 10 & 11

By Timothy Tibbetts

on 06/15/2023

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If you'd like to disable the Snipping Tool in Windows 10, you can with Group Policy Editor or the Registry.

The Snipping tool allows Windows 10 users to capture screenshots.

Video tutorial:

How to Disable the Snipping Tool in Windows 10 - Group Policy Editor

Open the Group Policy Editor. Windows 10 Home users will need to enable Group Policy Editor or use the Registry method below.

Navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Tablet PC > Accessories.

Double-click Do not allow Snipping Tool to run.

Click on Enabled.

Change it back to Not configured to re-enable the Snipping Tool.

How to Disable the Snipping Tool in Windows 10 - Registry Editor

Be sure to back up your registry.

Open the Registry Editor.

Navigate to the following two locations:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\TabletPC
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\TabletPC

Create a new TabletPC key.

Click on TabletPC and on the right, right-click and click New > DWORD > (32-bit Value).

Name the new DWORD DisableSnippingTool.

Change the Value data to 1.

To enable the Snipping Tool, delete the TabletPC key, or change the Value data to 0.

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