How to disable Print Screen shortcut

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In my keyboard the print screen key is very close to the backspace key, and whenever I want to press backspace, instead it takes a screenshot. How can I disable the print screen shortcut?

score 48 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 23 '14 at 22:35

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You can try changing it via

System Settings → Hardware / Keyboard → Shortcuts → Screenshots → Take a screenshot

To disable the shortcut, click the row so that it shows "New accelerator" as shown below and then press the backspace key.

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edited Jan 23 '14 at 22:35

kiri

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answered Apr 09 '13 at 13:34

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In Ubuntu 18.04 the option is no longer called `Take a screenshot` and is now called `Save a screenshot to Pictures`. To disable it, select it then hit `Backspace`. – gene_wood Dec 29 '18 at 19:29
In Ubuntu 21 it is `Settings / Keyboard Shortcuts / Save a screenshot to Pictures`. You may search for the shortcut by clicking the search icon located in the title bar. – nuiun Sep 18 '21 at 18:32

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 29 '17 at 11:44

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I disabled it with prejudice, because every cursor key event popped up the screenshot dialog and gnome-screenshot is the culprit. I'm mostly using LXDE and couldn't find where this is configured - the usual Linux problem - so I delete /usr/bin/gnome-screenshot and replaced it with a executable file with just # in it. This may not be efficient but does the job.

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would it be a good idea if i backed the file then delete it, and copy it back before closing the app ? – SDIDSA Jan 11 '20 at 21:42

How to disable Print Screen shortcut

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