Share Screenshots as a Short Link: One Key, No Account

To share a screenshot as a link, press PrtSc, select the area and press Ctrl + U. Sleekshot uploads the image to sleekshot.app and shows a small window with the short link and two buttons. Open shows it in your browser, and Copy puts the link on the clipboard. There's no account and no sign-up, and the person who opens the link doesn't need to install anything.

A link is the right choice when the image has to go somewhere you can't paste pictures, like a forum post, a support form, a text message or a comment box. For everything else, copying the image to the clipboard is still faster.

How to share a screenshot link

1. Press PrtSc, then drag over an area, click a window or press Ctrl + A for the whole monitor.
2. If you need to, add arrows, numbers or blur with the tools for arrows, steps and blur.
3. Press Ctrl + U or click Upload under the selection.
4. In the window in the bottom-right corner, click Copy and paste the link wherever you need it. Open shows the page exactly as the other person will see it.

The other person sees the full-size screenshot on a plain sleekshot.app page, in any browser, on a phone or a computer.

Link or clipboard: which to use

For bug reports, a link in the ticket plus a screenshot with arrows is often the clearest combination. See how to take screenshots for bug reports.

Who can see a shared link

Anyone who has the link can open the screenshot, and nobody else knows it exists. Each link ends in a random 12-character code, so nobody can find your screenshot by counting through short numbers in order. Some older screenshot services have had that problem, and we look at it in is Lightshot safe. The page also tells search engines not to index it.

That makes a link unlisted, not private. Links get forwarded, pasted into public channels and saved in chat history. Uploads aren't tied to an account, so there's no list of your uploads and no delete button in the app. Three rules we follow ourselves:

1. Blur before you upload. Cover emails, names, tokens and order numbers with Blur (B) or a Filled rectangle (F).
2. Never upload secrets. Passwords, API keys, recovery codes and ID documents stay on your PC.
3. Follow your company's rules. If uploads aren't allowed on a work PC, hide the button in Settings → Upload → Cloud upload button.

Save without dialogs: quick save and auto-save

Not every screenshot needs to leave your PC. Sleekshot has three ways to keep files without hunting for folders.

• Save (Ctrl + S) opens a standard dialog with a ready-made name like Sleekshot 2026-10-01 14-32-05.
• Quick save (Ctrl + Shift + S) saves straight to the last folder you used. The Save button's menu lists your last three folders.
• Auto-save (Settings → Screenshots → Auto-save screenshots) saves a file to a folder you pick every time you copy, save or upload. You keep a copy on your PC of everything you shared.

Sleekshot saves screenshots as PNG by default. You'll find JPEG and WebP in Settings → Screenshots → Screenshot file format. PNG keeps text sharp, while JPEG and WebP make smaller files for screenshots full of photos. More in which screenshot format to choose.

What it doesn't do (yet)

• No upload history, no expiry dates or passwords on links and no delete button in the app.
• No team folders or custom domains.
• Links are for images only. Screen recordings are saved as MP4 files or copied to the clipboard.
• Sleekshot for Mac has no Upload button. It copies and saves.

For more ways to send a screenshot, read how to share a screenshot as a link, or download Sleekshot and try Ctrl + U.