Some websites often use the getDisplayMedia() or the desktop capture extension API to capture the screen. In some situations, it can be intimidating to perform confidential or banking tasks using the Google Chrome browser. If you want, you can block screenshotting on Google Chrome using the Recording or Group Policy Editor .
How to Allow or Block Screenshot on Google Chrome Using GPO
To allow or block screen capture on Google Chrome using the Group Policy Editor in Windows 11/10, follow these steps. To use the GPEDIT method, you must first install the Group Policy Template for Google Chrome. You can download the template from chromeenterprise.google .
- Press Win + R to open the Run prompt.
- Type gpedit. msc and press the Enter button.
- Go to Allow or Deny Screenshot in the Computer Setup .
- Double-click the Allow or deny screenshot setting.
- Choose the Disabled option.
- Click the OK button.
To learn more about these steps, keep reading.
At first, you need to open the Local Group Policy Editor on your computer. To do this, press Win + R to bring up the Run prompt, type gpedit.msc, and hit the Enter button. Then navigate to the following path:
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Google Chrome > Allow or Deny Screenshot
Here you can find a setting called Allow or deny screenshot . You need to double click on this setting and choose the Disabled option.
Then click the OK button to save the change.
However, if you want to allow screenshot, you need to open the same setting and choose the Not configured or Allowed option.
For your information, you can allow certain origins to capture your screen on Google Chrome. In other words, only specified origins can capture your Google Chrome screen. For that, you need to open the Allow desktop, window and tab capture by these origins setting, choose the Allowed option and enter an origin like this:
- ScreenCaptureAllowedByOrigins
- WindowCaptureAllowedByOrigins
- TabCaptureAllowedByOrigins
- SameOriginTabCaptureAllowedByOrigins
When done, click the OK button to save the change.
Allow or Block Screenshot on Google Chrome Using Registry
To allow or block screenshot on Google Chrome using Recording follow these steps:
- Press Win + R to bring up the Run dialog box.
- Type regedit and hit the Enter button.
- Click the Yes option.
- Go to Strategies in HKLM .
- Right click on Policies > New > Key .
- Name it like Google .
- Right click on Google > New > Key .
- Set the name as Chrome .
- Right-click on Chrome > New > DWORD (32-bit) Value .
- Name it ScreenCaptureAllowed.
- Restart your computer.
First, you need to open the registry editor. For that, press Win + R > type regedit and hit the Enter button. If the UAC prompt appears, click the Yes button.
Then navigate to the following path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PoliciesHere you need to create a subkey. To do this, right-click on the Policies key, select New > Key and set the name as Google .
Next, right click on the Google key, select New > Key and name it Chrome . Next, you need to create a REG_DWORD value. To do this, right-click on the Chrome key, select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value and name it as Screenshot Allowed .
By default, it carries a data value of, and you need to keep it to block screenshot on Google Chrome. However, if you want to allow it, you need to double click on that REG_DWORD value and set the value data as 1 .
Then click on the OK button and restart your computer. Alternatively, you can also remove the REG_DWORD value. For that, right click on the ScreenCaptureAllowed, select the Remove option and click the Yes button.
Like the GPEDIT method, you can allow certain origins to allow screenshotting in Chrome. For this you need to right click on the Chrome key, select New > Key and name it as TabCaptureAllowedByOrigins . Next, right click TabCaptureAllowedByOrigins key > New > String Value and name it as 1 .
Double click it to set the value data as original names. For your information, we have already mentioned the origins above.
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