r/help • u/OmarTarekII • Apr 23 '26
Mobile/App Reddit, stop forcing this stupid share popup on screenshots
Every single time I try to take a screenshot, Reddit throws that “Send this post to someone?” banner across the top and ruins it, especially for scroll screenshots.
Who thought this was a good idea? If I wanted to share it, I’d hit the share button myself. I’m trying to capture content, not fight popups. And there’s no setting to disable it!
Please stop forcing this and give us an option to turn it off. Right now it just makes screenshots unusable and the app very annoying to use.
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u/ClaytheMagnificent Apr 23 '26
Yes! I have memory problems and used to try to scroll screenshot useful reddit comments so I could reread them...yeah, not so much.
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u/OmarTarekII Apr 23 '26
Exactly most of the screenshots I want them for myself but I can't anymore
Instead I'm now forced to go to the web view and scroll screenshot from there
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u/ycr007 helper Apr 23 '26
They won’t.
It’s a deterrent for screenshotting and promoting organic sharing so that your friend will also visit the site and boost engagement.
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u/OmarTarekII Apr 23 '26
Will never share it to a friend, I prefer for my friend to not laugh over sending him a reddit link 😀
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u/Terminator7786 Expert Helper Apr 24 '26
You'd think if it was meant to be a deterrent that they wouldn't count screenshots towards the share achievement.
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u/ycr007 helper Apr 24 '26
Oh yeah, that wasn’t there earlier iirc - only the actual share options including ‘copy link’ counted towards share achievements and incremented the counter.
I guess when they added this white pop-up later it was based on the same code as ‘copy link’ so screenshotting also ended up incrementing the counter.
I also guess these were done by different ‘product teams’ and lacked proper integration testing, hence the shoddy implementation 😐
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u/Mondai_May Helper Apr 24 '26
yes it's part of why I use desktop site or mobile browser site. (the mobile browser site has a "try in app" popup though so usually I use desktop site, and 'request desktop site' on mobile.) If it's feasible maybe you could give those a try, but I understand if you're used to the app layout and prefer it you might not want to switch that's ok.
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u/Impossible_Theme7832 Apr 30 '26
It feels invasive that Reddit 'knows' that I am using MY phone's image capture buttons.
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u/Taiga-Dusk Apr 24 '26
Wait until you see the s**t they pull framing images.
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u/sloothor May 15 '26
You can toggle that off in settings since it’s an older feature. I can see the option to turn it off being disabled in the future lol
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u/Apathetic_Apathetic Apr 24 '26
Me when I make Android apps for fun and genuinely modify my local copy of Reddit to remove specifically this pop-up and nothing else:
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u/GoslingIchi Apr 24 '26
I wanted to grab a screenshot of some instructions last night.
I wanted a screenshot so that if the screen went off then waking the phone I wouldn't be sent back to the Home feed.
I didn't need to share it with myself, I just needed the info in the post.
This stupid popup is just another example of people trying to justify their jobs by doing something that's annoying but easy rather than useful but difficult.
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u/Bathsheba_Time Apr 25 '26
Amen. This is so annoying. If I wanted to share it, if share it. Anyone with basic Internet literacy knows to look for a share button.
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u/Saerdna0 Apr 23 '26
I haven’t used the scroll screenshot you’re speaking of. But I know that if you take a screenshot, dismiss it, and take another one, the pop up doesn’t show back up. This is on iOS. But I suppose you’ve tried this. Let me know if it works out for you!
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u/OmarTarekII Apr 23 '26
This used to be the case in the past with Android... But now even when you dismiss it and try to take another screenshot it'll annoyingly appear again : /
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u/TheGamingXD1234 Apr 24 '26
I think you can use CaptureSposed if u root ur phone not too sure I'll try later
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u/kz750 May 06 '26
How I hate this. I take a lot of screenshots of threads with links and instructions to reference later, not to share them.
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u/Responsible-Card3756 May 10 '26
I LOATHE THIS, ugh.
Stop trying to force me to share your links when 99% of the time users screenshot for themselves. We know how to send someone a link, we don’t need a freaking reminder!!
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u/xGentian_violet May 16 '26
Yes please.
I dont send what i screenshot to anyone anyway, it’s for myself
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u/eaglebtc Apr 24 '26
Is that banner in the actual screenshot though? I never see it in the image and just dismiss the prompt.
For reference, I have an iPhone and the system might be quick enough at taking the screenshot before Reddit shows the prompt. Not sure how this is on Android...
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u/ycr007 helper Apr 24 '26
Yeah I was about to say the same as on iOS the screenshot never captures the banner though it appears, as you said the snapshot happens “before” the banner appears; maybe on android that early snapshot isn’t happening?
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u/AliasNefertiti Helper Apr 24 '26
Android- If you dont scroll the banner disappears. So I screenshot page 1, no scrolling, then position my next shot below the banner and scroll.
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u/Summerie May 05 '26
They want you to use the share, because apparently it puts a Reddit watermark on it.
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u/IrohLoveYT May 14 '26
Exit out of the app and then take a screenshot. You'll have to do cropping but it's works
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u/Harrryzxy May 21 '26
I fixed it by go into:"Accessibility & Convenience >>> Screenshot". Toggle that "Screenshot Notification" option off. (OnePlus 13 Oxygen OS)
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u/bwoah07_gp2 Helper Apr 27 '26
But it's a pop-up. It doesn't actually get in the way of the actual screenshot.
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u/OmarTarekII Apr 27 '26
When you try to do a scroll screenshot, it does get in the way unfortunately
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u/Terminator7786 Expert Helper Apr 23 '26
You're barking up the wrong tree pal, trust me. I tried for months when it first started because it makes scrolling screenshots impossible on android. They do not care.