# Can I change where Android saves screenshots? — Adinand Auto File Sorter Last reviewed: September 25, 2026. HTML version: https://adinandsorter.com/answers/change-screenshot-folder-android **Not with any setting Google or Samsung documents. Android's help tells you where screenshots go, not how to send them elsewhere, and the save-location option on Galaxy phones belongs to screen recordings.** What you can change is where the pictures live after they are taken. ## Where Android puts them

Android defines the destination as a standard folder: `DIRECTORY_SCREENSHOTS` is the "Standard directory in which to place screenshots that have been taken by the user. Typically used as a secondary directory under DIRECTORY_PICTURES" ([*Environment — Android Developers*](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Environment?hl=en), read 25 September 2026). Google's user help covers taking and finding them — "At the bottom, tap Collections On this device Screenshots" in the Photos app — and has no step for choosing a different folder ([*Take a screenshot or record your screen on your Android device*](https://support.google.com/android/answer/9075928?hl=en), read 25 September 2026). [The full route to them.](https://adinandsorter.com/answers/where-are-screenshots-saved-on-android)

## What Samsung offers, and for what

Samsung's screenshot guide ends with where to view them: "open the Gallery app, then tap the Albums tab, and then tap the Screenshots folder", or open My Files and tap Images. It lists no option for changing that folder ([*How to take a screenshot on a Samsung phone or tablet*](https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS10002500/), US edition, read 25 September 2026).

Screen recordings are the exception. Samsung's recorder settings include "Save screen recordings in : Select where your screen recordings will save", with the note "This option may not be available on all devices" ([*Record and capture your Galaxy phone or tablet's screen*](https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS10001616/), US edition, read 25 September 2026). Samsung's UK page confirms it — "You can change the save location in the Screen recorder settings" — and gives the menu path: Settings › Advanced features › Screenshots and screen recordings ([*How to record your screen on your Samsung Galaxy device*](https://www.samsung.com/uk/support/mobile-devices/how-to-record-your-screen-on-your-samsung-galaxy-device/), read 25 September 2026). Neither Samsung page offers the same choice for screenshots. If your phone shows one, it is a feature of your model and software that these pages do not describe.

## Moving them yourself

Files by Google moves several at once: in the Images category, press and hold one screenshot, "tap the circle" on each of the others, then More › Move to, "Tap Internal storage", pick the folder and "Tap Move here" ([*Move files to an existing folder in Internal storage*](https://support.google.com/files/answer/9808833?hl=en), read 25 September 2026). On a Galaxy phone, My Files does the same with Move and "Move here" (Samsung's US guide: [*Manage files on your Galaxy phone or tablet*](https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00076845/), read 25 September 2026). [Making the destination folder first.](https://adinandsorter.com/answers/create-a-folder-on-an-android-phone)

Expect the moved pictures to leave the Screenshots album. Samsung's own wording above treats that album as "the Screenshots folder", so a screenshot that is no longer in the folder is no longer in it.

## Having it done after every screenshot

This is a case where Adinand Auto File Sorter is a direct answer, with one important qualification: it does not change where Android saves the screenshot. It moves it afterwards. Screenshots is one of its watched-folder presets on Pro, offered only when that folder exists on your phone, and watched folders need Android 11 or later. Each picture then goes to `Downloads › Sorted Files`, under `Images` by default. A custom rule (also Pro) can name a different folder, but it is always created inside `Sorted Files`.

What to know before switching it on: with background auto-sort (also Pro) it runs on a schedule, from every 15 minutes to once a day, but Android and some phone makers can delay or stop background work, and the app shows a warning when that has happened. It only takes files sitting directly in the folder, never anything in a sub-folder. Every sort is recorded in History, and on Pro any past sort can be put back.

Related: [Where are screenshots saved on Android?](https://adinandsorter.com/answers/where-are-screenshots-saved-on-android) · [Finding your screenshot folder](https://adinandsorter.com/answers/find-my-screenshot-folder) · [How to move files on Android](https://adinandsorter.com/answers/how-to-move-files-on-android) · [Create a folder on Android](https://adinandsorter.com/answers/create-a-folder-on-an-android-phone)