

Snipping Tool was included with Snip & Sketch when Microsoft released Windows 10 Insider build 21354 in April 2021, making it updateable from the Microsoft Store.īoth Snip & Sketch and the heritage version were combined into a new version, which has an interface identical to the traditional Snipping Tool, in Windows 11 insider build 22000.132, published on August 12, 2021. Regardless, the software was never uninstalled from Windows 10. Tools was updated to include a note about the app’s deprecation, encouraging users to switch to Snip & Sketch. It was formerly known as Screen Sketch and was a part of the Windows Ink Workspace. Snip & Sketch, a new Universal app version of Windows Snipping Tool, was launched in Windows 10 version 1809.

On November 7, 2002, it was launched as a PowerToy for the Microsoft Tablet PC launch. Snipping Tool, formerly known as the Clipping Tool, was featured in the Experience Pack for Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 prior to Windows Vista.
