The Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X feature a capture button where you can take screenshots and record gameplay videos.
If you find yourself accidentally hitting this button, then it may be somewhat annoying seeing the captured screenshot and cloud upload notifications appear when you are playing a game.
You can check out this step-by-step tutorial at Seeking Tech to see how you can disable the capture button.
How to disable screenshot and video captures on Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X
If you don’t want to take screenshots or record videos, you can disable the capture feature on your Xbox Series S or Xbox Series X by doing the following:
1. First off, press the Xbox button on your Xbox Series controller. For the uninformed, this button has the Xbox symbol and should be lit up when your system Is turned on.
2. You should be in the Guide menu. Here, you can press the right directional pad, point to the right with the left analog stick or press the RB button on your controller to navigate over to the “Capture & share” tab.
3. In this tab, select the “Capture settings” option with the A button.
4. In the “Preferences – Capture & share” menu, select the “Allow game captures” drop-down menu.
5. In the “Allow game captures” drop-down menu, select the “Don’t capture” option.
How to disable automatic cloud uploads for captures on Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X
If you want to continue taking screenshots and record videos but don’t want them to be automatically uploaded to the cloud storage, you need to do the following:
1. Open the Guide menu with the Xbox button on your controller.
2. Head over to the “Capture & share” tab.
3. Select “Capture settings.”
4. Inside the “Preferences – Capture & share” menu, select the “Automatically upload” drop-down menu.
5. Finally, set the “Automatically upload” setting to “Don’t upload.”
Can you completely disable the capture/screenshot button on Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X?
Unfortunately, you can’t completely disable the capture/screenshot button on Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X.
Even if you disable the capture feature, you will get an error message every time you press the capture button.
How to disable screenshot and video capture notifications on Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X
To get rid of the error message even if you already disable the game captures (or you want to keep taking screenshots and videos without the pop-up notifications appearing), you need to take the following steps:
1. Press the Xbox button on your controller to open the Guide menu.
2. Navigate over to the “Profile & system” tab.
3. Scroll down and select “Settings.”
4. In the “Settings” menu, select the “Preferences” option on the left side.
5. On the right side in the same menu, select the “Notification” option.
6. In the “Preferences – Notifications” menu, select the “Xbox notification” option.
7. In the “Preferences – Xbox Notifications” menu, select the “Captures” option.
8. In the “Preferences – Capture Notifications” menu, make sure the box next to the “Capture notifications on” option is unchecked.
It you see a check mark, simply select this option to disable it.