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MaverickNexus
Feb 21, 2025Bronze Contributor
How do I screen record a certain area on windows 10 pc?
I recently encountered an annoying problem. When I was recording screen in Windows 10, I found that the system's built-in tools can basically only record the entire screen or a single window, and the...
- Aug 25, 2025
I feel you, I also got super frustrated with the built-in tools not letting me pick a custom area! For a quick and easy fix, I just use the ScreenRec app—it lets you select any area to record and is super lightweight.
I got it here: https://www.wintechhow.com/screen-record-a-certain-area
Worth a try!
wordlex
Oct 20, 2026Copper Contributor
10/26, long LONG after the question was asked ... but maybe, some of what was suggested previously no longer works - particularly, since OBS (otherwise FANTASTIC) seems to respect copyright more than this approach: GO WITH Windows G, as someone else suggested ... and then use Clipchamp to trim and crop - 2 very separate but necessary operations.