Hi,
I’ve tried changing through the dconf editor
and also by running the command gsettings set org.gnome.gnome-screenshot auto-save-directory "/home/itachi/Pictures/screenshots"
but the screenshots are still saved in the default location i.e $HOME/Pictures
The absolute path is correct, the screenshot folder also exists, and I’ve tried rebooting/logging out but it stills uses the default location.
Regards
Hi @zoro11,
According to this page:
Via Terminal
Simply run this command, replacing the path with your preferred directory.
gsettings set org.gnome.gnome-screenshot auto-save-directory "file:///home/$USER/Downloads/"
Edit:
So, that command, adjusted for you, would be:
gsettings set org.gnome.gnome-screenshot auto-save-directory "file:///home/$USER/Pictures/screenshots/"
Hope it helps!
it doesn’t work, I even rebooted just in case but it stills saves the files to the default location
Please provide the output for:
gsettings get org.gnome.gnome-screenshot auto-save-directory
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~ ❯ gsettings get org.gnome.gnome-screenshot auto-save-directory
'file:///home/itachi/Pictures/screenshots/'
~ ❯
That looks right too me. Have you tested it by actually taking a screenshot?
yes, before and after applying the changes but the result were same i.e saved to default location
According to this page:
Note: I have tested this in Ubuntu 18.04 but this works in Ubuntu 20.04 as well.
First disable the default screenshot shortcut from settings:
Create a custom keyboard shortcut in the settings:
Name it gnome-screenshot, put the command as gnome-screenshot as well
Shortcut value : enter the key [Print Screen]
Create a custom shortcut:
Now enter into dconf-editor (Install it if you do not have it yet). Go to: org → gnome → gnome-screenshot → auto-save-directory: Change the auto save directory’s custom value to the one you want.
Enter the custom path:
If this doesn’t work, it’s possibly because you have a different version of Gnome. Either way, whether it works or not, I’m out of ideas.
thank you, this works 
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