There’s no denying that Samsung makes some of the best flagship smartphones out there, and lately, the company has been launching some pretty impressive budget offerings as well, like the Galaxy A50. However, there’s one big issue with Samsung phones that can be a huge annoyance to users; the phones save screenshots inside the DCIM folder, which, technically is reserved only for photos taken from the camera. So, if you’re using Google Photos to back up your camera roll, you’ll see your screenshots get backed up there as well, and that can be really annoying. Fortunately, we have a solution. We created a Tasker script that automatically moves your screenshots out from the default folder and into any other folder that you can specify. Interested? Here’s how you can do this:
Tasker is a pretty powerful app, even for non-rooted phones, and I’ve used it a fair bit. However, I’ll be detailing the entire process step-by-step, so even if you’ve never used Tasker before, you’ll be able to get this up and running in no time.
Next, long press on ‘Screenshots’ to select the folder. Once that’s done, just tap on the back button on the top-left of the app.
Under the ‘Variable’ title, enter something like ‘files’ (don’t delete the % sign), and tap on the back button on the top-left. Tasker might tell you some stuff about local and global variables, just tap on ‘Ok.’
Your task should look like the screenshot below. If it doesn’t you can change things according to the steps described above. Once it matches, just tap on the back button on the top-left again, and make sure the task is enabled.
If Tasker isn’t something you’re comfortable with, you can try out an app called PinSync ($0.99) which claims to stop screenshots from syncing to the cloud. I’ve not tried the app myself, since I’m not entirely comfortable installing another app and giving it access to my internal storage. Tasker is definitely more trustworthy.
Bonus: Try on MIUI and Poco F1
While testing phones for this article, I found out that the Poco F1 and other MIUI phones also save screenshots inside the DCIM folder. Since we’re using Tasker to solve this, it should work on any phone. Feel free to try this out on your phone and let me know how it worked out.
Well, that’s pretty much it when it comes to ensuring that your screenshots don’t clutter up your Google Photos backups. I’ve tested this task on my personal Galaxy S10 and the Galaxy S10+ we have here at work, and it’s working perfectly fine, so I’m positive it’ll work on your phone as well.
