# Screenshot Tray: your screenshots wait under the notch > Every screenshot lands in a tray under your Mac notch. Drag it into a chat, an email or a folder, or send several at once. Canonical: https://www.notchstar.com/features/screenshot-tray/ Take a screenshot, then drag it where it goes. No Desktop clutter, no corner preview to chase. ## What it does. - **It is there the moment you capture.** Take a screenshot and it hangs under the notch, big enough to see what is in it. - **Drag it anywhere.** Drop it into a chat, an email, a folder or the Shelf. It leaves the tray once you send it. - **Send several at once.** Command click to pick a few, or hold Option while you drag to send them all. - **A short stop, not an archive.** An unused screenshot stays for five minutes. The tray holds the latest 12. - **Show screenshots instantly.** An optional setting turns off the macOS preview in the corner, so the screenshot reaches the tray right away instead of five seconds later. It asks once and puts your setting back when NotchStar quits. A screenshot usually lands on the Desktop, or in a small preview in the corner that disappears if you look away. Then you hunt for it, rename it and drag it out. The Screenshot Tray gives it somewhere to wait. ## Take it, then send it For the full workflow from capture to delivery, read [share screenshots from the Mac notch](https://www.notchstar.com/guides/share-screenshots-from-mac-notch/). Take a screenshot the way you always do. It appears in a row under the notch with a thumbnail you can read. Drag it into a chat, an email, a folder or the [Shelf](https://www.notchstar.com/features/file-shelf/). Once you send it, it leaves the tray. ## Several at once Take a few screenshots in a row and they sit side by side. Command click the ones you want, then drag any of them to send them together. Hold Option while you drag to send every screenshot in the tray. Hovering, clicking or dragging a screenshot does not open the notch. ## A short stop on purpose The tray is not a gallery. An unused screenshot leaves after five minutes, and the tray keeps the latest 12. The file is never touched when it leaves, so it is still in the folder where macOS saved it. If you want to keep a few text snippets or links around longer, the [Clipboard](https://www.notchstar.com/features/clipboard/) keeps its own history. ## Show screenshots instantly By default macOS shows a preview in the corner for a few seconds before it saves the file. NotchStar can turn that preview off, so the screenshot reaches the tray the moment you take it. It asks once, never changes where your screenshots are saved, and puts your setting back when it quits. You can change it any time in Settings. ## Good to know - The tray is not an archive. A screenshot leaves after you use it or after five minutes. - It holds the latest 12. Older ones drop off the tray, never into the Trash. - Show screenshots instantly changes a macOS setting while NotchStar is running. - Dragging a screenshot onto the Trash deletes the file, the same as anywhere else on your Mac. ## Questions about Screenshot Tray: your screenshots wait under the notch. ### Does it move or delete my screenshots? No. Leaving the tray never touches the file, which stays where macOS saved it. The one exception is a screenshot you drag onto the Trash or send there from its right click menu, which deletes it as it would anywhere else. ### Does it change where my screenshots are saved? No. The instant setting only affects the corner preview, and your original setting returns when NotchStar quits. ### What happens after five minutes? The screenshot leaves the tray. You can still find the file in the folder where macOS saved it. ### Can I send more than one at a time? Yes. Command click to pick several, then drag any of them, or hold Option while you drag to send them all. ### Does it work with a custom screenshot folder? Yes. On macOS 27 this was fixed in version 1.0.5. ## Related - [File Shelf](https://www.notchstar.com/features/file-shelf/): Drop it now, decide where it goes later. - [Clipboard](https://www.notchstar.com/features/clipboard/): Everything you copied, one hover away.