# Drag a screenshot from the notch into a folder

> Drop a NotchStar tray screenshot on a Finder folder to put the file there. Finder decides whether it moves or copies, and the tray entry goes away.

Canonical: https://www.notchstar.com/help/drag-a-screenshot-from-the-notch-into-a-folder/
Last updated: 2026-11-04

Published 2026-11-04.

To file a screenshot, drag its thumbnail from the NotchStar tray onto a folder in Finder, or into an open Finder window, and drop it. The file goes into that folder and the thumbnail leaves the tray. NotchStar offers Finder both a copy and a move, so Finder picks the behaviour for that drop.

## Steps

1. Take the screenshot and wait for the thumbnail under the notch.
2. Press on it and drag. A drag starts once the pointer has moved more than 4 points.
3. Drop it on a folder icon, a Finder window, or the Desktop.

## Move or copy

NotchStar's drag offers both a copy and a move to Finder. Finder decides, the same way it does for any file you drag. Check the folder afterwards, and the screenshot folder, if you need to know which happened.

## When the file moved

Any completed drop takes the thumbnail out of the tray. If the file moved out of the screenshot folder, NotchStar also notices: it checks for missing files every 10 seconds and drops any thumbnail whose file is gone.

## Other places

You can also drop screenshots onto the [Shelf](https://www.notchstar.com/features/file-shelf/), which keeps files in the notch and can hand them to AirDrop. For the whole flow, read the [Screenshot Tray page](https://www.notchstar.com/features/screenshot-tray/).

## Quick answers.

### Will the screenshot still be on my Desktop afterwards?

Only if Finder copied it. If Finder moved it into the folder, it is no longer on the Desktop.

## Keep reading.

- [Screenshot Tray: your screenshots wait under the notch](https://www.notchstar.com/features/screenshot-tray/): 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.
- [What happens to a screenshot file when it leaves the NotchStar tray](https://www.notchstar.com/help/what-happens-to-the-file-when-a-screenshot-leaves-the-tray/): Leaving the NotchStar tray never touches the screenshot file. It stays where macOS saved it, except when you drop it on the Trash or on a Finder folder.
- [Drag a screenshot from the notch into a chat or email](https://www.notchstar.com/help/drag-a-screenshot-into-a-chat-or-email/): Press on a screenshot in the NotchStar tray, move a few points and drop it into a chat or an email. The app receives a copy of the file.
- [A shelf and an AirDrop zone in the notch](https://www.notchstar.com/features/file-shelf/): Park files in the notch while you work, then drag them out or AirDrop them. Drag a file toward the notch and the shelf opens by itself.

## More in Screenshot Tray.

- [How screenshots reach the NotchStar Screenshot Tray](https://www.notchstar.com/help/how-screenshots-reach-the-notch-tray/): NotchStar watches the folder where macOS saves screenshots and hangs each new one under the notch. Here is what counts, what does not, and how fast.
- [How long screenshots stay in the NotchStar tray](https://www.notchstar.com/help/how-long-screenshots-stay-in-the-notch-tray/): The NotchStar Screenshot Tray holds the latest 12 screenshots and keeps each unused one for five minutes. Using a screenshot removes it sooner.
- [Drag a screenshot from the notch into a chat or email](https://www.notchstar.com/help/drag-a-screenshot-into-a-chat-or-email/): Press on a screenshot in the NotchStar tray, move a few points and drop it into a chat or an email. The app receives a copy of the file.
- [Send several screenshots at once from the notch](https://www.notchstar.com/help/send-several-screenshots-at-once/): Take a few screenshots, pick the ones you want and drag them into a chat together. NotchStar carries all picked files in one drag.
- [Pick several screenshots in the notch with Command click](https://www.notchstar.com/help/pick-several-screenshots-with-command-click/): Hold Command and click screenshots in the NotchStar tray to pick them. A drag from any picked one then carries all of them.
- [Option drag sends every screenshot in the notch tray](https://www.notchstar.com/help/option-drag-sends-every-screenshot-in-the-tray/): Hold Option while you start dragging a screenshot from the NotchStar tray and every screenshot in the tray goes, whether picked or not.