# Option drag sends every screenshot in the notch tray

> Hold Option while you start dragging a screenshot from the NotchStar tray and every screenshot in the tray goes, whether picked or not.

Canonical: https://www.notchstar.com/help/option-drag-sends-every-screenshot-in-the-tray/
Last updated: 2026-11-04

Published 2026-11-04.

Hold the Option key as you start dragging any screenshot in the NotchStar tray, and the drag carries every screenshot in the tray, up to 12, oldest first. You do not need to pick them first. It is the quickest way to send a whole batch of screenshots into one chat.

## Steps

1. Take your screenshots. They line up under the notch.
2. Press Option, then press on any thumbnail and start to drag.
3. Drop the pile into a chat, an email or a folder.

NotchStar checks whether Option is held at the moment the press turns into a drag, which happens after about four points of movement. Press Option before you begin moving.

## Option or Command click

Command click is for choosing some screenshots. Option drag is for taking them all. If you only want two of five, pick those two with [Command click](https://www.notchstar.com/help/pick-several-screenshots-with-command-click/) and drag without Option. If Option is held, picking is ignored and everything goes.

## What happens afterwards

Every screenshot that landed somewhere leaves the tray, since you used it. The files stay where macOS saved them, unless you dropped onto a Finder folder, which may move them, or onto the Trash, which deletes them. If the drop lands on nothing, the thumbnails fly back.

## Check what is in the tray first

Only screenshots still in the tray go, and unused ones leave after five minutes. See [how long screenshots stay](https://www.notchstar.com/help/how-long-screenshots-stay-in-the-notch-tray/). The overview is on the [Screenshot Tray page](https://www.notchstar.com/features/screenshot-tray/).

## 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.
- [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.
- [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.

## 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.
- [Drag a screenshot from the notch into a folder](https://www.notchstar.com/help/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.
- [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.