# Restore the macOS screenshot preview after using NotchStar > NotchStar puts your screenshot preview setting back when you switch off Show screenshots instantly or quit the app. If it is still off, turn it on again here. Canonical: https://www.notchstar.com/help/restore-the-macos-screenshot-preview-after-notchstar/ Last updated: 2026-11-04 Published 2026-11-04. NotchStar gives you back your own screenshot preview setting when you switch off Show screenshots instantly in Settings, and when NotchStar quits. If the corner preview is still missing, turn it on yourself in the Screenshot app: press Shift Command 5, open Options and choose Show Floating Thumbnail so a check mark appears. ## When NotchStar restores it - You switch off Show screenshots instantly in NotchStar Settings, General. - You quit NotchStar from its menu. - NotchStar is stopped by the usual termination signals (the ones sent by a shutdown or by the Terminal), which run the same clean up. NotchStar saved your original value before it changed anything. That value can be on, off, or never set, and it goes back exactly as it was. If you had turned the preview off yourself before, it stays off. ## When it might not come back at once A forced quit, a crash or a power cut skips the clean up, and the preview can stay off. NotchStar keeps the saved value, so launching it again and switching the setting off, or quitting it normally, restores your value. Or use the manual steps below. ## Turn it on yourself 1. Press Shift Command 5. The Screenshot toolbar appears. 2. Click Options. 3. Choose Show Floating Thumbnail so a check mark shows. Apple documents this on its Take screenshots or screen recordings page, checked 4 November 2026 against the macOS 27 Golden Gate and Tahoe 26 versions of the guide. ## If you uninstall NotchStar Switch Show screenshots instantly off first, then quit. If you removed the app while it was on, use the manual steps above. Read what the setting does in [Show screenshots instantly](https://www.notchstar.com/help/show-screenshots-instantly-setting/). The overview is on the [Screenshot Tray page](https://www.notchstar.com/features/screenshot-tray/). ## Quick answers. ### Does NotchStar ever leave my preview setting changed? Only after a forced quit or crash while Show screenshots instantly is on. Switching it off or quitting normally restores your value. ## 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 Show screenshots instantly does in NotchStar](https://www.notchstar.com/help/show-screenshots-instantly-setting/): Show screenshots instantly turns off the macOS corner preview so a screenshot reaches the NotchStar tray at once. It is optional and changes one setting. - [NotchStar Screenshot Tray vs the macOS floating thumbnail](https://www.notchstar.com/help/screenshot-tray-vs-the-macos-floating-thumbnail/): The macOS floating thumbnail shows one capture for a few seconds. The NotchStar tray holds up to 12 for five minutes. Here is where each one wins. - [A privacy checklist for any Mac notch app](https://www.notchstar.com/guides/notch-app-privacy-checklist/): Seven checks to make before you install a notch app: permissions, notarization, network use, data storage and what to do if something looks off. ## 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.