Safari website screenshot creates PDF on iCloud Drive downloads folder

[rob2bob]

Glad this is not just me with this annoying bug. It used not to happen like this with a copy being saved to iCloud downloads vs wanting purely a screenshot in photos. For me it is a bug specific to iPad not iPhone and is only when taking a screenshot of a Safari webpage using multitasking/gesture (bottom left swipe) vs the buttons.

 

[skyisland]

Is there any update on this? I’m experiencing the same issue, and it’s driving me crazy.

 

[dallastigers]

I have noticed this at times with iOS 17 & 18 as well, but with 18 I did not check to see if what it stored was still a full pdf like in past versions and just assumed it was still a pdf before deleting them.

It’s not 100%, and though i didn’t spend a lot of time testing I did notice it happens when I immediately edit the screen shot before saving it to photos. It didn’t seem to happen when I let thumbnail screen shot pop up disappear on its own or when I dismissed it myself to just have image automatically added to photos as is.

The saving in Safari’s download folder happens regardless of the browser being used. If I screenshot a webpage using DuckDuckGo browser and edited it before saving it to photos a pdf would be created in the Safari downloads folder not DuckDuckGo’s.

I just quit editing screenshots before saving them to photos.

 

[emulajavi]

Still happening randomly. Let’s hope iOS 26 and iPadOS26 can bring a fix.

 

[uacd]

Hahah, I never thought it could be a bug. I hate this. I had disabled saving to iCloud, it is still happening but just not as often. And it does only happen with some webpages but not the others, mostly pages with infinite scroll like Facebook feed or YouTube