Is it still impossible to upload captures / highlights to Xbox Live from a PC device?

Hi, Zack. I’m Arturo, and I’ll be glad to provide assistance with your inquiry today.

Captures on the Xbox network are the ones that will be deleted after 90 days once January 2024 arrives.

You can upload the captures on the Xbox network by opening the clip > press A on the share button > press A once you highlight the OneDrive option.

Another way to upload the captures to OneDrive is highlight your capture > highlight “upload to OneDrive” > Press A.

Backgrounds and wallpapers can be selected from your recent captures.

In order to capture a screenshot, during gameplay press the highlight Xbox button, then you will see the option press y for screenshot, once you've done this it will be uploaded to your console and Xbox live. Go to your recent captures by pressing the highlighted
Xbox button in the middle of your controller, right bumper click over 2 times to capture and share,go down to recent captures, select it by pressing a button, and here you will see your recent captures. Select one of them and you will see it as an option to
set as background.

Thank you for your answer. I know how to upload captures from my xbox. I wanted to know, how to upload them from my PC to XBox Live.

I downloaded the XBox Console Companion App and there one can read, that uploading screenshots from PC to XBox Live is currently not possible.

Game pics/captures that haven’t had any views or engagement may be deleted at some point, you might want to back up your pics. If you wish to keep certain captures permanently, You should save them to OneDrive or an external drive for example. I will list the steps below regarding this matter. Also if you have reached capacity for storage of captures on Xbox Live, it will delete the oldest ones first to make room for the new ones uploaded.

To back up your pics/ capture you need to:

Upload captures from Xbox Live to OneDrive from your console

1. Press the Xbox button to open the guide, then go to Broadcast & capture.
   
2. Select Recent captures > See All.
   
3. Select the list view button on the right to display your captures in a list.
   
4. Select the check box next to the captures you want to upload.
   
5. Select the Upload to OneDrive button to begin uploading.
   

Upload captures from Xbox Live to Google Drive from your PC

1. Open the Xbox app on your PC.
   
2. Sign in to the app using your Microsoft account.
   
3. Select the Captures icon on the left menu panel.
   
4. Select On Xbox Live to view captures you’ve uploaded to Xbox Live.
   
5. Select the Download button to download the captures locally to your PC. These will be stored in the Videos folder on your C drive.
   
6. Upload your local files to Google Drive or another storage location
   

Because game pics that haven’t had any views or engagement may be deleted at some point, you might want to back up your pics. You can do this from your console or your PC.

Upload captures from Xbox Live to OneDrive from your console

1. Press the Xbox button
   to open the guide, then go to Broadcast & capture.
2. Select Recent captures > See All.
3. Select the list view button on the right to display your captures in a list.
4. Select the check box next to the captures you want to upload.
5. Select the Upload to OneDrive button to begin uploading.

Upload captures from Xbox Live to Google Drive from your PC

1. Open the Xbox app on your PC.
2. Sign in to the app using your Microsoft account.
3. Select the Captures icon on the left menu panel.
4. Select On Xbox Live to view captures you’ve uploaded to Xbox Live.
5. Select the Download button to download the captures locally to your PC. These will be stored in the Videos folder on your C drive.
6. Upload your local files to Google Drive or another storage location

Captures recorded to an external drive can’t be uploaded to Xbox Live from your console. To upload from an external drive to Xbox Live, follow these steps:

1. Plug a USB 3.0 (or faster) drive into your console.
   
   Note The USB drive must be formatted as NTFS. You can’t use the same drive that games are installed on, which is formatted differently.
2. Press the Xbox button
   to open the guide.
3. Go to System > Settings > System >
   Storage.
4. Go to your external drive and select Set as capture location.
5. Your game clips and screenshots will be recorded to your external drive. To revert, set your internal drive as your capture location.