How do I show or hide the notch & Dynamic Island in screenshots?

Quick answer: In ButterKit, you can show or hide the camera cutout on iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro Max 3D models. Select the device, open Device Style in the inspector, and turn Camera Cutout (Notch) on or off. This controls the model’s cutout; it does not remove a cutout already captured in your screenshot.

What is a device “notch”?

A notch is the camera cutout at the top of a device’s display. ButterKit labels the control Camera Cutout (Notch). Showing it can help your 3D device match the appearance of a real iPhone, while hiding it gives your screenshot an uninterrupted display area.

Do iPhone screenshots show the notch?

No. A screenshot taken on a real iPhone is always a full rectangle. The notch and the Dynamic Island are hardware cutouts in the display, so they simply don’t exist in the captured image. The status bar area appears as normal pixels with no black cutout.

The one exception: if a Live Activity is running (a timer, music, directions), the Dynamic Island’s contents are software-rendered by iOS, so the black pill and its contents do appear in your screenshot. That’s also the answer to “why doesn’t my Dynamic Island show in screenshots”: when nothing is active, there’s nothing drawn to capture.

So if you want a screenshot that looks like an iPhone, with the notch, island, and device body visible the way App Store screenshots usually do, you don’t get that from the screenshot itself. You add it by placing the screenshot inside a device frame, which is exactly what ButterKit’s 3D devices do.

How do I capture screenshots from Device Hub or Simulator?

Use the ButterKit Capture Tool to import screenshots from Device Hub (Xcode 27 and later) or Xcode Simulator (Xcode 26 and earlier). On supported 3D models, you can then control the camera cutout directly in ButterKit using the steps below.

If you specifically want the cutout baked into a simulator screenshot, capture from Terminal with a mask:

# black = paint the notch/corner mask black, ignored = full rectangle
xcrun simctl io booted screenshot --mask=black ~/Desktop/screenshot.png

More on Device Hub and Simulator capture in Where are iOS Simulator screenshots saved?.

How do I show the notch?

1. Select an iPhone Duo or iPhone 18 Pro Max 3D device in your design.
2. In the inspector, find the Device Style section.
3. Turn on Camera Cutout (Notch).

ButterKit displays the model’s camera cutout without requiring it to be part of the imported screenshot. This control is supported on the iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro Max 3D models.

How do I hide the notch?

Select a supported 3D device, find Device Style in the inspector, and turn off Camera Cutout (Notch).

The toggle controls the 3D model’s cutout. If a black cutout or Dynamic Island content is already part of the imported image, turning the toggle off will not remove those pixels. Use a screenshot without the cutout or active Dynamic Island content for an uninterrupted display area.