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How to Delete a Slide in PowerPoint

Last Updated: January 14, 2022

This article was co-authored by wikiHow staff writer, Nicole Levine, MFA . Nicole Levine is a Technology Writer and Editor for wikiHow. She has more than 20 years of experience creating technical documentation and leading support teams at major web hosting and software companies. Nicole also holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Portland State University and teaches composition, fiction-writing, and zine-making at various institutions. This article has been viewed 149,759 times. Learn more...

This wikiHow teaches you how to delete a slide from a PowerPoint presentation on a PC or Mac.

Open your presentation in PowerPoint

You can usually do this by double-clicking the file on your computer.

Switch to Normal/Editing View

If you're in the correct view, thumbnails for each slide in the presentation will appear along the left side of the screen.

  • When you hover the mouse cursor over the correct icon, you will see “Editing View” or “Normal View.”

Right-click the slide thumbnail you want to delete

You'll see the slide thumbnails in the left column.

Select the "Delete Slide" option

Click Delete Slide to remove the slide from your presentation.

  • If you don’t want to delete the slide but don’t want it to appear in you presentation, select Hide Slide instead.
  • If you decide you want the slide back, press Command + Z (macOS) or Control + Z (Windows) to undo the delete.

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  • ↑ https://support.office.com/en-us/article/choose-the-right-view-for-the-task-in-powerpoint-21332d8d-adbc-4717-a2c6-e25a697b40e9
  • ↑ https://support.office.com/en-us/article/add-rearrange-duplicate-and-delete-slides-in-powerpoint-e35a232d-3fd0-4ee1-abee-d7d4d6da92fc#OfficeVersion=Windows

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1. Open the presentation in PowerPoint. 2. Right-click the slide in the left column. 3. Click Delete Slide . Did this summary help you? Yes No

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