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2 Simple Ways to Move or Delete a Slide in PowerPoint

Last Updated: April 13, 2024 Fact Checked

Using Desktop

Using mobile.

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If you don't want a slide in your Microsoft PowerPoint presentation, you can easily take it out with your mouse or a keyboard shortcut. Here's how to delete a slide in PowerPoint using Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, or Android.

Removing One or Multiple PowerPoint Slides

Open a PowerPoint presentation.
Click a slide you want to delete, or hold Ctrl to select multiple slides.
Right-click the slides.
Click Delete Slide .

Step 1 Open a presentation in PowerPoint.

PowerPoint is available to download on Windows and Mac. You can also use PowerPoint at https://www.office.com/ .

Step 2 Select the slide(s) you want to delete.

To select multiple slides next to each other, click the first slide. Hold Shift , and then click the last side of the sequence. [1] X Trustworthy Source Microsoft Support Technical support and product information from Microsoft. Go to source
To select multiple slides spread out, hold Ctrl and click each slide.

Step 3 Right-click the slide(s) and click Delete Slide.

The selected slide(s) will be deleted.
You can also press Del or Backspace on your keyboard to delete slides.
To undo this action, press Ctrl + Z (Windows) or Cmd + Z (Mac).

You must have a Office 365 subscription to use PowerPoint. Make sure you're logged into your Microsoft account.
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