How to Remove Notes From PowerPoint Slides

From single slides or all at once

Speaker notes in Microsoft PowerPoint can be a lifeline since they provide crucial reminders and additional context whendelivering presentations. But when you share your slides, you may prefer to remove these notes since they often contain informal language, personal cues, or strategies that aren’t meant for others.

This tutorial will show you how to easily remove notes from PowerPoint slides on a Windows or Mac computer.

How Delete Notes From a Single Slide in PowerPoint (Windows and macOS)

You can delete your notes manually if you have a PowerPoint presentation with just a few slides.

How to Delete Notes From Multiple Slides in PowerPoint (Windows Only)

If your PowerPoint presentation contains many slides with notes, the fastest way to get rid of them is through the built-in Document Inspector tool. However, it’s only available on Windows.

To delete notes from multiple slides at once:

How to Delete Notes From Multiple Slides in PowerPoint (Mac Only)

If you want to delete notes from multiple slides in PowerPoint for macOS, you can rely on an Office VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) script.

Note: Before you begin, make a copy of your presentation since you can’t reverse changes from VBA scripts—selectFile>Save Ason the menu bar.

Dim osld As Slide

For Each osld In ActivePresentation.Slides

With osld.NotesPage.Shapes(2)

If .HasTextFrame Then

.TextFrame.DeleteText

End If

End With

Next osld

Remove Notes From PowerPoint Slides Easily

You now know how to delete notes from Microsoft PowerPoint slides. If you’redealing with a super-long presentation, remember to use the Document Inspector (Windows) or the VBA script (Mac) to remove notes from all slides quickly.

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