Remove Notes from Your PowerPoint Presentation

You’ve finalized your PowerPoint presentation and you’re ready to send it to clients and key stakeholders. But are you really sure it’s ready to be shared?  Removing notes from a presentation is a crucial step that is often overlooked.

In this post, we’ll introduce an easy method that allows you to remove all notes from a PowerPoint presentation with just a few clicks.

PowerPoint Notes – a Versatile Tool

PowerPoint allows you to create and save notes on your presentation slides, which serves as a handy tool for many presenters. These notes are accessible to the presenter during the presentation but remain unseen by the audience. They are often used for comments, observations, and other remarks, facilitating easier collaboration on the presentation.

However, sensitive internal information can sometimes find its way into a PowerPoint file, which should not be shared with individuals outside your organization. Fortunately, PowerPoint offers a straightforward method to remove these notes that you don’t want others to see. The following tutorial will guide you through the process.

Tutorial: How to Quickly Remove All Notes from a Presentation

1. Save the presentation under a new name to avoid accidentally overwriting the original version that contains your notes.
2. Click File -> Info -> Check for Issues.
3. Select Inspect Document. A dialog box will open with an extensive list of content you can review.

4. Go to the end of the list and check the Presentation Notes box.
5. Start the review by clicking Inspect.

6. After the presentation notes have been found, click Remove All to delete all notes.
7. Close the Inspect Document dialog box and save the presentation.