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Slide numbers are a great way to navigate to a specific slide on your PowerPoint presentation quickly. In the event that the slide numbers are no longer necessary, you might want to remove them. Here’s how.

First, open the PowerPoint presentation that contains the slide numbers you want to remove. The slide number appears in the top-left corner of its respective slide.

Next, head over to the “Text” group of the “Insert” tab and select “Slide Number."

Once selected, the “Header and Footer” dialog box will appear. In the “Slide” tab, uncheck the box next to “Slide Number." If you want to remove the number from only the selected slide, then select “Apply” (2). If you want to remove the numbers from every slide in the presentation, then select “Apply to All" (3).

You might want to remove the slide number from the title slide only. Numbering that slide probably isn't necessary as most understand the title slide is the first slide of your presentation.

To remove the slide number from the title slide only, select “Slide Number” in the “Text” group to open up the “Header and Footer” dialog box again. This time, check the box next to “Don’t Show on the Title Slide."

If you happened to be on the title slide when you opened the dialog box, then select “Apply." However, if you were on any other slide, you’ll need to select “Apply to All” for it to work.

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Do you want to start your PowerPoint Slide number / page numbers at zero or another number? By default, PowerPoint starts your presentation slide numbering at one. But setting your slide number to start from zero or any other number in PowerPoint is easy.

There’s a couple of ways to change your slide numbering in PowerPoint – from the Design Tab or using the PPT Productivity Slide Numbering feature.

Change Starting Page Number in PowerPoint from the Design Tab

To set your page numbers to start from a page other than one, navigate to the ‘Design’ tab in PowerPoint. Once on the ‘Design’ tab, use the following steps to update the slide numbering;

1. Open the ‘Slide Size’ dropdown menu 2. From the ‘Slide Size’ menu, select ‘custom slide size’

3. At the bottom of the ‘custom slide size’ dialogue box you will see the ‘Number slides from:’ dropdown box.

4. From the ‘slide numbers from:’ dropdown box, select or input the slide number you want to start your slide numbering from. For example, selecting zero will start your presentations slide numbering from slide 0 rather than slide 1 5. Click ‘OK’ for the slide numbering change to be applied to your presentation

Change Starting Page Number in PowerPoint with PPT Productivity

PPT Productivity has made it even easier to set your slide numbers to begin at zero, or any other number.

To change slide numbering with PPT Productivity, 1. From the top ribbon select the ‘Slide Numbers and Totals’ icon from the ‘Footer’ feature group.

2. In the ‘Slide Numbers and Slide Totals’ menu, select or input the slide number you want the presentation numbering to begin with. For example, changing the slide number to start at zero will make the first slide in the presentation number 0 rather than 1. 3. Click OK for the slide numbering change to be applied.

The PPT Productivity slide numbering tools are also accessible from the ‘Insert’ tab.

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Occasionally, you see a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation with numbered slides. It’s the same as numbering pages in a Microsoft Word document. Similar to Word, there might be slides that you don’t want to number, such as the title slide. PowerPoint’s slide-numbering feature is easy to implement, but it is seriously limited.

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to add slide numbers to a presentation. Then, I’ll show you how to remove numbers from specific slides and a trick that lets you restart slide numbering at the second slide, but that’s the only time it works.

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I’m using Microsoft 365 on a Windows 10 64-bit system, but you can use older versions of PowerPoint. PowerPoint for the web supports slide numbers. If you’re working with a slide show other than the default, add slide numbering to the master show slides. The process is the same.

How to add slide numbers in PowerPoint

Adding slide numbers to a presentation is simple. Similar to Word, you’ll add a field that displays the current slide number. Because it’s a field, it updates when you move, delete and add slides. Let’s start by adding slide numbers to all the slides in a simple presentation:

• After adding a slide, click the Insert tab.
• Click Header & Footer in the Text group to add the numbers to the footer.
• In the resulting dialog, click the Slide tab if necessary.
• Check the Slide Number option ( Figure A ).
• Click Apply to All. Notice that there’s also an Apply button. Click Apply to insert the page number only on the selected slide(s).

As you can see in Figure B , the slide number is in the bottom-right corner.

Enabling slide numbering for one or all slides is easy. Now, let’s turn it off for a specific page.

How to disable slide numbering in PowerPoint

Once you’ve enabled numbering for all slides, you might want to disable it for a page or two. For instance, this presentation has a title page — most do. As a rule, title slides don’t display a number, so let’s turn numbering off for the title slide as follows:

• Click the Insert tab and then click Header & Footer in the Text group.
• In the resulting dialog, check the Don’t Show On Title Slide option ( Figure C ).
• If the title page is currently selected, click Apply. If you select another slide, click Apply All.

That was easy, but what if you want to disable numbering for a slide other than the title slide? Again, the solution is simple:

• Select the slide in question. In this case, we’ll use slide 2.
• Click Insert and then click Header & Footer in the Text group.
• In the resulting dialog, uncheck the Slide Number option.
• Click Apply to disable numbering for only the selected slide, the second slide.

This simple presentation has four slides. The first two have no slide numbers, and slides 3 and 4 do. You might want to consider restarting the page numbering at slide 3. Instead of displaying 3, you might want it to display 1. To the best of my knowledge, you can’t restart slide numbering. However, I do have a quick trick that will work only when you’ve turned numbering off for the first slide.

You can reset the starting slide number, and PowerPoint will apply it to the entire presentation. If you start with 4 slides and disable numbering for the first slide, you can reset that starting number to 0. Consequently, slide 1 is 0, slide 2 is 1 and so on. To reset the starting number to 0, do the following:

• Click the Design tab.
• In the Customize group, click Slide Size.
• From the dropdown, choose Custom Slide Size.
• In the resulting dialog, change the Number Slides From setting from 1 to 0 ( Figure D ).

At this point, slide 3 displays 2 and slide 4 displays 3. The only way to fix this is to enable numbering for slide 2 as follows:

• Select slide 2 — the real slide 2.
• Click the Insert tab.
• Choose Header & Footer in the Text group.
• In the resulting dialog, check Slide Number.

Figure E shows the slides and numbering. The title slide displays no number. The second slide displays 1. Slide 3 displays 2 and slide 4 displays 3. The only time this works is when the first slide doesn’t display a number and you reset the starting number to 0.

You can reset the starting slide number to a larger number. You’ll do so when combining different presentations. For instance, you might run the first show with slides 1 through 10 and then run a second, from slides 11 to 25.

There are third-party products available that allow you to implement more complex slide numbering schemes in PowerPoint.

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So, to remove the slide number from the title slide, go to ‘ Slide Number ’ visible under the ‘ Text Group ’ of ‘Insert’ tab to open ‘ Text ‘ group to open ‘ Header and Footer’  dialog box.

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If you use Microsoft products like Word and Excel, there's also a good chance that you use PowerPoint for presentations. Depending on the purpose, such presentations can either be short or long.

Whereas one-page slides do not need numbering, you cannot say the same for longer and larger presentations which usually run into tens or hundreds of pages. In such cases, it makes perfect sense to number the slides for easy reference.

So, we'll show you how to add, format, and remove slide numbers from your PowerPoint presentation.

Adding Slide Numbers in PowerPoint

Adding slide numbers in PowerPoint is easy and straightforward. Here's how to go about it:

• Launch PowerPoint on your desktop.
• Open the PowerPoint presentation you want to number.
• Click on the Insert tab in the ribbon area.
• Then click on Header and Footer .

• To add a page number to the current slide only, click on Apply .
• To add slide numbers to all the pages, click Apply to All instead. There's also the provision to add the current date and time .
• If your first page also doubles as your title page, you definitely don't want a slide number there. To prevent that, simply check the Don't show on title slide box.

If you want to be a little adventurous, you can also add the Zoom effect .

Repositioning Slide Numbers in PowerPoint

If, for some reason, you don't like the placement of the slide number, you can easily reposition it to your liking. You can do this two ways—for specific or all slides.

Repositioning Slide Numbers for a Specific Slide

To reposition the slide number for a particular slide in PowerPoint:

• Now drag the Slide Number box to any location of your choice. This can be the header, footer, or even side panels; it's up to you.

Repositioning Slide Numbers for All Slides

To reposition the slide numbers for all slides in PowerPoint:

• Click on the Slide Number box.
• Go to the ribbon and click on the View tab.

• Now, drag the Slide Number box to your desired location.
• When done, click on Close Master View .

Formatting Slide Numbers

You can change the font type, size, and color of your slide numbers in PowerPoint. You can even use special characters like Roman, Chinese, or Hebrew numerals and more. To do so:

• From the popup toolbar options, select your font and size. You can also bolden, underline, or italicize the slide number to your taste.

Removing Slide Numbers in PowerPoint

Removing slide numbers in PowerPoint is also easy and straightforward. You can equally do it in two ways for short and long presentations.

Removing Slide Numbers from a Specific Slide

To remove the slide number from a particular slide:

• Open the PowerPoint presentation.

• Press the Delete key on your keyboard.

Removing Slide Numbers from All Slides

If you want to remove slide numbers from all pages:

• Open the PowerPoint presentation in question.

• On the Header and Footer dialog box, uncheck the Slide number box.
• Now click on Apply to All .

You can add, format, and remove PowerPoint slide numbers across all platforms, including online and mobile. It's essentially the same process.

Keep Track of Your PowerPoint Slides.

If your PowerPoint presentation runs into dozens or hundreds of slides, you'll be better off numbering it. This way, you can easily reference a particular page. It also makes it easier for your viewers to keep track of your slides as they read or study. It helps them track their progress and not get lost along the way.

Adding, formatting, and removing slide numbers is another simple way of optimizing your PowerPoint presentations for maximum impact.

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How to Remove Slide Numbers in Powerpoint 2019: Easy Steps

Removing slide numbers in PowerPoint 2019 may seem like a daunting task, but it’s actually quite simple! All you need to do is access the “Insert” tab, select “Slide Number,” uncheck the box that says “Slide number,” and then apply the changes to all slides. And just like that, your slides will be number-free!

Step by Step Tutorial: Removing Slide Numbers in PowerPoint 2019

Before we dive into the steps, let’s understand what we’re about to do. We’re going to take away those pesky little numbers at the corner of your slides that can sometimes distract your audience. Ready? Let’s go!

Step 1: Open the “Insert” Tab

Open the “Insert” tab on the ribbon at the top of PowerPoint.

The “Insert” tab is where you can add various elements to your slides, like text boxes, pictures, or symbols. For our purpose, it’s also where we’ll start the process of removing slide numbers.

Step 2: Click on “Slide Number”

Click on the “Slide Number” option in the “Text” group.

The “Text” group on the “Insert” tab is where you can add or edit text-related items in your PowerPoint presentation, like headers, footers, and you guessed it – slide numbers.

Step 3: Uncheck “Slide number”

In the “Header and Footer” dialog box, uncheck the box next to “Slide number.”

A dialog box will pop up when you click “Slide Number.” This is where you can control various options for headers and footers on your slides. To remove the slide numbers, simply uncheck the corresponding box.

Step 4: Apply to All

Click “Apply to All” to remove numbers from all slides.

After unchecking the “Slide number” box, don’t just close the dialog box. Make sure to click “Apply to All” to ensure that slide numbers are removed from every slide in your presentation, not just the one you’re currently working on.

After you complete these actions, you will see that the numbers that used to appear on the bottom right corner of your slides disappear. Your slides will look cleaner and more professional, allowing your audience to focus on the content of your presentation, not the slide numbers.

Tips: Making the Most of Your PowerPoint 2019 Presentation

• Always preview your presentation after making changes to ensure everything looks as intended.
• If you want to remove slide numbers from only a few slides, simply select those slides before performing the steps.
• Remember that removing slide numbers does not affect your ability to navigate the slides during a presentation.
• Consider if your presentation really needs slide numbers–sometimes they can be helpful for reference during Q&A sessions.
• Keep in mind that any changes you make to slide numbers will not affect any other footer elements like date or footer text.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do i add slide numbers back if i change my mind.

To add slide numbers back, simply follow the steps in reverse: click on “Slide Number” and then check the “Slide number” box.

Can I remove slide numbers from just the title slide?

Yes, in the “Header and Footer” dialog box, you will find an option to “Don’t show on title slide.” Check this box to remove numbers from the title slide only.

Will removing slide numbers affect the total number of slides?

No, removing slide numbers does not affect the total number of slides in your presentation. It only removes the visible numbers on the slides.

Can I customize the format of the slide numbers?

Yes, you can customize the format before you remove them by selecting the slide numbers and using the “Format” options.

What if the “Slide Number” option is greyed out?

If the “Slide Number” option is greyed out, it could be because you’re in a view that doesn’t support editing. Try switching to “Normal” view.

• Open the “Insert” Tab
• Click on “Slide Number”
• Uncheck “Slide number”
• Apply to All

There you have it, a step-by-step guide on how to remove slide numbers in PowerPoint 2019. Whether you’re fine-tuning your presentation for a big meeting or just tidying up some slides for a class project, getting rid of those numbers can make your slides look cleaner and more professional. With this knowledge, you can now tailor your presentations to suit your audience and content without unnecessary distractions.

Remember, PowerPoint is a powerful tool that offers a lot of customization options. It’s always worth exploring these options to make your presentations stand out. Keep practicing, keep experimenting, and before long, you’ll be a PowerPoint pro!

If you’re looking to learn more about PowerPoint 2019 or need further assistance with other features, plenty of resources are available online. Don’t be afraid to search for tutorials or ask for help. After all, the best way to learn is by doing, and the more you use PowerPoint, the more skilled you’ll become.

So, go ahead and give your presentations that extra polish by removing those slide numbers. Who knows, it might just be the small detail that makes a big impression!

Matt Jacobs has been working as an IT consultant for small businesses since receiving his Master’s degree in 2003. While he still does some consulting work, his primary focus now is on creating technology support content for SupportYourTech.com.

His work can be found on many websites and focuses on topics such as Microsoft Office, Apple devices, Android devices, Photoshop, and more.

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Remove Slide Numbers From PowerPoint Slides

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In some instances, you may wish to remove slide numbers from a PowerPoint presentation. Learn how to remove the numbers from a current presentation with these easy to follow instructions.

Instructions in this article apply to PowerPoint 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010; and PowerPoint for Microsoft 365.

Remove Slide Numbers

Save the presentation using a different file name if you wish to retain the original presentation with the slide numbers.

On the ribbon , select Insert .

In the Text section, select Slide Number . The Header and Footer dialog box opens.

Remove the checkmark next to Slide number .

Select Apply to All to remove the slide number from all slides in your presentation.

If the slide numbers were added one at a time to each slide (using a small graphic image, for example), delete the slide numbers from each individual slide.

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Change Presentation Slide Numbering to Start From 0

When inserting slide numbers at the bottom of each slide of a PowerPoint presentation, it is common to remove the slide number from the Title slide. However the numbering begins from number 2 on the second slide.

If you want the slide numbering to start from number 1 on the second slide. You first need to remove the slide number from the Title slide, and then set the presentation slide numbering from 0.

Remove Slide Numbering from the Title Slide

To remove slide numbering from the Title slide of a presentation;

Start the Slide Numbering from 0

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PowerPoint presentations are an essential tool for students, teachers, business professionals and anyone who needs to present information in an organized and visually appealing manner. Adding slide numbers is an important feature that helps the presenter and the audience to keep track of the progress of the presentation. In this article, we will explain how to add or remove slide numbers in PowerPoint.

How to Add Slide Numbers in PowerPoint

1. Open your PowerPoint presentation.

2. Click on the Insert tab located on the top menu bar.

3. Click on the Slide Number option.

4. A dialog box will appear with different options. You can choose to add slide numbers to all slides or to selected slides.

5. Once you have selected the option, click on the Apply or Apply to Selected Slides button.

6. The selected slides will now have slide numbers added to them.

How to Remove Slide Numbers in PowerPoint If you have previously added slide numbers to your presentation and now want to remove them, follow these simple steps:

4. A dialog box will appear with different options. You can choose to remove slide numbers from all slides or from selected slides.

6. The selected slides will now have the slide numbers removed.

Adding slide numbers to your PowerPoint presentation is simple and easy. It helps the presenter and the audience to keep track of the progress of the presentation. If you want to add or remove slide numbers, just follow the steps above, and you will be able to do it easily. Remember to make sure that your presentation is well-organized and visually appealing and use tools like slide numbers to make your presentation even better.  

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How to Remove Slide Numbers in PowerPoint Slide

In my previous article about adding a slide number to PowerPoint slides , I mentioned that each number can only be edited individually — meaning that if you want to remove all of them, you have to clean it manually.

Here’s how to remove slide numbers easily!

3. Select Slide Number .

However, if you only click the “Apply” button on the #4 step, it only a slide number on the current slide. It may be useful on the slide you want it to clean from a slide number.

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Remove a background graphic or watermark from your slides in PowerPoint for Mac

Here's how to remove the picture background or watermark from your slides.

On the View menu, select Master > Slide Master .

In the thumbnail pane on the left, click any slide layouts that have the picture watermark you want to remove.

On the Slide Master tab, click Background Styles .

Click Format Background .

In the Format Background pane, under Fill , click Solid Fill .

Click the Color button and select white, or any other color you like.

If you want to remove the background from all slides, click Apply to All .

Add background graphics or transparent pictures (watermarks) to your slides in PowerPoint for Mac

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