# How to Hide or Un-hide a Slide in MS PowerPoint **URL:** https://www.compsmag.com/blogs/how-to-hide-or-un-hide-a-slide-in-ms-powerpoint/ **Author:** Ayushi Chauhan **Published:** 2022-04-08 **Updated:** 2022-04-08 **Categories:** Blogs **Tags:** Blogs Daily, guiderobert, Guides and Tutorials, guiding12, How To Guide, How To Guides, office tips and tutorials, Software tips and tutorials, Tips, Tricks **Reading Time:** 4 min --- This tip is about the how to Hide or Un-hide a Slide in MS PowerPoint. So read this free guide, How to Hide or Un-hide a Slide in MS PowerPoint step by step. If you have query related to same article you may contact us. ## How to Hide or Un-hide a Slide in MS PowerPoint - Guide Microsoft PowerPoint is a powerful presentation software developed by Microsoft. It is a standard component of the company's Microsoft Office suite software and comes with Word, Excel and other Office productivity tools. The program uses slides to convey information in a multimedia form and is used to create complex business presentations, simple educational concepts and much more. Many of the productivity apps you use every day contain some elements you might want to hide. In Microsoft Excel, you can hide rows, columns, or entire worksheets. In Microsoft Word, you can hide wordsparagraphs or entire pages. You can even hide slides in a Microsoft Powerpoint presentation. But if you ever found out how to hide slides, you might be wondering how to unhide a slide in PowerPoint. Slides in a presentation in PowerPoint 2013 can be hidden for various reasons. However, if you chose to hide a slide instead of deleting it, you may have anticipated needing it again in the future. Now, if you are in the situation where you want a hidden slide to appear in your presentation, you might be looking for a way to restore that hidden slide to the correct location in your slideshow. In this we will show how to show or hide a slide in Microsoft PowerPoint. ## How to Hide or unhide a slide in MS PowerPoint. ### On a Mac or PC Open the PowerPoint presentation on your Mac or PC. Right-click the slide you want to hide. Click on “Hide Slide”. This will immediately hide the slide and indicate that it is hidden by turning it gray with a null symbol in the upper left corner. When you right-click again, you will also see a checkmark next to the “Hide Slide” option. Click “Hide Slide” with the checkmark next to it to unhide and reverse your previous action. You can always use COMMAND or CTRL keys to select multiple slides as well. Finally, if you start the slideshow, you can still access any of the slides you've hidden. Start the slideshow by right-clicking and selecting “Slideshow” (or using the keyboard shortcut), going to the “Slideshow” tab at the top, or by clicking the podium icon in the lower-right corner. You can also choose to preview your slideshow under "Presenter Preview", which is only available in the desktop app, not the online version of PowerPoint. Right click on any slide in presentation mode, where you will find the option "By title". You can then jump to any slide. Hidden ones will be displayed in parentheses, like “(2) Slide 2”. When you click on one, you will automatically jump to that slide. Remember, if you just click through your slides normally, PowerPoint will skip them, so it's important that you access it manually if you want to display that slide. If you choose to use "Presenter View", the process will be even easier. You will already see previews of all your slides at the bottom of the screen. Hidden slides will appear in gray with a null symbol. Click on any hidden slide to jump to it. ### in your browser Open PowerPoint in your preferred web browser. Right-click any slide thumbnail on the left side of the screen. Select “Hide Slide”. This will automatically make the slide gray. Right-click and select "Hide" again to display the same slide. To access the hidden slides in presentation mode, you will need to start the slideshow. There are fewer options for doing this in the web version, but the podium icon in the bottom right is the same as in the desktop version. You can also choose to go to the “Slideshow” tab at the top, although you won’t find the “Presenter View” option there. You will see options in a small pop-upup box in the lower left corner. Click on the first option that shows slide panels to jump to another screen. This screen will show all your slides, including hidden ones. Click on a hidden slide to jump to it. ## Final note I hope you like the guide How to Hide or Un-hide a Slide in MS PowerPoint. In case if you have any query regards this article you may ask us. Also, please share your love by sharing this article with your friends. --- *End of Article*