How to Add or Remove Slide Numbers in Google Slides

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Adding slide numbers to your Google Slides presentations can help the audience follow along and give the presentation a more professional look. Slide numbers also make it easier for you as the presenter to quickly refer back to specific slides.

Fortunately, adding and removing slide numbers in Google Slides is easy. In this step-by-step guide, you’ll learn how to:

  • Add slide numbers to all slides
  • Remove slide numbers
  • Customize the look of slide numbers

Prerequisites

Before we get started, make sure you have:

  • A Google account
  • Google Slides presentation open to add/remove slide numbers

If you don’t already have a presentation, create a new Google Slides presentation.

Add Slide Numbers to All Slides

Here are the steps to add slide numbers to all the slides in your presentation:

  1. Open the Google Slides presentation
  2. Click Insert > Page numbers on the top menu Insert page numbers
  3. In the dialog box, select the Apply to all slides checkbox Apply slide numbers to all slides
  4. Click Apply

Slide numbers will now appear in the footer of all slides.

That’s all there is to it! As you add, remove or rearrange slides, the slide number order will automatically update.

Remove Slide Numbers

To remove slide numbers:

  1. Click Insert > Page numbers again
  2. Uncheck Apply to all slides
  3. Click Apply

The slide numbers will be removed instantly.

Customize Slide Numbers

You can customize the look and position of slide numbers as needed:

  • Change number format: Choose a different numbering convention like 1, 2, 3 or I, II, III
  • Position numbers: Place numbers inside headers or footers
  • Adjust size and color: Make numbers larger, smaller, darker, match theme colors etc.

Follow these steps to customize slide number appearance and placement:

  1. Double click the slide number placeholder to open formatting options Formatting slide number
  2. Under Number format, pick your preferred numbering style
  3. To reposition, check/uncheck Display header or Display footer
  4. Modify font size, color and alignment as needed
  5. Click Apply to save changes

Repeat this for each individual slide or batch update all slides at once.

And that’s it! Whether you want to add slide numbers for quick reference or remove numbers from title slides, the process is quick and easy in Google Slides.

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