How to Hide a Slide in Google Slides

Google Slides is a powerful tool that allows you to create and publish presentations on your computer. However, there may be instances when you want to hide a slide, either to save time during the presentation or to exclude specific data from the audience.

Whatever the reason, if you wish to hide a slide from appearing during the presentation, you've arrived at the correct location. Here, we'll show you how to hide a slide in Google Slides.

How Do You Hide a Slide in Google Slides

There are two ways to hide a slide in Google Slides—one is by right-clicking on the slide you to hide, while the other uses the Slide menu. Let's check out both methods in detail.

How to Hide a Slide in Google Slides Using Right-Click

Hiding a slide in Google Slides is just as easy as creating a presentation in it. Here are step-by-step instructions on how to do it using the right-click method:

1. Launch your presentation on Google Slides.
2. In the Filmstrip, right-click on the slide you want to hide, and choose the Skip slide option from the context menu.
3. You'll see an icon of an eye with a through it indicating that the slide is hidden. If you want to unhide that slide, right-click on it and choose the Unskip slide option.

You can also hide multiple slides at once using a right-click. To do that, click on all the slides you want to hide while keeping the Ctrl key pressed. Then, right-click on the selected slides and choose the Skip slide option.

How to Hide a Slide in Google Slides Using the Slide Menu

The Slide menu on Google Slides contains all the slides-related settings, including the Skip slide option. You can use this option to hide a slide.

To do that, select the slide you want to hide, then click the Slide tab at the top and choose the Skip slide option from the menu that crops up.

If you want to hide multiple slides, click on those slides while keeping the Ctrl key pressed, then click the Slide tab and choose the Skip slide option.

How to Print the Presentation Without the Hidden Slides

When you print a presentation in Google Slides, it includes all the hidden slides by default. However, if you don't want to print the hidden slides, follow these steps:

1. Open your presentation, click the File tab at the top, and choose the Print preview option.
2. Click the Include skipped slides option at the top. The option is enabled by default, so clicking on it will disable it.

Present Only the Important Slides

It's common to have slides in Google Slides that you don't want to show to the audience. Fortunately, you can easily hide these slides using the methods mentioned above. Meanwhile, you might want to learn how to draw on Google Slides.