To select multiple slides, simply open the presentation > click on first slide > press and hold “shift key” > click on last slide. Alternatively, use Ctrl (Windows) / Cmd ⌘ (Mac) to manually select specific slides.
Google Slides allows users to select multiple slides at once in order to delete, move, or duplicate them. That saves a lot of clicking when you need to reorganise a deck or clear out a batch of unused slides in one go. It works the same way whether you’re editing on the web app or inside Google Slides on a Chromebook.
Here’s how to select multiple slides in Google Slides:
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Step 1
To select a contiguous group of slides, open the presentation file and click on the first slide you want to select.
Step 2
Press and hold the Shift key on your keyboard. While still holding the Shift key, click on the last slide you want to select. All of the slides in between will also be selected.
Step 3
To select non-contiguous slides, press and hold the Ctrl (Windows) / Cmd ⌘ (Mac) key on your keyboard, then click on each of the individual slides you want to select.
Once you’ve selected the slides you want, you can delete them, move them, or duplicate them. To do so, right-click on one of the selected slides and choose the appropriate option from the menu that appears.
If you want to deselect all of the slides you’ve selected, simply click on any one of them, and the selection will be cleared.
Conclusion
With these steps, you’ll be able to quickly and easily select multiple slides in Google Slides so that you can make the changes you need to your presentation. Hopefully these steps make it clearer how to grab several slides at once in Google Slides whenever you need to tidy up a presentation. Feel free to share any follow-up questions in the comments.
