Inspect a presentation

Applies to: PowerPoint for Office 365, PowerPoint 2019, PowerPoint 2016.

Before you share a presentation, especially with people outside your organisation, delete any personal and confidential information held in the document or in the document properties.

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1. Enter the presentation file that you want to inspect for hidden data and personal information.

Tip: It’s a good idea to inspect a copy of your original document, because it’s not always possible to restore the data that the Document Inspector removes.

2. Pick File > Info.

3. Choose Check for Issues > Inspect Document.

4. Confirm the types of content that you want to inspect, and then press Inspect.

5. Assess the results.

6. For each type of content that you want to delete from the document, click Remove All.

See Also

Remove hidden data and personal information by inspecting documents