How to Delete a Text Box in Google Slides

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For a Google Slides beginner, some fundamental questions might be as simple as how to delete a text box on Google Slides. While this question might appear simple for people who are used to making presentations regularly, for someone new to creating and editing presentations and Google Slides templates, such basic tasks can be confusing.

How to Delete Text Boxes in Google Slides

Let’s first see how to add a text box in Google Slides, followed by how to delete one. To insert a text box in Google Slides, go to Insert -> Text box.

Adding a text box in Google Slides

Drag to create a text box and type in the required text. You can also change the text size, font, colors, and other types of formatting according to need using the options from the top toolbar.

Creating text boxes in Google Slides

To delete any text box, right-click the text box border and select Delete from the context menu. If you can’t find the delete option, scroll to locate it. Alternatively, you can also use the Delete key on your keyboard after selecting the text box to delete it.

Deleting a text box in Google Slides

The below GIF animation shows how to add and delete a text box in Google Slides.

How to delete text boxes in Google Slides

Final Words

A text box in Google Slides is easy to add or delete. You can use the Insert menu to add a text box, whereas deleting one requires either using the Delete key from the keyboard or selecting the Delete option from the right-click context menu.

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