Microsoft PowerPoint is a great tool for making interesting and good-looking presentations. A typical feature in presentations is using text boxes to share information. Sometimes, you might want to remove a text box to improve the design or create space for additional content.

This article discusses how to delete single and multiple text boxes in PowerPoint in a few simple and easy steps.

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Delete Single text box

Remember that when you remove a text box, all the text it contains will be gone, too. To save the text, copy and paste it into another text box before deleting the original. Deleting a text box in PowerPoint is a simple process, and here are the steps to do that:

Step 1: Click on the text box that you want to delete. A dotted border will appear around the text box. Click on any of the corners of the border to select the text box.

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Step 2: Press the Delete button on your keyboard to delete the text box. Alternatively, you can right-click on any corner of the text box and then, in the dropdown menu, click on the Cut.

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Step 3: Both options will remove the text box from your presentation.

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Delete Multiple text boxes

The steps to delete multiple text boxes in PowerPoint are similar to deleting a single text box; all you have to do is hold the Shift key to select multiple text boxes. Follow the steps below to get more clarification:

Step 1: Click on the text box that you want to delete; dotted border will appear around the text box. Press the Shift button on your keyboard and click on other text boxes to select them.