How to Hide Comments in Google Slides

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May 4, 2026

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Use this interactive demo to learn how to suppress comments from view in Google Slides.

Quick summary

The Hide Comments feature in Google Slides lets you toggle comment visibility off in just a few clicks, keeping your slide canvas clean during editing or presenting. Navigate to View > Comments > Hide comments to instantly remove comment markers without permanently deleting any feedback.

Steps

In the left sidebar, click the slide thumbnail that contains the comment you want to hide.
In the top menu, click View.
Hover over Comments from the dropdown menu.
Click Hide comments.
The comments on your slide will now be hidden from view.

📌 Why this matters

Being able to hide comments in Google Slides is essential for anyone who wants a distraction-free editing or presentation experience without permanently losing valuable feedback. This built-in View menu toggle lets teams collaborate freely with comments while still delivering polished, comment-free visuals to stakeholders. It saves time by eliminating the need to manually resolve or delete comments just to clean up the canvas. For presenters and educators alike, hiding comments on demand keeps the focus on slide content rather than review markup.

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