Quick summary
You can remove the background in Google Slides by setting the slide color to Transparent through the Background menu. This four-step process takes seconds and gives your presentation a clean, overlay-ready look.
Steps
- Click Background in the Google Slides toolbar to open the background settings panel.
- Select Color to expand the color options for your slide background.
- Choose Transparent from the color picker to remove the background entirely.
- Click Done to apply the change and confirm the transparent background.
- The background is now removed from your Google Slides presentation.