How to Turn Off Features You Don’t Want to Use in PowerPoint

The first step to making the PowerPoint UI a better place to work is to adjust settings and turn off features you don’t want to use. Here’s how.

On PC, go to File > Options (all the way on the bottom left).

On a Mac, go to PowerPoint > Preferences.

For example, I always:

Collapse the Microsoft Search box by default (General on PC, no option available on Mac)
Change my office theme to Dark Gray on PC and Aluminum on Mac (General for both)
Turn off PowerPoint Designer and LinkedIn Features (General for both)
Disable Copilot (I have strong feelings about this upgraded version of Clippy)
Disable Automatic Alt Text (Accessibility for both)
Uncheck Discard editing data and Do not compress images in file (Advanced on PC, no option available on Mac)
Set default resolution to High fidelity (Advanced on PC, no option available on Mac)
Check the box next to High quality in the Print settings (Advanced on PC, no option available on Mac)