Duplicating slides is useful when a presentation needs another example with the same objects and arrangement. It creates another slide to edit, so first decide whether you want an independent copy inside the deck or a linked slide from a different presentation. These are different workflows.
Select the slides deliberately
In Google Slides on a computer, click the first slide thumbnail in the filmstrip. Use Shift while selecting additional slides, as described in Google’s slide organization guidance. Inspect the highlighted thumbnails before proceeding, especially if similar-looking slides appear in several sections of the presentation.
Create the duplicates
Right-click the selection and choose Duplicate slide. Review the resulting thumbnails immediately. Keep the originals until you have confirmed which copies you will change; deleting a slide first makes a simple duplication task unnecessarily difficult to check.
Edit the copied titles, dates, figures, and other example-specific information. A repeated layout can hide an outdated label because it looks professionally formatted already. Review charts and media separately rather than assuming that duplicating a slide creates independent copies of every underlying source file.
Check for accidental repetition
Read the preceding slide, every duplicate, and the following slide as a sequence. Each copy should add a distinct example, step, or comparison. Remove redundant copies only after confirming their contents. If you are creating variants for different audiences, remember that keeping all variants in the same shared file makes them available to people with access to that file. Duplication is an editing convenience, not a way to isolate confidential material.
References
Reviewed against the linked official product guidance on November 3, 2026. Features, limits, screen labels, and access can vary by account, platform, region, and organization policy.