These free PowerPoint templates will help you create an awesome presentation in no time. Since you start out with the formatting already done, you just need to add your own information, and you’re ready to go.

You’ll find a wide variety of options through the sites listed below, including templates for games, weddings, business, hobbies, birthdays, technology, Christmas, and tons more.

All these templates are free, so just download the ones you want and then open them in PowerPoint, a free presentation program, or some other free PowerPoint alternative. At that point, you can edit the templates however you like to fit your own needs.

Information in this article applies to PowerPoint for Office 365, PowerPoint 2021, PowerPoint 2019, PowerPoint 2016, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint Online, and PowerPoint for Mac.

fppt.com

You’ll easily find the top-rated free PowerPoint templates at fppt.com. Browse their list of templates by categories, tags, backgrounds, or themes to find a template that matches your needs.

  • Massive collection of professional templates.

  • Easy to search by keyword, category, and more.

  • Some of the templates are large and could take a while to download.

  • Few screenshots make it hard to decide what to download.

There are tons of free templates here. Of the dozens of categories are abstract, graduation, religious, nature, wedding, and business templates.

You’ll find the download count on every download page to help you make a decision about a template before you download it. Some also have alternative options, like with a different aspect ratio.

Presentation Magazine

There are tens of thousands of free PowerPoint templates at Presentation Magazine, including regular and animated templates.

  • Helpful ways to browse (e.g., color and tags).

  • The templates are easy to download.

  • Templates are added or updated frequently.

  • Screenshots are provided.

  • Most of the templates are very basic.

  • No rating system.

It’s easy to find a template by color, tag, or popularity. Or browse through categories like nature, medical, business, architecture, weather, educational, travel, wedding, and Christmas.

When you download these templates, you get the file immediately because they’re not stored in archives, nor do you need to wait for an ad or message to go away.

Microsoft

Microsoft has free templates available for all its products, including PowerPoint. Many of these templates are accessible, so they have high contrast, include alt text for images, use larger fonts, and work with a screen reader.

  • Multiple slides in each presentation.

  • Slides feature rich content.

  • Safe downloads from a trusted source.

  • Start quickly with the browser editor.

  • No way to rate templates.

  • No template reviews provided.

You can filter the results by category, such as newsletters or cards, and by event/milestone—there are templates for birthdays, weddings, back to school, Spring, holidays, congratulations, and more. However, if you do that, you might end up with templates for other Office products like Word; just look for whatever says PowerPoint under the thumbnail.

All download pages have a large screenshot of the PowerPoint template to help you make a decision on which ones to download. These files are downloaded in the POTX format, and some can even be edited directly in your browser with the free, online version of PowerPoint.

SlidesCarnival

Hundreds of additional template are available at SlidesCarnival. Most are actually available for both PowerPoint and Google Slides.

  • Informative download pages.

  • Shows every slide as a preview before downloading.

  • See comments from other users.

  • Direct download; no signup page or ZIP file to unpack.

  • Can’t filter just the free list.

Something we like about this source are the extensive screenshots on the download page. Every slide from the template is included as a preview, so you’ll understand exactly what you’re getting before you start the download.

There’s also a list of features for each template that describe things like the number of slides it has, the aspect ratio, and other things included in it.

Leawo

Over 30 categories of free PowerPoint templates are hosted at Leawo. You’ll find holiday templates like Christmas, Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, and Labor Day, as well as education, business, wedding, and scenery templates, among others.

  • Templates for nearly every occasion imaginable.

  • Easy to browse by category.

  • Templates automatically download when selected; no standard download page.

  • Many designs have an amateur appearance.

  • Small previews.

  • Must extract from a ZIP file.

Browse the list and preview a template before you download it in ZIP form.

PowerPoint Styles

To find a template that fits your needs at PowerPoint Styles, sort the list by recently added, most viewed, or top downloaded. Or, browse through categories and tags to find telecommunication, cartoon, social, abstract and textures, blackboard, and general PowerPoint templates.

  • Contains screenshots of each template.

  • No need to extract the template from an archive; they’re downloaded as PPT files.

  • Some templates are quite basic.

  • Ads on the site make it difficult to find the correct download button.

If you’re after a template with a specific color, select black, blue, red, or any other color to see templates with that as the primary color.

Showeet

Find popular templates that others are downloading or browse by tags, such as business, fun, pattern, green, and others. Showeet provides lots of information about each PowerPoint template.

  • Every download page has several images to preview.

  • Some templates provide multiple versions with different aspect ratios.

  • Instructions are provided for each template.

  • Multiple ads on the page make it difficult to find the correct download option.

  • Cluttered site design.

  • Every template is stored in a ZIP file you have to open before using it.

Follow their social media accounts to get instant updates on their newest templates.

Slide Hunter

Some of the free PowerPoint templates at Slide Hunter are listed under topics such as cycle, arrows, 3D, timeline, charts, education, strategy, and planning.

  • Some templates offer multiple screenshots on the download page.

  • Related templates are listed on each page.

  • No description of slideshow length or slides included.

  • Must extract the template from a ZIP file first.

  • Must log in to download.

Each download page is full of more detail about the template and screenshots of the slides. You need to sign in before you can see the download link.

24Slides

24Slides is a refreshing site compared to some. There aren’t any ads, so finding a template is much easier than it is on some sites. Plus, the PowerPoint templates are clean, professional looking, and easy to find.

  • Direct download links.

  • Preview screenshots.

  • Filter by Google Slides templates.

  • Clean website design.

  • Must make a user account first.

  • Very few categories to look through.

  • Watermark on every slide (they’re easy to delete).

Browse for templates by most popular, featured, or category, such as maps, organization, and text slides. If you’d rather use these templates on Google Slides, there’s a whole section of just those templates. You can also filter the templates to find corporate and business templates.

This site provides direct downloads, so you don’t have to unpack an archive to get to them. They’re all stored in the PPTX format. But, you do need to make a user account.

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