PPTX Locker
Take speaker notes, comments, hidden slides and your name out of a PowerPoint deck before it leaves, then lock it with a password to open. Lock or unlock a whole folder of decks at once.
Take out notes, comments and hidden slides before the deck leaves.
See it in action
About PPTX Locker
PPTX Locker gets a presentation ready to share. It takes out what was only meant for you, then locks the deck if you want it locked.
What travels with a deck
A .pptx file carries more than its slides. Your speaker notes go with it. So do comments and replies, the hidden slides you skipped in the meeting, and your name and company. PPTX Locker finds them all and counts them before you choose.
See what leaves
The first four slides are shown side by side. Notes that will be taken out are struck through. Comment badges are crossed out. Hidden slides wear a ribbon. Click a slide and a line under it says exactly what is taken out of it and what stays.
Clean and lock in one go
Tick what to take out: speaker notes, comments and replies, hidden slides, and the author, company and edit details. Turn on a password to open and the clean copy is encrypted too. PowerPoint then asks for the password before showing a single slide.
Your original is never touched
The clean deck is saved as a copy with "(clean)" in its name. Your notes and comments are still in the original. In Settings you can also mark the clean copy as final, so it opens read-only.
Lock or unlock a whole folder
The original job still works. Drop decks or a folder, type a password, and click Lock or Unlock. Each file shows its own status as the batch runs. A copy is saved beside each original, or turn that off to replace the originals.
Private
Everything happens on your PC. There is no account, and nothing is uploaded. Decks you locked with an earlier version still open and unlock as before.
Features
- Take speaker notes out of a deck before you send it
- Take out comments and their replies
- Take out hidden slides, so the backup slides you skipped don't travel
- Take out the author, last editor, company and other personal details
- See how many notes, comments and hidden slides the deck has before you choose
- The first four slides show what leaves: notes struck through, comment badges crossed out, hidden slides marked
- Click a slide to read exactly what is taken out of it and what stays
- Add a password to open in the same step, and the deck is encrypted
- Mark the clean copy as final, so it opens read-only
- The clean copy is saved beside the original, which is never changed
- Lock or unlock many decks at once, or drop a whole folder
- Lock and unlock save a copy, or replace the original if you turn that off
- Opens a deck that already has a password to open, once you type it
- Everything happens on your PC. Nothing is uploaded
- Light and dark themes, or match Windows
Details
- Works on
- Windows 10 (1809 or later) and Windows 11
- Download
- About 54.4 MB
- Version
- 2.0.2, updated October 2026
- First released
- August 2023
- Price
- $1.99 once. No subscription.
- Category
- Utilities & tools
What's new in 2.0.2
- New: clean a deck before you share it. Take out speaker notes, comments, hidden slides and your name and company
- New: see the first four slides with what leaves struck through
- New: lock the clean copy with a password to open in the same step
- New: mark the clean copy as final
- New: drop a whole folder of decks
- The batch Lock and Unlock you know still works, and decks you locked before still unlock
- Fixed: Lock and Unlock no longer overwrite your original. A copy is saved beside it unless you choose to replace it
- Fixed: replacing an original is now written safely, so a failed save can't leave a half-written file
Questions
Anything else? Ask us
Which versions of Windows does it run on?
Windows 10 (version 1809 or later) and Windows 11.
Is it a subscription?
No. PPTX Locker is a one-time purchase of $1.99, and updates are included.
How do I get it?
EvlarSoft apps are moving to direct downloads from this site. Ask to be notified and we will email you as soon as PPTX Locker is ready to download.
