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Google Slides: Delete a slide or element — MCP tool

Google Slides MCP tool: Deletes a slide or a page element (shape, image, table, video, line, group) by object id — batchUpdate deleteObject.

Technical name: delete_object

What task it solves

I want to delete a slide or an element.

Deletes a slide or a page element (shape, image, table, video, line, group) by object id — batchUpdate deleteObject.

When to use it

Use this capability when you need “Delete a slide or element” without doing the same work manually in the Google Slides interface. It runs only when an AI client calls it.

What to provide

  • presentation_id — required. The presentation id — the long id from the URL (docs.google.com/presentation/d/<presentationId>/edit) or from create_presentation output.
  • object_id — required. The object id of the slide or page element to delete (from list_slides).

What it returns

Returns compact JSON from the upstream API or a clear MCP tool error. The exact fields depend on the operation and are documented in the technical reference.

What changes in Google Slides

The source marks the entire “Delete a slide or element” call as destructive: it can permanently remove or overwrite existing content. Review the parameters and reversibility before calling it.

Example request

Delete a slide or element in Google Slides. Ask for any required identifiers that are missing. Show me the exact change and wait for confirmation first.

Errors and limitations

Deleting a slide removes all its elements and speaker notes; deleting a group removes its children. There is no undo through the API (version history lives in the Slides UI). It cannot delete the whole presentation — that is a Drive file operation outside this server.

Access also depends on token permissions, quotas, and upstream API limits.

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