How to Hyperlink in Google Slides? [The Complete Tutorial!]

Addling links in your Google Slides presentation can not only help you showcase your citations and sources, but it can also be highly useful when you want to quickly jump over to a video, or even to another slide within your presentation! But, how do you add a hyperlink in Google Slides?

To add a hyperlink in Google Slides, first, select the text or the object. Then, click on the “Insert” tab. Next, click on the “Link” option. Paste the URL in the pop-up, and click on “Apply”. You can also use the keyboard shortcut “Ctrl+K”. Then, paste the URL and click on “Apply”.

Adding hyperlinks can be quite useful. So, in this article, we shall learn everything about hyperlinks in Google Slides. I’ll talk about how to add hyperlinks not just to text, but also to images, shapes, and objects. We’ll also learn how to make changes to the hyperlink and even remove it when needed!

So, without any further delay, let’s get started!

1. How to Add Hyperlink in Google Slides?

Let’s first learn to add the hyperlinks in Google Slides before we understand the other aspects.

To add hyperlinks in Google Slides, you have to insert a link into a text or a picture using the “Insert” tab.

Although I’ve talked about the process above, I’ve described the steps involved with pictures below –

Step-1: Click on the “Insert” tab

The first step to hyperlink in Google Slides is to select the text or the image where you want to add a link and to click on the “Insert” tab. It is the 4^th tab in the ribbon.

Step-2: Select the “Link” option

Clicking on the “Insert” tab will open a drop-down menu. Click on the “Link” option from the drop-down menu. This will open a box under the selected text or image, where you can add the hyperlink.

Step-3: Insert the link in the box

Insert the link that you want to hyperlink to the slide in the empty box and hit the blue “Apply” button. This will insert the hyperlink to the slide of your Google Slides presentation.

1a. Shortcut to Add Hyperlink

There are 3 shortcuts to add a hyperlink in your Google Slides presentation. All of the methods are described below.

Method 1: Using the “Right-Click” option

One shortcut is to “Right-click” on the text or image that you want to add a link to and then select the “Link” option from the drop-down menu.

Method 2: Using the keyboard

You can also use the keyboard shortcut to add hyperlinks in Google Slides. All you have to do is select the text or the image by clicking on them and then press the “Ctrl + K” keys simultaneously using the keyboard of your computer.

After you press the two keys at the same time, add your link to the box which will appear under the selected text or image.

Method 3: Using the Editing Tool Bar

In this method, all you have to do is select the text or image that you want to add a hyperlink to and then click on the “Insert link” button which is located on the editing toolbar right under the ribbon of your Google Slides presentation.

2. How to Add a Link to Another Slide in Google Slides?

To add a link to another slide in your Google Slides presentation, select the text or the image and click on the “Link” option and follow the simple steps described below.

Step-1: Select the “Slides in this presentation” option

After you open the “Link” option, click on the “Slides in this presentation” option from the box that appears under the selected text or image. This option is located at the very bottom of the menu.

Step-2: Select the slide that you want to link

After you select the “Slides in this presentation” option, you will be taken to a new page in the window, where you will see a list of all the slides in the Google Slides presentation. Simply select the slide that you want to link this slide to, and the link will be added to the text or image immediately.

3. How to Go Back to a Slide after Hyperlink?

It is a bit of a hassle to navigate and go back to the original slide from the slide in the hyperlink since there is no direct way of going back to the original slide.

To get around this problem, you have to insert a return link to the slide that will take you back to the original slide. Simply follow the steps described in the previous section and add a link to the original slide.

4. How to Hyperlink Image in Google Slides?

Adding hyperlinks to images is identical to linking a text in your Google Slides presentation. All you have to do is select the image, click on the “Insert link” button and then insert the link in the “Search or paste a link” box and the hyperlink will be added to the image.

5. How to Remove Hyperlink in Google Slides?

It is very easy to remove a hyperlink from texts or images in Google Slides. Simply click on the link and a dialogue box will appear under the hyperlinked text.

Click on the “Remove link” button, which has an icon of a link with a line over it. It is the last button in the dialogue box. After you click on the “Remove link” button, the link will be removed immediately.

6. How to Change Color of Hyperlink in Google Slides?

To change the Colour of the hyperlink in Google Slides, you have to go to the “Slide Master” view. The whole process is described step-by-step below.

Step-1: Select the “Theme Builder” option

To access the “Slide Master” view, select the “Theme Builder” option which is located in the “View” tab of your Google Slides presentation. It is the third option in the “View” tab.

Step-2: Select the “Colors” tool

By selecting the “Theme Builder” option, you will be taken to the “Slide Master” view. While in the “Slide Master”, click on the “Colors” tool in the editing toolbar below the ribbon.

Step-3: Expand the “Choose a theme color” box

After you have clicked on the “Colours” option, the “Theme Colours” sidebar will appear on the right side of your screen. Select the “Choose a color” option to open its drop-down menu.

Step-4: Select the “Link” option

From the drop-down menu, click on the “Link” option. It is the last option in the drop-down menu.

Step-5: Select your preferred color

All you have to do now is select your preferred color for hyperlinks and close the “Theme Colours” sidebar and the links in your Google Slides presentation will change colors accordingly.

7. How to Edit a Hyperlink in Google Slides?

Follow the two simple steps described below to learn how to edit a hyperlink in Google Slides.

Step-1: Select the “Edit link” button

The first step is to select the link to open its dialogue box. After that, click on the “Edit link” button which has an icon of a reclined pen and is the middle button of the 3 buttons on the right side of the dialogue box.

Step-2: Edit the link

After you select the “Edit link” button, the pop-up box containing the link will appear under the linked text. Now simply make your preferred edits and the link will be changed accordingly

8. How to Hyperlink a Video in Google Slides?

Unfortunately, you can’t add a hyperlink to a video in your Google Slides presentation. When you select the video, all the options to add a hyperlink are greyed out and can’t be used.

What you can do is add a text under the video and add your desired hyperlink to the text, following the steps shown above.

9. How to Hyperlink a PDF in Google Slides?

In order to hyperlink a PDF file in Google Slides, you first need to upload the PDF file to Google Slides.

Unfortunately, currently there is no direct method to convert or upload your PDF to Google Slides. Fortunately, there are a few ways you can mitigate this issue.

I have written a detailed article on how to add a PDF to Google Slides. Make sure you check out that article and add a thumbnail for that PDF file.

Once you’ve added an image thumbnail, upload the PDF document to your Google Drive and add a hyperlink to the PDF image thumbnail for the destination of your PDF file on your Google Drive!