Software & Apps > MS Office 5 Best Free PowerPoint Background Sites Liven up your presentation with these free backgrounds By Stacy Fisher Stacy Fisher Technology Educator Emporia State University Stacy is a professional technology educator with over 25 years' experience. She has published hundreds of articles, co-authored a book, and has appeared on national and local TV. lifewire's editorial guidelines Updated on November 30, 2023 MS Office Powerpoint Word Excel Outlook Trending Videos Close this video player Add free PowerPoint backgrounds to your presentation to bring more to your work than regular wallpaper. These backgrounds are designed so that text, photos, and other slideshow content take center stage. The background stays where it belongs, and you'll create a professional-looking presentation. 01 of 05 FreePPTBackgrounds.net What We Like Several ways to browse. Full-size previews. Detailed download pages. Multiple size options. Save the background only, or use the template with it already included. What We Don't Like Ads look like download buttons. No ratings. FreePPTBackgrounds.net is a great source for free PowerPoint backgrounds. Some download are ZIP files that contains one or more images that follow the same design, and others are PPTX or PPT files that already have photos as the slide backgrounds. Think of these downloads as a PowerPoint theme that's broken up into separate images. Use any image you wish. Visit FreePPTBackgrounds.net 02 of 05 Freepik Freepik What We Like Fun and useful filtering options. Huge catalog of backgrounds. Shows similar backgrounds you might like. What We Don't Like Way more premium backgrounds. Over 6,000 additional PowerPoint background are available from this ultra-popular free image website. This website has lots of other content, but the page through the link below is specifically for PowerPoint backgrounds. You can sort the backgrounds by recently added and filter them to find backgrounds of a certain primary color or style, such as geometric, cartoon, or hand-drawn. Visit Freepik 03 of 05 PPTBackgrounds.net What We Like Thousands of backgrounds. Variety of categories. What We Don't Like Site riddled with ads. Some images have watermarks. PPTBackgrounds.net is another great source. Some of the categories of images include culture, clip art, beauty, 3D, Christmas, cartoons, and animal. Every download page has a comment section to see what other viewers think. You can also check the popularity of each background with the download counter. Details like the size of the background and its file format are included as well. Visit PPTBackgrounds.net 04 of 05 Unsplash Tim Oun / Unsplash What We Like Hundreds of options. High-quality photos. Download in original size. What We Don't Like Can't sort or filter the results. Some images aren't free to use. Lots of portrait oriented photos. No comments or ratings. Some are irrelevant for PowerPoint. Looking for something a bit more lifelike? Actual photos, available from the free public domain photo site Unsplash, are available for PowerPoint backgrounds, too. These images are already categorized away from the rest of the site's collection, so you can't filter or sort them. But there are some really great images here, although I admit not everything I've seen in this section is fit for a presentation. Visit Unsplash If you need one of these images to be landscape, you can crop the photo in PowerPoint. 05 of 05 Slidesgo What We Like Unique filtering options. What We Don't Like Paid options mixed in. The thousands of backgrounds at Slidesgo can be filtered by color, size, and format. I also like the style filter because it lets me locate backgrounds categorized as creative, modern, abstract, colorful, and more. Unfortunately, many of the backgrounds here are only for paying users, and you can't filter them out of the free list. Here's a tip: If the gold crown is in the corner of any thumbnail, it'll cost you to use it. Everything else is free! Visit Slidesgo Liven Up Your Presentation These free PowerPoint backgrounds will make your next presentation pop and leave a lasting impression. They're easy to add to both new and existing presentations, so you get a lot of value for the little effort it takes to find and download one. Are you looking for a little more than a background? Free PowerPoint templates change the look of a presentation and take it to another level. The 8 Best Free PowerPoint Alternatives Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Subscribe Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit