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Clear Microsoft PowerPoint Cache on Mac

Clearing the cache frees space and often helps when the app is slow, while your presentations and sign-in stay in place. Use any cache option in the app's own settings first, and only then remove cache files by hand.

Last updated: October 31, 20262 min read

Clear the Microsoft PowerPoint cache without guessing

Microsoft PowerPoint data usually takes 200 MB – 5 GB on a Mac. The free scan shows the exact size on your Mac before you change anything.

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Application: Microsoft PowerPoint
Typical data size: 200 MB – 5 GB
Category: Office
File Location: ~/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Powerpoint

Microsoft PowerPoint cache folders you can clear

Microsoft PowerPoint has no separate cache folder. Its folders hold settings and your own data, so there is nothing to clear safely by hand.

What the Microsoft PowerPoint cache holds and when clearing helps

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The cache lives inside the app's sandbox container, next to preferences and AutoRecovery copies of unsaved presentations. Those recovery copies are your own data, so keep them when you clear the cache. Clearing helps when presentations with video open slowly or the container has grown to several gigabytes. Embedded media caches can make it large, and typical data for this app runs from 200 MB – 5 GB.

What happens after you clear the Microsoft PowerPoint cache

The cache rebuilds the next time you use the app, so the first start will be slower. Presentations stay wherever you saved them, and sign-in data is kept outside the cache, so you should not need to sign in again. Videos may open a little slower until the media cache has filled again.

Save open presentations and close them first.Check the app's settings for a cache option before removing files manually.Quit the app completely before removing any cache files.Leave AutoRecovery and sign-in folders untouched when you clear the cache.

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Account and sync: Office is licensed through the Microsoft account that activated it; removing the app does not cancel a Microsoft 365 subscription.

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Frequently asked questions

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Will clearing the cache log me out?

Usually not, because sign-in data is kept in shared Office folders outside the cache. If you are asked to sign in, use the Microsoft account that activated Office.

Why is the first start slow after clearing?

The cache is empty, so the app rebuilds what it needs as you open presentations. Presentations with video take longest until the media cache has filled again.