How to Remove 'Created with NotebookLM' from Slides, PDF & PPTX (2026)

Getting Rid of the "Created with NotebookLM" Mark

You generated a slide deck in NotebookLM, exported it, and now every single slide carries a small badge that reads "Created with NotebookLM" in the bottom-right corner. It's the first thing your audience notices, and it quietly signals that the deck was AI-generated on a free plan. If you're presenting to a client, submitting coursework, or sharing a report, that branding has to go.

This guide is specifically about that exact mark — the "Created with NotebookLM" text (Google also uses the wording "Made with NotebookLM" on some exports). We'll cover what it looks like, where it appears, why Google adds it, and how to strip it from PDF, PPTX, and slide exports for free — entirely in your browser, with no upload and no quality loss.

What the "Created with NotebookLM" Mark Looks Like

The mark is a compact badge: a small NotebookLM icon (a stylized notebook glyph) followed by the words "Created with NotebookLM" — or "Made with NotebookLM," depending on the export type and locale. It's rendered in muted gray text so it doesn't scream for attention, but it's present on every page of the deck, which makes it impossible to ignore once you're flipping through slides.

A few things to know about it:

• It's baked into the image. On PDF and slide exports, each page is a flattened rendered image. The badge is part of those pixels, not a separate text box or layer.
• It's consistent. Same position, same size, same wording on every slide — which, conveniently, is exactly what makes automated removal reliable.
• It's small but sharp. Roughly 350 × 80 pixels in the scan region at native resolution, sitting flush against the bottom-right edge.

Where It Appears on Your Slides

The "Created with NotebookLM" badge lives in the bottom-right corner of every slide, PDF page, and PPTX slide you export from the free tier. It doesn't move between slides, and it doesn't shrink or grow — Google places it in the same spot every time.

This applies across all of NotebookLM's slide-style outputs:

• PDF slide exports — the badge is on the bottom-right of every page.
• PPTX exports — each slide's image carries the badge in the same corner.
• Google Slides links — the badge appears on every slide; download as PDF to process it.

For exact pixel coordinates across every NotebookLM export format, see our complete watermark position guide. For a deeper look at slide deck exports specifically, read NotebookLM Slide Decks: Create, Export & Remove the Watermark.

Why Google Adds the "Created with NotebookLM" Branding

The branding isn't there to annoy you — it serves a few purposes from Google's side:

• AI provenance — as AI-generated content proliferates, platforms increasingly label output so viewers know it was machine-generated. The badge is a transparency signal.
• Free-tier marketing — every deck you share becomes an advertisement for NotebookLM. It's the same reason free design tools stamp their logo on exports.
• Upsell pressure — the watermark is removed on paid plans (Google AI Ultra, at $250/month). The branding nudges heavy users toward upgrading.

None of that changes the fact that you own your content — the slides are built from your sources, your research, your prompts. Removing a cosmetic badge from your own material is a reasonable thing to want.

Why You Can't Just Delete It in a PDF or PowerPoint Editor

The obvious first move is to open the file in Acrobat, Preview, or PowerPoint and delete the badge. It doesn't work — and here's why.

NotebookLM exports each slide as a flattened image. In the PDF, every page is one big picture; in the PPTX, each slide holds a full-slide image. The "Created with NotebookLM" text is part of that image's pixels. There's no text box to select, no layer to hide, no annotation to remove. When you click on it in an editor, you select the entire slide image, not the badge.

To actually remove it, you need image processing that can:

1. Locate the badge region inside the rendered slide image
2. Erase the badge pixels
3. Reconstruct the background that was behind the badge
4. Rebuild a clean PDF or PPTX from the processed pages

That's precisely what our tool automates.

How to Remove "Created with NotebookLM" — Free, In Your Browser

Our remover runs entirely client-side. Your file never leaves your device — no upload, no server, no account. Pick the tool that matches your export format:

For PDF slides → the Slides remover

1. Go to our Slides Watermark Remover and drop your exported PDF into the upload zone.
2. The engine renders each page with pdf.js (2× or 3× resolution), scans the bottom-right corner, detects the "Created with NotebookLM" badge using connected-component analysis, and reconstructs the area with gradient interpolation from surrounding pixels.
3. pdf-lib rebuilds a clean PDF at high JPEG quality. You get a scrollable preview of every page, then download.

For PowerPoint files → the PPTX remover

1. Go to our PPTX Watermark Remover and drop your .pptx file in.
2. The engine unpacks the PPTX (it's a ZIP archive under the hood), processes each slide image in ppt/media/ through the same watermark-removal pipeline, then repacks the file.
3. You get back a clean .pptx you can open and edit in PowerPoint or Google Slides — badge gone, everything else intact.

A typical 10-slide deck finishes in about 3–5 seconds. There's no page limit beyond your device's memory — a 50-slide deck works the same, just proportionally longer.

Manual Methods (and Why They Fall Short)

Before you reach for our tool, it's worth understanding the alternatives people try — and where each one breaks down.

Google Slides AI editor

If you exported to Google Slides, you might try selecting the badge to delete it. But the badge is embedded in the slide image, so you can't isolate it. Some users try covering it with a white rectangle — which works only if the slide background behind the badge is pure white. On any colored, gradient, or image background, the patch is obvious.

Canva or other design tools

You can import a slide into Canva and place a shape over the badge. This is manual, per-slide work, and the same background-matching problem applies. For a 20-slide deck, that's 20 rounds of tedious patching that rarely looks clean.

Cropping

Cropping the bottom-right corner off every slide removes the badge but also cuts real content — footnotes, page numbers, or the edge of a chart. It also changes the aspect ratio, which distorts your slides when presented full-screen.

Photoshop / GIMP

A skilled editor can clone-stamp the badge out cleanly — but it's manual, one page at a time, and requires the software plus the skill. Fine for a single hero slide; impractical for a full deck.

Method	Cost	Effort	Quality
NotebookLM Remover (this tool)	Free	One click, all slides at once	High — gradient reconstruction, no quality loss
Google AI Ultra (paid plan)	$250/month	None (never generated)	Perfect
White rectangle cover-up	Free	Per slide, manual	Low — only works on white backgrounds
Cropping	Free	Per slide	Low — cuts content, distorts ratio
Photoshop / GIMP	Free–$23/mo	High, per slide	High (with skill)

Why Our Tool Is the Better Choice

Every manual method shares the same weaknesses: they're per-slide, they depend on your editing skill, and they struggle with anything other than a plain white background. Our tool sidesteps all of that:

• Automated detection — the engine finds the "Created with NotebookLM" badge on its own using connected-component analysis. You don't point at it or trace it.
• All slides in one pass — a 5-slide deck and a 50-slide deck are the same single operation. No repeating yourself page by page.
• No quality loss — instead of cropping or covering, the engine reconstructs the background where the badge sat, so the rest of the slide is untouched. Output renders at 2× or 3× resolution.
• 100% private — everything runs in your browser. Your slides — which may contain confidential research or client data — never get uploaded anywhere.
• Free — no account, no watermark on the output, no $250/month subscription.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is it "Created with NotebookLM" or "Made with NotebookLM"?

You'll see both. Google uses slightly different wording across export types and languages — "Created with NotebookLM" and "Made with NotebookLM" refer to the same bottom-right badge. Our tool removes it regardless of the exact text, because it detects the badge by its visual pattern and position, not by matching specific words.

Can I remove it from a PPTX and still edit the slides afterward?

Yes. The PPTX remover returns a standard .pptx file. Only the slide images are processed to remove the badge — the file structure stays intact, so you can open it in PowerPoint or Google Slides and keep editing normally.

Does removing the badge get me in trouble?

The slides are generated from your own sources and prompts — the content is yours. The badge is a cosmetic free-tier stamp, similar to logos that free design tools add to exports. Removing it from your own material for your own presentation is a routine use case. (If you're redistributing content commercially, review Google's current terms for your specific situation.)