Password-protect a presentation

You can assign a password to a presentation so that only those who know the password can open the presentation.

Require a password to open a presentation

Passwords can consist of almost any combination of numerals, capital or lowercase letters, and special keyboard characters.

If you add a password after you share a presentation, be sure to notify collaborators.

Note: Adding a password to a presentation doesn’t encrypt the file.

Change or remove a password

Passwords apply to presentations when you share them using iCloud, so your collaborators need the password to open the presentation. A presentation can have only one password to open it. If you change the password when you share the presentation, that becomes the presentation’s only password.

When you add or change a password, the password applies only to versions created after the password was added or changed. To prevent others from restoring unprotected versions or versions with older passwords, stop sharing the presentation, add a password to it, then share the presentation again.

Note: You can also protect a presentation by requiring a separate password to stop or exit the presentation while it’s playing. This password requirement is useful, for example, when the presentation is set to play automatically in a kiosk.

See also
View, copy, and restore an earlier version of a presentation
Collaborate with others on a presentation
Use iCloud with Keynote