PowerPoint - Embed a YouTube video

In PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 or PowerPoint 2019, you can insert an online video from YouTube or Vimeo on a slide.

In PowerPoint for Microsoft 365, version 1907 or later, you can also insert an online video from Microsoft Stream, a video service for enterprises—people in an organization can upload, view, and share videos with one another.

The video plays directly from the website, and it has the site's controls for playing, pausing, volume, and so on. The PowerPoint playback features (Fade, Bookmark, Trim, and so on) don't apply to online videos.

Because the video is stored on a web site, rather than in your presentation, you must be connected to the internet in order for the video to play successfully.

Insert a web video

1. In your web browser, locate the video you want.

2. Copy the URL of the web page from the Address bar of your browser.

3. Switch back to PowerPoint and select the slide where you want to place the video.

4. On the Insert tab of the ribbon, select Video>Online Video.

5. In the Online Video dialog box, paste the URL you copied in step 2.

6. Select Insert.

Play the video

If a video is inserted successfully, you can play it either in Normal view or Slide Show. 

• A Play button appears on the video in Normal view.

• In Slide Show, you can interact with videos just as you would in a web browser.

• By default, videos from YouTube and Vimeo play in "click sequence." You can play the video without having to click the Play button. Just tap the spacebar to advance to the next step in your click sequence.