Apply video editing options such as
recoloring,
corrections,
preset video styles,
video borders,
video effects,
resizing / flipping, etc. to your video clip, and the resultant video may appear to be entirely different
from what you started with. The fact that you can make your videos look so different in PowerPoint with customizations galore can
sometimes prove to be a disadvantage, especially if you want to get rid of all customizations and get back to original state of your video
clip. Fortunately, the Reset Design option is just what you need at this point! In this tutorial, you will
learn how you can restore a video clip to its default appearance in
PowerPoint 2016, and get rid of any customizations you may have made. Follow
these steps to learn more:
Note: Once you apply
compression to a
resized clip, you will
thereafter find that the
Reset options can only reset the appearance of the video.
- Open your presentation, and navigate to the required slide where you have already
inserted a video clip. If your
video clip is not already customized, go ahead and apply some customization. The video clip that you see
within Figure 1, below has been
recolored, has a
video style applied, and has also
been flipped.

Figure 1: Video clip with various customizations applied
Notice that our video clip has a
Poster Frame applied
(indicated in the Player Control bar, highlighted in red within
Figure 1, above). If your video clip doesn't have a Poster Frame added, you can add one now. However, this
is entirely optional.
- With your video clip selected, you will see the two contextual Video Tools tabs in the
Ribbon. These two tabs are
Format and Playback. Click the Format tab to activate it,
as shown in Figure 1 (highlighted in blue).
- Within the Video Tools Format tab, click the down-arrow of the
Reset Design button (highlighted in red within
Figure 2) to access the Reset Design drop-down gallery that you can see
in Figure 2, below.

Figure 2: Reset Design drop-down gallery within Adjust group
Both the options within the Reset Design drop-down gallery are explained below:
Reset Design: Select this option to undo all edits such as corrections, recoloring, etc.
This will not reset the video if it is resized, rotated, or flipped.
Reset Design & Size: Choosing this option will reset the the video clip completely, even if the video clip has
been cropped,
resized, rotated, or flipped, etc.
Note: When any of the
Reset Design options are used, the inserted video is
reset to exactly the state it was when inserted for the first time. The only exception though is that any
Poster Frame you added will not be removed. To remove the
Poster Frame,
you need to use a separate
Reset option for
Poster Frames, as explained in
our
Poster Frames for
Videos in PowerPoint 2016 tutorial.
- Select the required option. In Figure 3 below, you can see the video clip after we applied the
Reset Design option.

Figure 3: Reset Design option applied to the video
- Make sure you save your presentation option.
See Also:
Reset Options for Videos in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows
Reset Option for Movies
in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac
Reset Options for Videos in
PowerPoint 2010 for Windows