Group or ungroup shapes, pictures, or other objects – Microsoft Support

Only one shape or picture is selected. Make sure you have multiple shapes or pictures selected. You can’t use the Group tool with SVG icons, so those don’t count.

To group SVG icons together you have to convert them to shapes first. For more information on converting them to shapes, see: Convert an SVG image to an Office shape .

Your selection includes a table, worksheet, or GIF image. The Group button will not be available if any of these objects is selected.

If you are using PowerPoint, you might have tried to group something with the title placeholder text (“Click to add title”) or with the content placeholder (“Click to add text”).

In the above example, the blue square and the green circle can be grouped together. But the shapes cannot be grouped with the placeholder text.

To get the Group button back, move the shape, picture, or object to another location on your slide outside of the placeholder text, or remove the placeholder from the things you want to group.