With the broader shift to remote work, many people turned common living spaces into home offices. Fortunately, meeting platforms such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams quickly implemented the ability to blur or change your background while on-camera in meetings. Don’t feel like making your bed? No problem, quickly change your background or blur it to hide the clothes scattered all over the place. This article will show you how to change your background in a Microsoft Teams meeting.
How To Change Your Background in a Microsoft Teams Meeting From The Microsoft Teams Desktopp App
To change your background in a Microsoft Teams meeting while using the Microsoft Teams desktop app, follow these steps.
Step 1: In the meeting window, click on the “More Actions” button (the “…”).
Step 2: Click on “Apply Background Effects”.
Step 3: Select the background that you would like to use and click “Apply”. Note that if you would like to see how the background will appear before enabling it, click “Preview”.
Step 4: After clicking apply, you will now have changed your Microsoft Teams background and it will be visible to all meeting participants.
How To Turn Off Background Effects in a Microsoft Teams Meeting
To disable a background effect or blurred background in a Microsoft Teams meeting follow the steps outlined below.
Step 1: In the meeting window click on the “More Actions” button (the “…”) and click on “Apply Background Effects”.
Step 2: Next, click the “None” option and click “Apply”.
And that’s it! That is how to enable and disable background effects in a Microsoft Teams meeting.
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