Change your background for a Teams meeting

What this article covers

If you want to change what appears behind you in a Teams video meeting, you can either blur your background or replace it entirely. In this article, the following is covered:

• Changing your background before a meeting starts
• Changing your background during a meeting

Note: Blurring or replacing your background might not prevent sensitive information from being visible to other meeting participants.

Changing your background before a meeting starts

1. While you're setting up your video and audio before joining a meeting, select Background filters. It's just to the right of the camera switch. Your background options will display on the right.
2. Choose Standard Blur to blur your background. You'll appear nice and clear while everything behind you is subtly concealed. 
3. You can also replace your background with one of the images provided.

Note: You can also download and add an FGCU-themed background.
1) Click the "FGCU-themed background" link above to access the Photo Shelter site.
2) Click "Teams Virtual Backgrounds" or anywhere on the blocks displayed.
3) Click the Download button for the image you want to download to your computer.
4) Then within Teams, follow the changing your background before a meeting starts, step 1 above > Add new button .

Changing your background during a meeting

1. To alter your background after you've joined a meeting, go to your meeting controls and select the drop-down arrow next to the Camera button  > More video effects and settings.
   
2. Select Standard Blur to blur your background, or choose from the available images to replace it.
3. You can preview your chosen background to see how it looks before you apply it by using the Preview button. 
   
   Note: You can also download and add an FGCU-themed background.
   1) Click the "FGCU-themed background" link above to access the Photo Shelter site.
   2) Click "Teams Virtual Backgrounds" or anywhere on the blocks displayed.
   3) Click the Download button for the image you want to download to your computer.
   4) Then within Teams, follow the changing your background during a meeting, step 1 above > Add new button .

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