Enabling or disabling blurred background

The Blur background feature digitally obscures your surroundings in video meetings while keeping you in focus. You can apply this feature when you want to maintain privacy without using a virtual background. It obscures background details such as room interiors, other people, or distracting elements during video calls.

Requirements for using blurred background

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How to enable or disable blurred background

As a meeting host or participant, or webinar host or panelist, you can use this feature to blur your background either before joining a meeting or webinar or while it is in progress.

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Windows | macOS | Linux

Enable or disable blurred your background before a meeting or webinar

  1. Sign in to the Zoom Workplace desktop app.
  2. In the top-right corner, click your profile picture or initials, then click Settings.
  3. Click the Video & effects  tab.
  4. Click the Backgrounds tab.
    Note: If you do not have the Backgrounds tab and you have enabled it on the web portal, sign out of the Zoom Workplace desktop app and sign in again.
  5. Click the Blur icon.
    Your background will become blurred behind you, obscuring your surroundings.
  6. (Optional) Click None or click a virtual background to disable the blurred background.

Enable or disable blurred background during a meeting or webinar

  1. Join a Zoom meeting as a host or participant or webinar as a host or panelist from your Zoom Workplace desktop app.
  2. In the bottom-left corner of the video window, click the arrow icon next to Video .
  3. Click the Blur my background toggle to enable or disable it.
    Note: Enabling Blur my background will remove your virtual background, if one is used. To use a virtual background again, you'll need to set it up again.
Android | iOS

Enable or disable blurred background during a meeting or webinar

  1. Join a Zoom meeting as a host or participant or webinar as a host or panelist from your Zoom Workplace mobile app.
  2. While in a Zoom meeting or webinar, in the bottom-right corner of the controls toolbar, tap More .
  3. Tap Settings then Virtual background.
  4. Under the Virtual backgrounds tab, tap Blur.
    Your background will become blurred behind you, obscuring your surroundings.
  5. (Optional) Tap None or tap a virtual background to disable the blurred background.
  6. To return to the main meeting or webinar window, tap the minimize icon then click the close icon .