Before Joining a Meeting

To ensure your Zoom background is blurred before your next meeting starts, launch the Zoom app on your computer.

• In Zoom’s top-right corner, select your initials or profile picture and choose “Settings.”

• In “Settings,” from the left sidebar, select “Background & Effects.”

• On the right pane, in the “Virtual Backgrounds” tab, select “Blur.” In the video preview, you’ll immediately notice that your background is blurred.

Tip: To unblur your background in the future, from the “Virtual Backgrounds” tab, select “None.”

If you’d like to blur your background while you’re already in a meeting, from the meeting screen’s bottom bar, select the up-arrow icon next to “Stop Video.”

• In the menu that opens, select “Blur My Background.”

Tip: Later, to unblur your background, choose the same “Blur My Background” option.

Blur Your Background in Zoom’s Mobile App

In Zoom’s mobile app, you can only blur your background when you’re in a meeting. To do that, from your meeting screen’s bottom-right corner, choose “More.”

In the menu that launches, select “Background & Effects.”

From the “Virtual Backgrounds” section, choose “Blur.”

Tip: To make your background visible again, select “None” from the same menu.