Teams virtual background issue

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Teams virtual background issue

Posted by Vicky Colyer on May 4, 2022 at 9:57am in Technology & platforms

Hi everyone,

I have a problem with the virtual backgrounds in Teams. I'm using the desktop program on my windows computer.

When I go to change my virtual background I see loads of options but I'd like to add more of my own, but i am limited to about 20 or so. Because of the different projects and clients I work with I'd like to add more, but I can't see how to delete old ones or the standard ones I don't want to use.

Any advice please?

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Helen Tyson May 4, 2022 at 11:22am

It had been bugging me too, so here's what I found when I googled:

1) Press the Windows key + R, copy/paste the following command, and press Enter.

%AppData%\Microsoft\Teams\Backgrounds\Uploads

2) In this folder, you can view the images of the custom background

I've tried it, and it worked for me.
- Jo Cook > Helen Tyson May 4, 2022 at 1:52pm
  
  I found the same thing Helen!
  
  I also found that you can do the same with this path:
  
  %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Teams\Backgrounds
  
  You'll get the standard Microsoft ones you can delete.
  
  If people are on a Mac this page might help with the paths.
  
  There more on Teams backgrounds here.
  
  And info and video on this page.
  
  Thanks :D
  
  We showed you how to (unofficially) set your own custom Teams background - here's how to do it on a…
  
  Here's how you can set your own custom image unofficially in Microsoft Teams on a Mac.