If you want to remove the blur feature, go back to the same settings, and select Select the Blur option from the Virtual Backgrounds section to blur your background.Click on Choose Virtual Background and then select the Background & Filters section from the left.Click the small arrow that’s pointing up located in the bottom-left corner, next to the Start/Stop video button.Once you’ve confirmed that your Zoom is up-to-date, here’s how to quickly turn on the Blur feature. If there’s a pending update that you can install, it will be shown in that window, and you can click on it to install it.

If it is 5.5 or later, you are good to go. A small window will appear showing the current version of your Zoom.To check your current Zoom version, open the app and select your profile icon (top-right).However, note that this feature is only available in the 5.5 and later versions of Zoom, so you first need to check what your current version of Zoom is and update it if necessary: Fortunately, Zoom offers an easy and effective way of blurring your background, so that the only thing that your camera shows clearly is you.

When participating in Zoom calls, you may sometimes find yourself in a busy place, with a lot of stuff happening behind and around you, in which case you may prefer to keep your camera focused solely on you, while the background remains blurred.

Note that, to be able to blur Zoom background on Mac, the app needs to be version 5.5 or later. To blur Zoom background on Mac, simply go to the Background & Filter settings of the app and choose the Blur virtual background.

Zoom virtual background blurred