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TonyRedmond
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Apr 05, 2020
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Custom Background Images for Teams Meetings

  Teams allows you to use a set of images selected by Microsoft as the background for meetings. It’s a nice feature, even if it lacks the ability to upload and use a custom image of your own. This ...
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jenncarneiro
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Apr 16, 2020

Gretz_AU 

I also cannot locate that folder, but I do have the new backgrounds (stock)... I'm also on Windows 10.

 

I've searched the entire AppData folder for "backgrounds" and nothing comes up for microsoft.

 

Could someone who has successfully located this folder share a filename of one of the stock images to search on?  Also, does anyone know where this is stored for the mac version?

Thank you for all help 🙂

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TonyRedmond
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Apr 16, 2020

jenncarneiro  Have you tried after joining a meeting and selecting the background effects option? This causes the folder to be created...

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    fabfab
    Brass Contributor
    Apr 20, 2020
    It doesn't work without selecting the background effects once and trying it out. Even manually creating the folders doesn't do it, until you use it once.
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    jenncarneiro
    Copper Contributor
    Apr 16, 2020

    TonyRedmond  - Thank you. I had only used that feature on my mac so far.
    I have now done it on windows and found the folder 🙂

    One of the files is called fluentspaces3.png which i used the same image as a background on mac.

    I searched this filename on mac and had no results.

     

    Does anyone know the folder location on macOS Mojave? The location listed in the linked article does not exist for me unfortunately.

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      Kevin-M
      Copper Contributor
      Apr 21, 2020

      The location on the Mac:

       

      ~/Library/Application Support/Teams/Backgrounds/Uploads

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        Kevin-M
        Copper Contributor
        Apr 21, 2020

        If you're having issues. Go to Finder and select "Go to folder" from the Go menu. Type in ~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft since the teams/backgrounds/uploads may not have been created yet.

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      JoshNelson
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      Apr 16, 2020

      jenncarneiro I also don't have this feature. I don't think all versions of Teams has this feature yet. I am using the desktop app in Windows 10 Pro on Teams Version 1.3.00.4461 (64-bit). For those of you that it's working for can you tell me your version and how you got it? I go to update and it says I have the most current but I don't have the option to add a background.

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        RELMoore
        Copper Contributor
        Apr 22, 2020

        JoshNelson 

         

        I had the same thing happen but now it works - although saying that I can't remember if I was on the browser or the app on my laptop.