Microsoft now lets users use a virtual image as a video background during video calls and meetings. This feature will help you to hide your room or background to ensure more privacy. Below, you will find a list of cool Microsoft Teams background images that you can download and use as virtual images.
As of now, it is not possible to use custom images as Microsoft Teams background. But that doesn’t mean we cannot use external images as a virtual background. There is a small workaround that you can try to use any image as Microsoft Teams background.
Teams Background Images Download
Go through the images given below, select the one that you like and then download it to your device. Follow the instructions to you the downloaded image as Microsoft Teams background and you are all good to go.
Best Microsoft Teams Backgrounds in 2025
Beneath every image, you will find a direct link to save the image in high quality. Once downloaded, follow the instructions to set it as your Microsoft Teams meeting background.
Office Microsoft Teams Background
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Cool Teams Background
Perfect Background
Download | Source: Reddit/egcivic90
Lofi Girl background
Download | Source: Reddit/u/Swimming_Hamster_997
Coffee Shop
Download | Source: Reddit/u/coolguycolorado
Fawlty Towers – Manuel’s Room
Download | Source: Reddit/u/Jonnymoderation
A background from Avatar: The Last Airbender
Download | Source: Reddit/u/CamilaCazzy
Back Seat
Download | Source: Reddit/u/Captain-Currage-O-O
Best Microsoft Teams Background Images from Reddit
Here are some cool Microsoft Teams Background images shared by various users on Reddit.
Waddling Duck
Download | Source: Reddit/u/CptLande
Animated Looping
Download | Source: Reddit/u/Quagdarr
Take a meeting from inside the car wash!
Download | Source: Reddit/u/Najones2003
UFO Cockpit
Download | Source: Reddit/u/fatproduce
Newly Added Microsoft Teams Meeting Backgrounds
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Interesting Background Images
Pirate Santa
Download | Source: Reddit/u/StarLads
How to Setup Custom Background in Microsoft Teams?
As you might already know, Microsoft Teams does not officially allow us to use custom images as meeting backgrounds. But as mentioned earlier, there is a small trick that you can use to set a custom background.
Here is how to do it.
See how to do it in Windows and macOS.
Change Teams Background in Windows
Go to Windows installation drive > Users > (Your Username) > AppData > Roaming > Microsoft > Teams > Backgrounds > Uploads
Copy the images to the upload folder.
Change Teams Background in macOS
Go to Users > (Your Username) > Library > Application > Support > Microsoft > Teams > Backgrounds> Uploads
Copy the images to the upload folder.
Now if you go to Background Settings in Microsoft Teams, you will be able to find the newly added images there. Just click on the image and set it as Microsoft Teams Meeting Background.
Make sure to check back later as if we update this article with more cool Microsoft Teams Images to use as custom background.
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Download Microsoft Teams Backgrounds: Final Words
These are some of the cool, popular, and interesting background images that you can use as Microsoft Teams background. If you need to use custom images as background then you should use the Microsoft Teams app for Windows or macOS. It’s not possible to use custom backgrounds in the web version of Microsoft Teams yet.
