Make Your Co-Workers Chuckle or Cringe With These Iconic (and Funny) Zoom Backgrounds

Since most of us are now operating online for work and school thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, we often find ourselves utilizing Zoom for meetings with colleagues and classmates.

While most opt to display the background that actually sits behind them, if you're one who wants to hide your embarrassing childhood bedroom or unorganized living room, you can change your Zoom background to something funnier and more exciting. Here's a roundup of some of the best and funniest Zoom backgrounds we thought you'd might like to try.

Don't settle for a boring Zoom background, change it to one of these!

Changing your Zoom background is easy, and you can upload your own photos to use as a background. Maybe you want to relive your study abroad days while completing your last gen-ed class. Or, maybe you want to pretend you're somewhere far away from home (maybe on an exotic island?). Whatever you want, you can make it your backdrop for your next online class or meeting.

You can set your background as video.

FYI, you can make your Zoom background a video. And what more iconic working-from-home video than the infamous news interview where your child walks in the room and steals the show.

This professor made Harry Styles her Zoom background.

I repeat: Harry Styles makes everything better. Although meeting Harry might be out of the question, one can dream, right? At the least, you can set your Zoom background to Harry if you're feeling comical.

Why not make your Zoom background reflect a scene from a horror movie.

Looking to show off your Halloween spirit? Or, better yet, want to leave your co-workers with something to talk about after your meeting? The scene from a horror movie ought to do the trick!

Why be at Hogwarts when you can *be* Hogwarts?

With the funny backgrounds comes funny background fails. At some point, your computer is bound to confuse you for the background and make you the background. Embrace it and call in like that.

Share your favorite TV show with your classmates.

Take your video background one step further and share your favorite TV show with your classmates while you're meeting — it's way better than just opening it in another tab and watching with subtitles.

One of the funniest and most confusing Zoom backgrounds created so far!

It looks like this guy recorded himself sitting at his computer and then whilst sitting there, brings himself a cup of coffee. Or perhaps it's the other way around. Baffling right?

Bring your classmates to the location of your research.

You have to admit, this is one thing that you can't do in the classroom or in the office. If you're presenting research on a specific area or geographical location, why not transport your classmates to the location you're referencing?

Make your professor your background.

For ultimate trolling, we recommend taking a photo of your teacher and setting it as your background. Bonus points if you happen to have a particularly embarrassing one.

Transport yourself to nature.

While you don't actually have to stay in your house when working from home, why not pretend you're having class outside by setting your background to some peaceful nature scenes.

This TV guest was diving and washing a car while appearing as a guest on 9News.

Before you attempt to set a funny Zoom background, make sure you've experimented with the program first! This guy, who appeared as guest on 9News in 2023, was fumbling with his Zoom backgrounds and accidentally set it to the deep ocean and a driveway where a small girl was washing a car.

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