Recently, conferencing apps are on the rise and people are using it majorly for their official and personal purposes. However, it is quite common that most people may not be very social media savvy. This means they may feel awkward while going live over video. For that issue Zoom Meeting which is one of the most popular applications for online meetups has a solution. Instead of going live on the video, the user can put up a profile picture.
In this guide, I will tell you how to put up a profile picture before a meeting or while participating in the meeting. You have to turn the video off from your end. Then instead of video content, your opposition will see your profile picture. Of course, it will have your name as well. So, let’s get into the guide and see how we can do it.
How to Show Profile Picture Instead of Video in Zoom Meeting
There are two ways by which we can use a profile picture instead of appearing live on the video.
Setting Profile Picture Before Starting A Zoom Meeting
- Launch Zoom
- On the right-hand corner above tap on your profile
- From the drop-down menu select My Profile
- You will be redirected to the next screen on Zoom
- Click on Change [There would be a dummy profile icon]
- Now browse through PC and upload your choice of image
- You can crop the image wherever it is necessary to adjust what portion of the photo shows up on the profile picture frame.
- Once done click on Save.
If you already have an image and wish to remove it then instead of clicking Change click on Delete.
