Sure, you could share your piles of laundry with the world, but these university-branded backgrounds are a bit more professional.
2025 Backgrounds
Click on any of the backgrounds below to open the full-size image. Once the full-size image is open, right click on the image and choose "Save Image As" to save it to your computer.
Campus Views
Click on any of the backgrounds below to open the full-size image. Once the full-size image is open, right click on the image and choose "Save Image As" to save it to your computer.
Dave Meikle Paintings
Utah Athletics
Click on any of the backgrounds below to open the full-size image. Once the full-size image is open, right click on the image and choose "Save Image As" to save it to your computer.
How to install your background
Save a Background
Click on any of the backgrounds below to open the full-size image. Once the full-size image is open, right click on the image and choose "Save Image As" to save it to your computer.
Add background(s) to Zoom
Go to Zoom at Zoom.us, join an existing meeting link or open the desktop application on your PC or Mac.
If you do not have Zoom loaded onto your computer you can download it here.
MAC
On a Mac when you start or enter a Zoom meeting press your “Command key ⌘” and “comma ,” a window will pop-up with the menu option “Virtual Backgrounds” menu option on the left.
PC
On a PC when you start or enter a Zoom meeting click the “up arrow” next to "Stop Video" and select "Choose Virtual Background" menu option.
MAC & PC
Click on the “Virtual Background” menu option and then click the "+" next to "Choose Virtual Background" to select the U background that you saved to your computer.
Be sure to uncheck the "Mirror my video" box option under Video Settings.
Technical Assistance
Make sure to position yourself against a solid-colored background. (Note: Higher quality cameras result in a better virtual background effect.) Please refer to the Zoom Help Center if you experience any issues.
