How to blur your Skype background before a call begins 1. Before you begin a video call, click the three-dot menu icon to the right of your account avatar, which you'll find in the pane on the left.

When you blur your background, you can choose to blur it completely, or only a small amount. Most early morning video calls take place soon after we've gotten out of bed.

Skype has launched a new feature that lets you blur your background during video calls. The idea is that it keeps you as the focus instead of distracting others with whatever embarrassing things ...