Let’s say you have a meeting on a video conference platform, but your normal work-from-home space is occupied, or worse, a mess. You have no time to clean it up, or find a neutral, privacy-maintaining space to set up, and panic sets in. Don’t worry—you have options to hide the space behind you: background blurring.

This easily toggleable option can keep your space private, or render messy rooms fuzzy, and it’s available in Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet right now. This free PDF ebook from TechRepublic shows you how.