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Hide my video, only for me

Video calling works great, but one feature I really wish Teams had in common with Skype for Business is the ability to hide my own video. It's pretty distracting and makes me feel a bit self-conscious, so I often end up turning it off... Skype has a little button in the top right of the user's own video that hides it. This would be really useful!

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  • Leslie commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Yes, PLEASE! My seven year old is terrified of seeing himself on video and has such a hard time participating in class because of it.

  • Ragnar commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Definitely would be a great help and it doesn't on the face of it (pun slightly intended!) appear that hard

  • Jen commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Yes, please! My six year old is using Teams for remote learning and she doesn’t like looking at herself either; it’s distracting. I’m used to it for my work but I’d like to turn it off for my kid. Thank you!

  • AM commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is needed for 2 reasons:
    1. seeing myself is distracting and makes me self-conscious.
    2. the window with my own face partly covers another participant's image

  • Justin Smith commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Empathy killer, when your own video is starting you in the face, you can't focus on the other. It's such a simple toggle, please allow this. The feeling / difference between Zoom and Teams on this is huge at the end of the day. Way less draining!

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Came here to find out how to do this. Definitely agree this is a needed feature.

  • Golan Remi commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    When there are many people on the video, my own video will hide anyone on the bottom right corner.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This feature would be very useful for my students and I. Could it be implemented?

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Agree with this. It makes me feel self conscious and lose self confidence. Anxious to see a self hide feature so it doesn't disadvantage me, and others, in the virtual space at work.

  • Stein Strindhaug commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Seeing myself with a slight delay in the periferal vision all the time, makes my tics go from barely noticeable to really annoying. It's bad enough that I know I'm being watched; but when I make a small tick like a eye twitch or whatever; then I see myself moments later doing that twitch; it really triggers me to do it again.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please implement this. I do not want this for myself but for my elementary school aged child who is remote learning via teams. I routinely see him being distracted by himself. Please add this. It will help teachers and students. It is something zoom currently has.

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