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Maxpearl
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November 2, 2022
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Zoom video recordings black side border

  • November 2, 2022
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I'm working on a course for Udemy with a colleague, and in my test videos, they complain about the border around the video. Is there a setting to get rid of that border, or does anyone have a fix using Adobe elements editing to get rid of the border?

 

Thanks!

Best answer by Bort

Unfortunately, that is just the built-in background behind all videos. If more participants are on video, then more video tiles appear, but the black background will remain behind and around all videos. 

They can maximize the Zoom window to allow the video to take up more space on their screen, but there will still be some black around the edges. 

 

Hope that helps and please make sure to mark the solution as accepted if this information is what you needed.

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Bort
Employee
Employee
November 2, 2022

Can you provide a screenshot of which black border you're referring to?

Maxpearl
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MaxpearlAuthor
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November 2, 2022

In this case, it's actually all the way around the video.

Bort
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Employee
November 3, 2022

Unfortunately, that is just the built-in background behind all videos. If more participants are on video, then more video tiles appear, but the black background will remain behind and around all videos. 

They can maximize the Zoom window to allow the video to take up more space on their screen, but there will still be some black around the edges. 

 

Hope that helps and please make sure to mark the solution as accepted if this information is what you needed.

Newcomer
May 4, 2025

Very Annoying. Everyone is using Zoom. We don’t want an ad telling us the obvious while reducing the available screen area by 20% (measure, do the math, and see for yourself)!