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# disableVirtualBackground()

Removes (if already enabled) the virtual background for the local user.

```javascript
sambaFrame.disableVirtualBackground();
```

**Sample use cases**: 

* You may want to control virtual background for the local user dynamically during the meeting.

{% hint style="info" %}
The related events are [captionsFontSizeChanged](/reference/sdk/events/captionsfontsizechanged.md) and [captionsSpokenLanguageChanged](/reference/sdk/events/captionsspokenlanguagechanged.md) if you want to be informed when the captions settings has been changed.
{% endhint %}