Am I going to lose my Home background when the Capture changes arrive?

HuskyMarauder · Oct 10, 2023

Hi there all,

I was just wondering if, when the Capture changes come on January 2024, if I'll lose my Xbox Home background?

I've had it since 2015, it's probably the only Capture I actually care about, and I have recently carried it over from my Xbox One S to my Series X. Problem is, it's not stored on my Xbox, it's on the Xbox Network and I can't move it over to my Xbox. In fact, Xbox force deletes my stuff anyway on my console storage.

There's no point uploading it to OneDrive or onto an external considering Xbox doesn't have a function to take images from those as Home backgrounds, so what's going to happen?

I haven't seen anyone asking this and it's a bit disconcerting so I thought I'd ask here.

Thanks for your time and stay safe.

:)

kyle_m4496

Hi! My name is Kyle and I'm an independent advisor.

"There's no point uploading it to OneDrive or onto an external considering Xbox doesn't have a function to take images from those as Home backgrounds"

This is not true; Xbox allows you to set a custom background using Microsoft Edge or a USB drive: https://support.xbox.com/help/account-profile/customize-xbox-home/change-xbox-one-background

To upload a customised image with a USB device:

Copy a JPG or PNG file that you want to use to a USB device, and then plug it into your Xbox. Make sure that the USB device is not formatted to be an external device for games storage.

Press the Xbox button on your controller to open the guide. Select Profile & system > Settings > General > Personalisation > My background > Customised image.

A dialogue box appears that shows the contents of your console and the connected USB device. Select the USB device, and then choose your image.

To upload a customised image by using Microsoft Edge:

Use the browser to find an image that you like for your Home screen background. While hovering your cursor over the image, press the Menu button, and then select Open image in new tab to make sure that the image is large enough to be a suitable background.

After you find the image that works best, press the Menu button while hovering over the large view of the image, and then select Set as background.

Please reach back if you have further questions.

Thanks,
Kyle

Kyhd NL

In order to change your background, follow these steps:

On your home screen go left and select Settings > All settings > Personalization > My color and background.

Here you can change the color of the tiles and background.

If you want a solid blue color, just select it by scrolling right.

This should fix it!

Edit: Does it change when you select a different color?

KhajiBower34

Hello Steuck, my name is Khaji I am the independent advisor and I will be happy to help you today.

To adjust the duration of the recordings in the background, go to: Start > Settings > Games > Captures. Under Background recording, with Record in background while playing enabled, select the time period to record last time period.

Best regards, Khaji

GREEK II LEGEND

Still don't understand why the home dashboard my profile etc is blank. When I go to change even the background it says service unavailable yet my mate who lives 5 mins away is having zero problems.

Eletricdrum

Hi JOEJOESTAR1, my name is Fernando and I am an independent consultant for Microsoft products.

Seems like the background recording is not enabled on your PC.

Please try the steps:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bac...

Enable Background Recording:

Refer Background recording settings in Captures on Windows 10 to know how to enable the Background Recording.

Am I going to lose my Home background when the Capture changes arrive?