The vertical beam halo is the main limitation for very low gap operation of in-vacuum undulators at the ESRF EBS. The vertical halo is due to Touschek electrons with large energy deviation crossing some betatron resonances. The crossing of the resonances can transfer horizontal momentum to vertical momentum. The beam halo has been characterized and measured and different low halo optics have been studied and tested to allow the operation of the machine with lower in-vacuum undulator gaps.