The main social network on the RuNet, VKontakte, was created by a team of real professionals. Therefore, a huge number of different settings and functions will appeal to any user. All settings on the site In contact with, are useful for certain actions. There are no empty settings that are practically not needed and are just there for show. But, of course, the most popular and popular settings for the VKontakte service are privacy settings.

What are privacy settings in contact?

These settings are responsible for fairly specific functions, namely user access to certain parts of your page. They are very wide and multi-variant. Includes both many user categories and many categories that can be hidden from below. Moreover, there are even partial hiding functions.

As already mentioned, there are quite a lot of them. First, you should clarify what user categories are. When you add a person to this or that person, he immediately acquires the status of “friend”. This means that we already have two categories of users: friends and non-friends. There is a third group - friends of friends. The main one is, of course, the “friends” group. It is this that we can divide into an infinite number of categories.

Categories of friends of the contact itself :
1. Relatives
2. Close friends
3. Colleagues
4. Friends from school and university.
But besides them, you can create countless of your own own groups friends. The system allows you to easily and freely move friends from one category to another. Also, any user can be in several categories of friends at the same time, even in all of them at once.

What privacy settings can you configure on your contact account?

The VKontakte service has given its users a lot of privacy settings. But each of them has its own clear function. In the settings we can specify what actions the user can perform. More precisely, the user category. We can prohibit all users from performing actions at once or only those who are not on the friends list. And of course we can prohibit the execution of actions in the FRIENDS category. Such as relatives, school friends, and so on. Thus, we can select a group of favorites and open some functions only to them. You can create an entire network of privacy settings, with dozens of groups and a specific set of capabilities assigned to each group. So, what actions can we edit?

1 . Invitations to the group.
2 . View lists of groups.
3 . Invitation to meetings.
4 . Ability to write personal messages.
5 . View photos.
6 . View friends lists.
7 . View wall.
8 . Possibility to leave messages on the wall.
9 . Possibility of leaving graffiti on the wall.
10 . View page.
11 . View gifts.
12 . View your wish list.
13 . View addresses.
14 . Ability to comment on status.

Is it only in the settings that you can hide your page from viewing?

Edit certain functions you can not only in the settings. That is, in the option that we see on the left side of our account. This can also be done directly. That is, close a certain photo album from viewing, and so on.

So if you have firmly decided to protect your page as much as possible from unwanted viewing, we advise you to work closely with the privacy settings of your contact account.

Hello, friends!

VK settings will help you do your work and communication in social network simpler and more enjoyable for you and your subscribers.

Why do I think that you need to take a responsible approach to filling out your VKontakte page profile? And why bother setting it up at all?

For example, if you are applying for a job or are a freelancer, your potential employers will evaluate your adequacy, including personal pages on social networks.

Let's look at the settings in VK and find out where to find them and how to configure various parameters, how to change the privacy settings on your page. The network developers tried to make the design as clear as possible and exclude any hidden settings.

In order for network users to uniquely identify you, let's start filling out your profile by setting a photo. She will also serve as a kind of avatar. To do this, after entering the page, click on the “Insert photo” field.

Then click the “Select file” button.

Select the photo you want to use for your page.

You can also select an area and it will be shown on the page if you don’t like the entire photo.

This completes the installation of the avatar.

Personal information

IN previous versions On VKontakte, the “My Settings” item has disappeared from its usual place.

Now, to enter these VK settings, you need to go to the right top corner open page Click on the field with your name, photo (if you previously installed it) and the down arrow.

In the drop-down menu, you select the “Edit” item and get access to sub-items that you can fill out and change if necessary.

You can also change information about yourself by clicking on the “Edit” button located under the main photo or by opening detailed information and moving the cursor to the block of interest, where the correction function will appear.

Basics

The “Interests” item allows you to talk about your preferences: from your favorite music, books, quotes, games to activities in public organizations.

Education

Everything here is extremely clear and precise - you need to indicate the country, city, educational institution where you received your education. There are two tabs: with secondary and higher education.

Item reminds work book. Place of work, start year, end year, country, city.

Military service

Those liable for military service can indicate the country, unit and years of service.

Life position

The final settings item prompts you to specify additional information about the account owner:

• attitude towards smoking, alcohol;
• political and religious views;
• What do you consider to be the most important thing in people and life?

VK page settings

In order to configure the settings of the VK page, you must also click on the field with your name, photo and down arrow in the upper right corner.

In the drop-down menu we select “Settings”. It can be immediately noted that the section contains a sufficient number of options so that each user can adapt the page parameters to suit themselves. Advanced VK settings allow everyone to make their social network account comfortable and secure.

General

Here you can make changes to the display of menu items on the left. However, you cannot change some of them, such as “My Page”, “News”, “Messages” and “Friends”.

The page is customizable in terms of displaying and commenting on posts, automatically playing videos and GIF animations, hiding the gift block and tagging friends in photos.

Paragraph " Special abilities” created for people with disabilities, which use a speech synthesizer for some account controls.

An interesting option is to change the short page address from a digital one to a more convenient and memorable one.

Safety

The option has an archive of activities and protects the page from hacking using an SMS code, mobile application to generate codes or a pre-printed list.

Privacy

Allows you to increase the confidentiality of the posted data, limit the circle of people who can find out information about you (list of friends, photos, list of groups, addresses, gifts, etc.) Since this section is important, let’s consider it in more detail.

Privacy contains subsections:

• my page,
• entries on the page,
• contact me,
• other.

By default, VKontakte is installed General settings access, when information, photos, groups, etc. are visible to all users. However, at your discretion, you can restrict access by clicking on the “All users” line and selecting the option you need from the drop-down list. For example - “Only friends”, “Only me”, “Everything except...”, etc.

The remaining subsections are configured in the same way.

At the very end of the “Other” section, you can see how your account will look for a third-party user after all the privacy settings you have made.

Alerts

This section regulates notifications on the site, feedback, events. You can choose the options that are important to you or completely turn off notifications.

When you click on the word “All” you can choose: “Disabled”, “Everyone” or leave “Important only”.

You can also configure alerts on your phone here, which will be sent via SMS notifications or email.

In addition to selecting the “Alerts” item in the settings menu, there is another way to quickly get to setting up alerts. Click on the bell image on horizontal panel at the top of the site, where all notifications are now displayed. Under the bell it says “Notifications”, and to the right - “Settings”.

Black list

The section where you create a list of people with whom you would not like to communicate. Those on this list will not be able to message you, comment or view your page.

Choose who you want to block.

Application Settings

Everything is simple here - the sites and applications you have connected are displayed, but be careful, since each application has access to both your general (name, date of birth, etc.) and personal information.

Mobile services

This option allows you to receive, respond to personal messages and post posts on your wall via SMS. The service is paid. The tariffs of the main operators are given: Megafon, MTS, Tele2.

Payments and transfers

A section that allows you to connect additional paid features of VKontakte for conventional units- voices. This is analog electronic money. You can use them to purchase a gift, stickers, or buy something in the game. To use, you must accept the terms and conditions license agreement. Refunds are not possible.

Conclusion

Now you know where the VK settings are and where to find required section to make the necessary changes.

Continuing the topic, I suggest you read articles about setting up communities and doing the right thing.

You can flexibly customize the visibility parameters of the main elements that you publish on your profile. At the same time, the restriction can be set both for all users at once, and for certain groups of people.

Using privacy settings, you can completely hide both the materials on your page and generally limit the possibility of communication with you.

Anonymizers are used to access blocked sites (see). What is it about? Imagine a situation where social networks blocked you at work. In this case, this will be very useful.

Now I'll show you how to log into VKontakte using the Chameleon anonymizer.

As you know, any user's page shows when they last time went to VK. Many people would like to hide this information. Is there such a possibility?

Let's figure it out how to hide time last visit In contact with.

We continue to get acquainted with the terminology and abbreviations used in the social network. You can find past lessons at the following links:

Today new term. Let's figure it out what is an emergency situation in VK.

You and I have already hidden personal information from other users:

Now let's talk about the photos. Is it possible to upload an image (see) and make it inaccessible to other users? Now let's try to figure it out how to hide photos on VKontakte.

Previously, you had the opportunity to flexibly manage access to your VKontakte wall. It was possible to hide it completely (see), or give access to viewing to selected users.

After updating VK, the situation changed. Now I'll show you how to open a wall in VK.

Lately, I see a lot of discussions on the topic of visiting the social network VKontakte, in the absence of an Internet connection. I don't know where this came from, but that's enough a large number of people give up hope of being able to log into VK, even in the absence of the Internet.

Let's see if this is real.

On your VKontakte page, you can publish almost any information. Upload photos (see), upload videos (see), indicate your personal data, etc.

But what if you don’t want all this data to be viewable by other people? They need to be hidden.

VKontakte offers hide page using privacy settings. Now I'll show you how it works.

One of the main elements of your VKontakte account is the wall. Here you can publish posts, photos and videos (see), as well as any other information.

But quite often there is a need to hide a wall in VK so that your materials are not viewable by other users. How to achieve this result?

Not all users like to talk with other people on VKontakte. They specifically try to isolate themselves from other members of the social network and do not want to receive personal messages.

If you are the creator or administrator of a VKontakte group, then a link to your profile is published in the appropriate section. This way, any user who enters the community will be able to see the administration’s contacts.

Let's imagine the situation. You have subscribed to some VKontakte group (see). It will immediately go to the “My Groups” list and will be available for viewing by other users. But what if you want to hide your participation in it?

You can publish any information on your VKontakte wall - simple notes, photographs and videos (see). By default, all this is available for viewing by other users. But what if you want to restrict their access?

Now I'll show you how to hide posts on a VKontakte wall. And in general, let's talk about hiding your wall.

Many users restrict access to viewing their photos using . Or this option is possible when the albums are not published on the page - you just don’t know how to access them (see).

Every time you go to your VKontakte page, you are automatically set to “Online” status. Thanks to this, other users always know that you are online (see). Or when was the last time you were active.

Surely each of us communicates with other users within the VKontakte social network. Some have more dialogues, some have less. But what to do if you suddenly need to delete all dialogs at once?

If you pay attention, you will notice that when you visit the social network VKontakte, advertising banners. Many users don’t like this, and they are looking for a solution that would help them remove ads from VKontakte.

There is another option. You might have caught it ad virus(cm. ). Now, when visiting a social network, in different parts Intrusive windows pop up in the browser.

You can block other people's VKontakte pages. This is done using several methods. Now I will show you how they work.

Let's figure it out how to block a page in contact.

If you need block a friend on VKontakte, then you should use special function. Now I will show you how it works.

If you care virtual life your friends and you want to know who they add as friends, then now I will show you one way. With its help, you can easily see to whom your friend sends requests and which users accept them.

If you want your presence on the VKontakte social network to be hidden from friends and page visitors, then you can use a little trick. You will get in touch, and your status will be offline (see).

Now I'll show you what to do invisible VKontakte from computer or phone.

Quite often it turns out to be impossible to log into contact. in the usual way. A common option is System Administrator at your work, blocked access to social networks. What to do in this case?

You can use workarounds. Now I'll show you How can I log into VK through an anonymizer or a mirror?.

The social network VKontakte has tens of thousands (if not hundreds) of all kinds of communities, groups and public pages(cm. ). Some of them are very useful. Others don't. And in third places you can find outright prohibited materials. Such as porn, financial pyramids, sale of low-quality goods, etc. How can you block such a group in contact??

As you know, on your page you can always see who your friends are (see). If for some reason you decide to hide some of them, you can use the privacy settings.

Now I'll show you how can I add to hidden friends in VK. Let's also talk about third party services, which promise to show, upon request, who the user’s hidden friends are.

In your settings personal page VKontakte, there is a section “Black List”. It is needed so that users who bother you or interfere with you can no longer access your page. This restriction will allow you to exclude unwanted visitors.

So, how to add a person to the VKontakte blacklist?

So, let's see with you how to close a profile in Contact. There are several quite interesting approaches here that are sure to interest every user. Let's get to know them quickly.

Privacy

Well, it’s worth taking into account the fact that we will have to work with the so-called privacy settings. This is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance. The main thing is to know what exactly we need.

Before closing your profile in Contact, let's take a little look at privacy in this social network. For what? Yes, because we need to clearly understand what we want to hide from prying eyes.

It is possible to hide the entire profile as a whole (only the avatar and your name will be visible), as well as its individual parts. This includes friends, music, wall, videos, albums and extended information. In general, all objects present on a social network. Now let's see with you how to hide your profile in Contact.

The points

So, let's start with perhaps the most interesting approach. The point is that the user’s profile can be both open and hidden from prying eyes. That is, they will be able to write messages to us, but they will not be able to view profile elements. Only an avatar main information and username. Let's see how this approach can be implemented.

First, you will have to log in to the social network. Only after this can you think about how to close your profile from prying eyes. Honestly, it's not that difficult. All we have to do is go to “My Settings”, and then to the “Privacy” section. This is where we will work. Now all that remains is to set “Only me” in all items, and then save the changes. That's all the problems. As you can see, nothing complicated. True, that's not all. Let's see what we can do besides this step to solve the problem and how to close your profile from strangers in another way?

From prying eyes

Well, now we will look at a more interesting and at the same time simpler answer to our question. The point is that if you are wondering how to close your profile in Contact, you can do this using the same privacy settings, but slightly changing the actions.

The point is that we can hide the profile from outside users on a social network. That is, we are talking about the fact that a person who is not registered in Contact, and who is not your friend, will not be able to view your profile. How to do it? Very simple.

After you are authorized, we will need to go with you to “My Settings” and then visit “Privacy”. This window is already familiar to us. Now we scroll through the page to the very end and look for the inscription “Who can see my page on the Internet?” Set it to "Friends Only". In this case, the profile is available for viewing only by your friends.

If you want your profile to be visible to everyone registered on the social network, then select the “Only users in Contact” option. You can also make it available to everyone. To do this, select "Show in" search engines". That's all. Choose the item that suits your taste, and then start acting. Save the changes. Done. Now you know how to close your profile in Contact."

Black list

True, there is another rather interesting approach. If you want to completely close your profile from specific user(both for viewing and for contacting you), you can use the so-called blacklisting. In other words, ignore it.

In order to do this, go to our “victim’s” profile, and then copy the profile address to the clipboard. Now you need to visit "My Settings". Find "Black List" there. In the line that appears, you need to write the victim’s address and click “OK.” That's all. Now you know how to close your Contact profile from annoying users once and for all.

Today we will talk about the basics. We will tell you how to set up the privacy of your VKontakte page in the most effective way for you. In general, it is worth noting that privacy settings are exactly what you should start with immediately after registering on the VK social network. About how to master this part functionality, read it now!

Now let's deal with everything in order. The very first line determines who sees the basic information on your page. Choose the item that suits you. In this column, just like in all subsequent ones, you can choose the following options:

1. All users;
2. Only your friends;
3. Your friends, as well as the friends of your friends;
4. Only you;
5. Everything except... (from the list you can choose the “lucky ones” who will not see this);
6. Some friends (exactly the same list, only in reverse);
7. Some friend lists (before selecting this option, make sure you have created necessary lists and sorted friends in VKontakte into them).

Detailed setting

When you are done with the first line of VKontakte privacy settings, move on to the next one. You can choose who sees where other VKontakte users have tagged you. That is, not those that are in your albums (each album must be configured separately), but precisely those that are in the albums of your friends. Privacy settings on the VKontakte social network this moment implemented exactly like this.

It's the same with video recordings. Everything is clear here. The third line of the VKontakte privacy settings is responsible for who can see the list of groups in which you are a member. Publics are already visible to everyone, but groups can be hidden. This is especially true if you are a member of communities, let’s say, of an erotic nature.

Here you can hide or open your audio recordings, gifts and much more to prying eyes. The second block of settings, as we have already said, is responsible for the entries on your page. Open commenting strangers or close it - it's up to you. Go through all the points in the same way. Fortunately, everything in VK’s privacy settings is in Russian, so there shouldn’t be any problems or misunderstandings.

Now you know exactly how to set up privacy on the VKontakte social network. When you've done everything, double-check and you can safely return to your page. The fact is that changes are saved automatically, so you don’t have to worry about leaving and forgetting to save, and the changes will be reset. Everything is thought out here!