How to make a private profile on VK: 8 powerful ways

It often happens that a user of the VKontakte social network himself does not realize that access to his page is completely closed to outside users. He tries to post interesting materials and invite people to participate in competitions, but there is no response. The reason may be hidden in the privacy settings of the page, which do not allow strangers through. In this case, you can and should open access, especially since you can independently choose what will be shown to everyone and what not.

How to open a VKontakte page

What exactly gives access?

So, after making the changes, what will users see when they visit your page? By opening access to everything, each user will be able to access:

invitations to communities;
viewing photos;
watching videos;
list of audio recordings;
comments on the page from other users;
lists of groups and applications.

Important! The above items will be seen not only by friends from your personal list, but also by any outside users.

Settings for accessing the page in VK

It is best to keep data such as addresses and alert requests private at all times and only you can view them.

Closing your VK profile from your computer

Easy way

This instruction is for those who are at a computer or laptop. A couple of clicks and you are there. Let's look at the simplest way:

We go to our favorite social network, and then go to our page.
At the top right of the mini avatar there will be a down arrow waiting for you, click on it, a mini menu will appear. There we select “Settings” and click on them.

Then go to “Privacy”

Next, scroll down the page with your mouse. Find the “Other” section, and then select the “Private” profile type

Then you will be asked about your desire, whether you really want and are ready for this action. We confirm our intention to make the account private.

Complicated method

Now let’s look at a more complicated option, it will come in handy if you want to partially close your profile, and not all at once, as we did in the first option:

Also go to “Settings”
Then to "Privacy"
And now at each point we select either “Only me” or “No one”.
After this, automatic saving will occur. And Voila. Ready!

Well, we’ve learned how to make a private profile on VK in two ways in the stationary version.

How others see the page

VKontakte settings are numerous, and you can forget what exactly you hid and what you didn’t, and what it will even look like. In order to understand how other users see your page, you can use the special account viewing function.

At the very end of the list of all open options there is a special column. She says that if you want to make sure that all privacy settings are correct, you can see exactly how your page looks from the outside. This means that by clicking on this button, you will see how your profile is viewed by third-party users who have not yet been added as friends.

Option “See how other users see your page”

If you feel that too much information is open to public access, you can always change it as described above.

Important! Only you have the right to change confidentiality. Do not share it with third parties.

Viewing the page from the outside

How to close an account

It is important to understand that account closure occurs from everyone except friends. That is, it will not be possible to choose the circle of people from whom the page should be hidden.

Perhaps this will change soon, but at the moment, you can only hide the page from everyone except friends. Below we will present a method for a personal computer, as well as for a telephone.

Via computer

To close your social profile. VKontakte network via a personal computer, you will need to perform the following series of actions:

On your PC, open your browser and go to your VK page. If you turn your attention to the top right corner of the page, there will be a small profile photo of your name with your name. Click directly there with the left mouse button.
A small window will appear with just a couple of items. You will need to left-click on the line “ Settings».
Once you have done this, a new page will open with all sorts of social network settings. On the right side of the screen there will be a block with subsections of settings. You will need to left-click on the column “ Privacy».
As soon as the next page opens, scroll to the very bottom. There should be a section " Other" Find there the item “ Profile type" and left-click on the line "Open" Everything will be marked in the screenshot below.
If you clicked everything correctly, a window will pop up with two setting options. Click LMB on the item “ Closed»
After this, right in the middle of the page, a new window should appear “Close profile?" If you agree to this action, then left-click on the item “ Yes, close».
Ready. As soon as you click on the appropriate item, your page will be closed from other users except your friends. There will be a notice on the page “ Changes saved", and in the column "Profile type" will appear o.

Via phone

We figured out the method for a personal computer. Now I will tell you how to close your VK profile via a mobile device. This is done as follows:

Launch the VKontakte application on your phone. At the bottom of the screen there will be a special panel with various sections of the social network. You will need to click on the rightmost icon on this panel.
When you are redirected to a new page, you will need to look for an icon in the form of three horizontal lines. This icon is located in the upper right side of the page.
A special block with various VKontakte sections should pop up. At the very bottom of this block, find the line “ Settings ” and click on it once.
After completing the above action, you will be redirected to a new page. Here you will need to find the “ Privacy ” column and click on it.
Now, scroll to the very bottom of the page. Private profile item located there , and a little to the right there will be a white dot. You will need to click on the presented point.
If you do this, a special window will pop up in the middle of the screen to confirm your actions. If you agree with the written conditions, click on the “ Yes ” button.
Ready. As soon as you complete all the steps that I indicated above, your profile on the VKontakte social network will be successfully closed.

If you carefully read the presented article, then you learned what a closed profile looks like on the VKontakte social network. In addition, you now know a way to close your account from everyone except your friends.

Moreover, you can do this not only through the phone, but also through a personal computer. You just need to follow the procedure indicated in the instructions above.

Contact me

This section will help you regulate access to the wall on your page, as well as any other posts. It is better to limit the number of those who can write on your page, especially since this limitation is always easy to remove.

Restricting access to posts on a page

This section of the settings can be considered one of the main ones, since it regulates access from outside. No one will be able to read your friends' comments unless you want them to. Also, if you don’t like third-party comments on your personal photos, you can also get rid of them once and for all by simply closing the ability to leave captions under pictures.

Communication setup

Pros and cons of a closed account

Neither you nor your friends will be able to repost from your wall.
Since everywhere in the sections the item “Only friends” was indicated. And if “Nobody” was accidentally indicated somewhere, then no changes will occur.
Our profile will not appear in the list of people who reposted any post.
And the most important thing is that strangers will not see our wall. That is, they do not have access to your videos, photos, groups, stories, subscriptions, music, contact information, career, education. There is also no access to your marital status and life position. And there are many such points. I won’t describe everything, I think you already understand me.
Security from scammers and various spam.

But still, not all information is closed. Some things will need to be cleaned up yourself. Will display:

This is, of course, a first and last name.
Your photo or otherwise avatar, which, mind you, cannot be enlarged, and this is already a plus.
Mutual friends, you can view them.
The number of all our friends, but we are not allowed to look in more detail.
Number of posts on the wall.
And yet, you can see additional data if it has been filled out. Such as status, city of residence, age, place of work.

Hide photos from your VK page

If you want to hide photos from your friends, then these instructions are for you. Because by closing your profile, only your friends will see your photos. Let's look at our actions from the mobile and desktop versions:

We need to repeat our previous steps from the above instructions “Close your VK profile from a computer” and “Setting up a private profile on VKontakte from your phone”
We see the top section “My Page”. In it, select the items “Who sees photos of me, here we indicate “Only me”

Setting up a profile via phone

When it is not possible to use a desktop computer device, the user can change privacy settings through a mobile phone. To do this, you should perform a number of actions:

Open Odnoklassniki through a browser or the official mobile application of the social network.
Pass account authorization.
Pay attention to the upper left corner, where the Odnoklassniki sign (man) is located.
Scroll down the page that opens and select the “Profile Settings” function.
Go to the “Publicity Settings” section.
Check the desired items in the “Generally everyone” category.

Some users subscribed for a fee. They can use the account privacy settings in the same way, but if they want to renew the service, they will have to pay again.

Using the listed action algorithms, you can easily open access to your account on the Odnoklassniki social network for acquaintances, friends, classmates, work colleagues, etc. If you want to close access, you should go back to the “Publicity” section in the settings and Tick the required boxes.

Setting up a private profile on VKontakte from your phone

This method will work for both Android and iPhone because the process is similar. Let's turn on the application. For those present who are not yet registered on VKontakte, be sure to read my previous article.

Afterwards we log in, gaining successful authorization. At the bottom left corner, find “Settings” and click on them.

Then select the “Privacy” section

Use your mouse to scroll to the bottom of the page

We find the last section “Other” in the “Private profile” item; you just need to drag the slider to the right, or this can be done by clicking on it.

And finally, we need our confirmation, which we will do easily.

Well, now we know how to make a private profile on VK in the mobile version. At the moment, only friends have access to our page.

All actions were performed in the VK application, if you want to do this through a browser, then it will not be difficult, since all the actions are similar.

What does a closed account in VK mean?

Until the end of August 2021, the account of any VKontakte user could be protected by privacy settings that limited its viewing for third-party users. However, such restrictions worked rather poorly in the case of reposts. Other users could see who reposted this or that material, track the source of the problematic post and the list of people who quoted it.

The police and intelligence services actively took advantage of this, in recent months initiating a number of criminal cases against the authors of picture posts on VK. The profiles of people associated with the Russian opposition came under attack.

In an effort to avoid accusations of assisting the authorities, the administration of Mail.ru Group (owner of Vkontakte) initiated a number of innovations in the functionality of VK, one of which was the creation of a “Closed Profile” for the user. In such an account, a third-party user could see the avatar of the page owner, his status, how long ago the person was online, the number of friends and posts. The specified data is not clickable. It will not be possible to obtain extended information about them. The rest of the private information is completely hidden.

Now it becomes difficult to track who reposted a particular post. How to get accurate information about the owner of a private profile. However, for specialized police structures, these VK security measures are not a serious barrier. However, accessing the data you need becomes more difficult.

You may also be interested in our material on how to call a conversation on VK with friends funny.

How to view a closed VKontakte account?

This issue cannot be resolved technically. Often people want to know what they are not following. As they say, forbidden fruit is sweet.

Guys, remember the only option to gain access to someone else’s page is to get access from the owner of this page. The best way to get added to your friends list.

And also, nowadays, honesty is not present everywhere; be careful in your desires to get on a private profile that is not yours. If you resort to fraud, they promise to give you what you want, but only if you log in to their website. Thus, you become a victim yourself, now they have access to your page. And you will be left with nothing. Therefore, consider only legal and honest methods.

You can try the Internet Archive, which I talk about below. This is a good option for you.