To use VKontakte, like any other social network, you need a full-fledged account with a login and password. Using them, you can log in to your personal profile and gain access to correspondence, editing information, privacy settings, and so on. It is impossible to log in to VKontakte without a password, so the user has only two options - registering a new account or restoring access. The first option is not suitable, since you will lose all correspondence and data, and we will look at the second method in more detail.
Entering a password for the page will not be required only if you have saved authorization data in your browser or mobile application. Then the login and security combination will automatically appear in the appropriate fields.
Option 1: Use a browser
If you've forgotten or lost your password, first contact your browser for help!
Most likely, your browser “remembered” your password because in most cases it has a convenient feature selected that saves information for login forms. This allows you to log into a social network at any time, and very quickly.
But you shouldn’t always rely on saving your password in your browser! Otherwise, sooner or later you will still have to contact VK support and reset your password, since the data saved in the browser is periodically erased. This can happen after you have cleared the cache or cookies, after scanning your device with an antivirus, or after reinstalling the operating system of your computer or laptop.
To prevent this from happening, write down important information in a notepad! Yes, this may seem like an ancient method, but believe me, it is reliable. Another good way would be to store passwords in a special password-protected phone application; such applications encrypt information, so it is secure!
Option 2: if there is no password, but you have a login and phone number
So, you do not have a password for the VKontakte page. Here's what you need to do to solve the problem:
1. Go to the VK main page.
2. On the bottom right side you will see a link “Forgot your password?”. You need to click on it, and then in the window that opens, enter the numbers of your phone number linked to the page, or the email address you specified when registering on the social network, or your login (if you remember it).
3. After completing the steps described in the second paragraph, click “Next”.
4. In the window that opens, you must enter your last name (the one you specified in your profile), and then click “Next.”
5. At this stage, the system will provide you with data that should match your personal information. If you see that everything is correct, click “Yes, this is the right page.”
6. Wait a little - you will receive an SMS with a code. Keep in mind that the information will be sent to exactly the number you provided during registration! You must enter the received code into the form that opens on the page and click on the “Change password” link.
7. Create a new, complex password and enter it into the form.
8. At the final stage, you will receive another SMS message, which will be sent to the phone number specified during registration. It will contain all the necessary login information. Save it!
If you did everything correctly, you will easily get to your page.
Login without data entry
Do you want to forget about the need to enter login data? There is an exit. There are several ways to avoid constantly entering your login and password.
If you are using a computer:
- Open Facebook;
- Enter login and password;
- Use the browser prompt “Save entered data”;
- Click "Save".
Ready! When you subsequently log in from this computer, the data will be displayed in the appropriate windows - you just need to click on the “Login” button.
If you are using the application:
- Download the Facebook application from your smartphone’s online store;
- Open it and enter your username and password;
- The system will remember your data - from now on you will log into the Facebook application without additional authorization.
There are no other options to log into Facebook without authorization. Let's figure out how to log into Facebook using a password if your username has been lost.
Option 3: if you don’t have a password, login or phone number
If it happens that you have neither a password nor a login, and access to your phone is temporarily unavailable, then this method is just for you!
Here's what to do:
1. Open the main page of the VK social network.
2. Select “Forgot your password?”.
3. At the very bottom of the form you will see the inscription “If you do not remember the data or do not have access to the phone, click here.” Click on this link!
4. Enter the link to your page into the form, if you remember it, and click the “Next” button. If there is no data, then click on the link below, as shown in the figure.
5. Enter all the required information in detail in the form that opens.
6. If you don’t even remember your old password, then you need to use the extended recovery application. Enter as much detail as possible.
7. At the final stage, you will need two personal photos. The first photo should clearly show your identity document, and the second photo should show you against the background of an open VK page. All this is necessary so that the administration of the social network is sure that access to the page is restored by the owner, and not by the attacker.
Once you upload the correct images, your application will be reviewed. Keep in mind that this will take time (from several hours to several days). If you send only one of the two required images or attach someone else’s photo, the administration of the social network will write to you that the data was not accepted. The application will be rejected without consideration!
But if you did everything correctly, you will soon be able to access your personal page.
Help from trusted persons
There is another way of recovery that has appeared relatively recently - the help of a trusted circle of people. Here's how to configure this option:
- Open your profile;
- Go to settings;
- Select the “Security and Login” block;
- Open the “Trusted Contacts” section and select three to five people you trust (from among your friends on the social network).
Here's what you need to do to gain access:
- Click on the “Forgot your account?” icon on the login page;
- Select the line “No access”;
- Wait for the system to prompt you to contact trusted persons;
- Write a message or call any friend who is on your list of nearby contacts;
- Ask him to open the address that the system asks for;
- Remember the codes that your friends will see on the desired page;
- Enter them in the appropriate form;
- Set a new password. Ready! Your access has been restored.
Watch video instructions on how to restore access to Facebook.
Option 4: via phone
Do you want to get back to the “My VKontakte Page” tab, but have forgotten your login and password? We hope that you still have a phone, because this simple method will tell you how to get to your personal page using a mobile device.
Having a smartphone at hand, you don’t have to worry about forgetting your data. The sequence of actions to solve the problem is as follows:
1. Go to the VK main page from your phone, and then click on the “Forgot your password” link.
2. Enter your email or phone number in the field on the tab that opens.
3. Follow the “Next” link, and then, for security purposes, enter the last name that is indicated in the page profile.
4. Click “Continue” if you recognize your page as proposed.
5. Wait for the SMS message. It will be sent to the phone number associated with your profile and will contain a verification code. Enter the verification code and click Continue.
6. You will be asked to come up with a new password, create it and enter it in the appropriate field.
9. After clicking on the “Change password” button, you will see the long-awaited news feed of your page
We hope you got it right the first time!
There are a couple more questions that plague VKontakte users who have lost their personal data:
- Can someone besides me recover my password?
- Can an attacker access my page if I have forgotten my username and password and are temporarily not using it?
The administration of the social network made every effort to prevent this from happening. As you can see, if you have lost your login and password, you can restore the data, but an attacker will not be able to get to your page without a login and password!
And here is a video that tells you how to get to your VK page if you have forgotten your password!
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Possible problems
After reading this article, we can conclude that if you follow the given algorithm, logging into your personal page on VK without a password is not so difficult. Problems that arise in this case include the absence of the old mobile phone number to which the account was linked, or incorrect information filled out in the registration form (fake page). To prevent such inconveniences, it is necessary to enter genuine data, as well as the phone number that you regularly use.
