How to open a private VKontakte profile on a computer?
It’s worth noting right away that this function in this social network is set up absolutely free, that is, you don’t need to pay anything extra to connect it. Moreover, it, like many other privacy settings, can be configured both from a computer and from a phone. First, we'll show you how to disable this option from your computer.
Here you need to first click on the thumbnail of your avatar in the upper right corner of the screen so that a new menu appears, where you need to go to the “Settings” item. After this, in the right menu on the page that opens, you need to go to the “Privacy” item, then in the “Other” section at the bottom of the new settings page, click on the set value in the “Profile Type” item.
Next, you just need to switch the option set here from “Closed” to “Open”. If, on the contrary, the user wants to close his account, then he, accordingly, needs to set the opposite option here.
How to view private accounts on Instagram
You can view a private account on Instagram if you have a second account or through a Telegram bot. The second method only applies to viewing Stories and is not always effective for private pages.
A private profile is a page where any content is not available without a subscription. When visiting such an account, the visitor will see the inscription: “The page is protected by privacy settings.” The “Description” section, main photo and the ability to subscribe are available.
Other features of private pages:
- it is impossible to view subscribers or subscriptions;
- Stories and Current Affairs are unavailable;
- Having unsubscribed from a closed page, you can subscribe only with the consent of the owner;
- The account author can reject the subscription request.
The current way to view other people's posts is to use a second account. More often, they create a fake online store or information blog.
Using a second profile
A second fictitious page will help you view photos of a private profile on Instagram. You can register up to five accounts per phone number. But it is possible to check the owner through the “Contacts” section, if the user’s number is in the smartphone’s address book. It is recommended to use a third-party number or email address to create a second account.
How to create another page on Instagram:
- Log into the social network - go to “Settings”.
- Add another account - go to registration.
- Create a username and password - register.
Next, the Feed needs to be filled with minimal data and pictures. For example, use Pinterest or Weheartit services with stock images. To create the effect of a real person or online store, you need to fill out personal information and regularly update the list of publications.
Using search, find the page of the person you need and subscribe. Depending on the actions of the other account owner, the subscription will be issued within a day. But it cannot be ruled out that the user will refuse to subscribe or carefully monitors the list of his subscribers.
Using a bot in Telegram
Telegram bots for Instagram are a convenient way to view other people's Stories anonymously or gain access to a private account.
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Using the InstaBot bot, the user will be able to:
- download other people's photos and videos;
- anonymously view other people's Stories;
- see avatars in full size.
How to use the bot to view Stories:
- Go to Telegram - enter in the search: “ InstaBot ”.
- Go to Instagram - copy the link to the desired user.
- Paste into the input field in the messenger window - send.
- Select an action.
The bot targets public accounts, but can also open avatars and Stories from users with closed accounts. That is, the profile visitor will not be listed in the “Guests” list under Stories.
You can also subscribe to updates for one account and receive notifications when new posts appear. For public pages there is a function for receiving videos and photos, with copying of the text part.
How to open a private VKontakte profile in the application?
In the official mobile application, users can also set all the same settings as in the full computer version of the site. Here, to transfer your profile from closed to open, you must first call up the right pop-up menu and then click on the “Settings” button at the bottom.
After that, on the page that opens with different settings items, you need to go to the “Privacy” section, where you set parameters that allow you to close your page from strangers.
At the end of this page there is a special “Private Profile” item where you can turn the switch off or on to open or close your profile. You can set these settings without restrictions at any time.
Instagram Privacy Options
All Instagram accounts are divided into public (personal) pages and private ones. Those who want to grow their business on social media can register a public business account. In open blogs, users post their personal photos and videos. To view posts, you do not need to subscribe to the page, but the guest will be visible in “Viewers”. In addition to publications, here you can watch stories and “Relevant”.
The owner of a private page completely blocks access to it for other Instagram bloggers. You can view a private profile on Instagram only if you know some tricks. We will talk about them further. The insta-blog is closed in the settings section, but it cannot be switched to “business” status.
The Insta system is designed in such a way that any unofficial methods of bypassing private accounts are blocked. Owners of hidden accounts cannot use cheating services, hacking applications, etc. If you change your profile to open status, all followers' activity will remain intact. Only the algorithm for promoting posts and displaying them in recommendations will change.
How to open a private VKontakte profile in the mobile version?
In a similar way, all these settings are also set on the m.vk.com website, which is adapted specifically for working in mobile browsers. Here, first in the main menu, you need to click on the gear button in the upper right part to go to the page settings.
Next, among all the displayed items, you need to select the “Privacy” section.
On the next page, you need to remove it at the bottom, or vice versa, turn on the switch in the “Private profile” item to close, or open your page back to other people. The settings will be saved and applied immediately after changing the option at this point.
Registering a fake profile to view private pages
Let's imagine that you need access to hidden posts, but you don't want to reveal your identity. We create a “fake” page for this and try to subscribe with its help. To prevent such an Instagram blog from arousing suspicion, we design it according to all the rules of a real account. We post at least 10 images and start reading other people. To successfully view a private profile on Instagram, it is advisable to follow at least 50 people. Having subscribed to other users, we wait for feedback. The page looks “more natural” not only with subscriptions, but also with followers.
A fake account worthy of attention must have a backstory. As a legend, choose one of the following examples:
- You are an old acquaintance. Spend an hour of free time searching for friends or classmates of your “victim” with whom he stopped communicating. Put a photo of this friend on your Avatar and use his name.
- You are a person with similar hobbies. Create a new page, publish any pictures taken from the internet. Next, subscribe to the same people your “target” reads. It is better that these are blogs on similar topics, so that the person is convinced of the similarity of your interests with him.
- You are an organization promoting goods or services through Instagram. Create a “fake” account with products in the direction that may be of interest to your “target”. If this is a girl, you can create a store selling cosmetics. To arouse even greater interest, we post about competitions and prize draws.
In order not to waste time on how to view a closed Instagram, you can create the appearance of a user trying to gain a large audience. In your profile description and post captions, use the hashtag #mutual subscription. If the user is also interested in recruiting target audience, he will accept your application.
Hacker services
Hackers can not only view information from a closed page, but also give you the password for it. However, it is possible that the owner, having the phone in hand, will quickly block access or contact technical support.
It is illegal to use hackers to hack a private account. Additionally, hacking involves the following risks:
- Such actions are considered illegal, so the account owner can sue you and the hacker who provided the service. Such cases, at best, are carried out under Article 138 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, are considered as a violation of the secrets of correspondence and provide for a fine of up to 80,000 rubles.
- In the worst case, Article 272 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on unlawful access to computer information applies. Here the fine already reaches 200,000 rubles, if the page is personal and its hacking did not cause major damage. The chances that a person will apply and you will be found are small, but they exist.
- Unscrupulous performers are common. The person will call himself a hacker, take money from you and disappear. You will not leave a complaint anywhere, because this is initially a shady activity.
Considering the risks, I do not recommend this method: it is not worth it to see photos and posts from a private profile.
A little theory
As practice shows, people create pages on social networks for three reasons: to promote their business through online tools, to promote and popularize their personal brand (attracting the audience’s attention to their own person), and, finally, to communicate with family and friends.
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Those who decided to register for the third point are usually very sensitive to the published materials and do not want outsiders to gain access to them. That is why, at the time of creating an account, they select the appropriate privacy settings, allowing them to close the page. Let us note that they are rarely concerned about the quality of the posted content - the photos belong to the so-called “personal archive”, are not run through a million filters and are not subject to lengthy processing. The main advantages of such pages are honesty, truthfulness and sincerity. In other words, on them you see real life, and not a perfectly calibrated picture from a fairy tale. That is why they become so attractive to most users - there is an insatiable desire to find out what is hidden behind the privacy settings.
To view the content of a private account, you will need to submit a request. And, if the blog owner approves it, you will be given access to the posted materials.
Thus, only those who are among its subscribers have the right to view the content of a private profile. For others, the published information remains inaccessible.
However, there is one caveat. As you know, Instagram and Facebook are interconnected networks that allow duplicate posts. So, for example, if a user closed his IG account, but before that he linked it to FB, all posts will be automatically posted in both news feeds. In other words, a person who has not subscribed to the page will be able to view all materials simply by changing the social network.
But in fairness, we note that such an omission is extremely rare, and therefore it is almost impossible to see exclusive content without subscribing.
About the operation of private/private profiles
In accordance with standard settings, all registered accounts are open. That is, posts and publications posted there can be viewed by any user. However, not everyone is ready to put up with this state of affairs. Hence the desire to limit access to content and hide it from prying eyes. And in this context, privacy settings seem like a real salvation.
However, if most people know how to close an account on Instagram, not everyone knows how to view records of a closed personal page. When a blog owner makes it private, the content appears in the feeds of only those people who have already subscribed to it. The rest see nothing but the name, description header, and avatar.
Important: the profile owner independently monitors those who request access to his page. It is he who decides whether this or that person will be able to view his records or not. To approve a candidate, just click on the “Accept” button, or to reject it, click “Reject”.
How to turn on invisibility on a mobile phone
In the old version of the official VK application, including on the iPhone, there was a secret function that allowed you to hide the entrance to it from other people.
The new program does not have this option. If you want to become invisible when accessing a social network from your mobile phone, you need to download the Kate Mobile application from the Play Market. It is only available on Android.
So, we go to the store, find the program we need and click “Install”.
Now you need to log in to VKontakte through the application. To make yourself invisible, go to the menu - three dots in the corner of the page. Select the “Settings” item.
In the list you need to find the word “Online”, and under it the inscription “Invisibility Settings”. We come here and see 3 points:
- “Online” - allows you to show or hide your login to VK from your phone.
- “Close unread.” If you check the box next to this inscription, you can read messages without the interlocutor knowing about it.
- “Typing” – shows or hides the fact that you are typing a message.
We are most interested in the first tab, click on it and note that we want to remain offline as much as possible. The application tells you what not to do to remain unnoticed by the system and its users:
- update messages, page, news;
- post posts on the wall;
- send messages to friends.
If you follow these rules and sit quietly on VKontakte, without attracting attention, then you can remain invisible.
The easiest way to turn on invisibility
To listen to music, watch posts in communities, videos or news, you can use this technique. We go into private messages and just do nothing for 15 minutes. After this, the sign that you are online should go out, and your friends will not know that you are on the site.
This method works through a computer and phone if you use a browser rather than an application. To make sure everything worked, try viewing your page from another device without logging in. Or ask a close friend to check your status. Now you can enter communities, view news, listen to music. But if you go to your page or visit another user, your status will immediately change to “Online”.
In order not to go into messages every time and not wait, you can add a page other than the main section of your profile to your browser bookmarks. For example, vk.com/music. Then you can remain invisible from the first minute of your stay on the site until you go to your own or someone else’s page. Please note that when you close the tab, the system will save the time of your last real login to VK and show it in your profile. That is, guests will know when you were on the site.
As you can see, this option is inconvenient because you cannot go to your page unnoticed, but only to other sections of the site, for example, to listen to music. But this is the administration's policy.
It must be said that it is impossible to completely bypass this decision of the owners of the social network; all methods work only partially. As soon as you write a message or refresh your page, your presence is immediately revealed.
Special applications and popular online services
The most popular add-ons for viewing information from closed pages are Ghosty and Postegro. However, I strongly do not recommend using third-party services. Instagram protects the data of its users well.
Even if some site contains information from a person’s profile, most likely it was obtained before the page was closed by privacy settings. You won't find any new posts or photos there.
You should not use third-party programs and services to view a private profile.
I was told several times about how services and applications operate to obtain data illegally. At best, you are promised that the procedure is free, but after a long time of filling out forms, you are asked to indicate the number of a credit card, wallet or phone from which the funds will later be debited. The service can show some public data, then ask for money for full access.
In the worst case, the program injects a virus onto your computer, and websites collect information. The worst thing is if you log into the service with the password and login of your main account. In this case, you need to urgently change the data to avoid hacking. The virus can collect saved passwords from browsers. Bank card data will be at risk. Some scammers send a link to information you are supposedly interested in via email.
The transition will lead to infection of your computer or smartphone with a virus.
Phishing links and other dubious methods
- Link to phishing site . Many dangerous services have appeared on the Internet. They promise convenient and quick access to the closed vkontakte page and offer to specify the login and password of your page. Remember not to enter your details! In the most harmless case, information will leak into unknown user databases. The second scenario is that the ID will be stolen. And they will start demanding money from you for access to the page. Or you will unwittingly work for attackers - they will send spam from your hacked account. There are a huge number of such fraudulent services. Be careful and remember: you cannot technically view a closed VK page;
- Help from hackers . In theory, this is a good option. In practice, you will work with unknown people, at your own peril and risk. No one will guarantee 100%. You may be left without money. You should contact trusted hackers based on recommendations from friends. It is worth thinking about the ethics of your actions - they could well be considered fraudulent.
How to get into private Instagram from friends' accounts
In order not to rack your brains over registering a fake account, ask your friend to follow the “victim”. Since your friends have active and “real” profiles, you do not need to create a fake one. This method is suitable if the owner of a private blog hid his posts only from you. Or from a group of Instagrammers, including you.
If a user has blocked you or has not included you in the list of followers of his account, we also resort to the help of friends. Ask your friends if any of them follow the blogger you are interested in. It is quite possible that the answer will be positive, and the posts can be viewed from someone else’s page.
Differences between a private profile and a public one, and whether it is worth closing it
We figured out how to view a private profile on Instagram without following from your phone. For a PC, the procedure is no different, since the previously listed methods are also relevant for a computer. But what is the difference between a public blog and one that is hidden by privacy settings? There are several points:
- All photo and video materials in a private insta profile are available only to your followers.
- Your publications will not appear in tag searches. The opportunity to appear in the TOP posts by search results automatically disappears.
- A closed account can be found through a general search by username. But when you go to your account, the posts will not be displayed.
Owners of private blogs cannot view statistics. And sometimes it turns out to be useful in promotion.
Users specifically close their pages to protect themselves from mass complaints. Because sometimes this can cause your Instagram profile to be blocked. But if for some reason a lot of people turn against you, it is better to activate a temporary profile blocking.
The second reason for hidden blogs is constant advertising from persistent sellers. If advertisements about certain products are constantly coming to Direct, many users find it easier to “privatize” their page. But the issue of hiding an Instagram account is a personal matter for everyone.
When looking for ways to view private Instagram blogs, we recommend using only proven tips. And our recommendations on whether it is possible to view a private profile on Instagram will help in this matter.
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