How to view hidden (closed) audio recordings on VKontakte from a friend

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Almost every user of the VKontakte social network has saved music tracks. Music can be downloaded from a computer or added to a collection from someone's page. It happens that you are interested in a certain person and want to know his or her musical preferences, but you can’t do this - music recordings are closed with privacy settings. Are there ways to get around this? Read our article on how to watch private audio recordings on VK.

Track adding audio recordings manually

So, how to look at a friend’s VKontakte audio recordings if they are hidden - first of all, let’s talk about honest ways.

Previously, you could enter a song in the search and see which friend added it to himself, even if later he made it hidden. This method was only suitable if you needed not just to look at hidden audio recordings, but to find out whether a specific track was in the playlist. The method allowed us to view selective records and took a very long time. Today this feature no longer works and it will no longer be possible to view the secret list of songs using it.

In general, the automatic mode is good for its speed. But sometimes you can find more information manually. This is true even if you want to see another person's hidden friends. Although it is clear that there are other solutions to this problem. But this is a topic for another discussion.

How to view hidden audio recordings on VKontakte?

Of course, over time, this function has become very popular and fashionable, so that almost every fifth user hides their audio recordings. What causes this? The fact is that some make it so that no one except friends can view these tracks, while others simply create a kind of their own radio station, which will be available only to him alone. However, you can watch these hidden music compositions. How? You just need to follow a couple of simple steps.

View hidden audio recordings through friends' updates

Probably the simplest and easiest way that does not require any intervention in the code and special technical knowledge is to simply watch your friends’ updates.

Go to the section with your audio recordings in VK
At the top, find the update friends button
Go there.

This way you can see the last few tracks that your friend added, even if they are hidden. But unfortunately, this method is not very convenient and does not show the whole picture as a whole.

Watching hidden audio recordings through the page code

Below we will describe the method of how you could view a friend’s hidden music on VK using the page code:

In order to see these hidden musical compositions, you will, of course, first need to go to your page. To do this, you need to fill in the fields with your login and password;
then go to the page of the person whose hidden audio recordings you would like to see;
after that, at the top of the screen, copy its link line;
on the left side of the screen, find the section called “Music”;
Having found this person in your friends list, click on his round avatar and select the “View element code” command.

After you have completed all these steps, a window will appear in front of you where you will have to enter the code that you copied from the user you need. But there is one unpleasant moment, this method does not work for everyone, the administration in general does not like it when someone tries to bypass the system and, therefore, this method will not work for everyone. We understand that the answer to the question “How to view hidden VKontakte audio recordings from a friend?” you were not satisfied, but you know that the administration cannot stand this kind of thing.

This method no longer works in 2019!

Watching hidden music using Programs, plugins, browser extensions

At one time, a program called “VKbot” was very popular. It was said that it almost worked miracles, but soon what was supposed to happen happened and the software stopped working normally.

It is worth noting that, unfortunately, such applications can harm your computer. And there is a high probability that it will not help you, but on the contrary, it may hack your page or withdraw a large amount of money from your account. However, there is a way out of this situation and, moreover, we will be able to answer the question of how to watch hidden VKontakte audio recordings for free.

There are no working programs, plugins and extensions in 2021 that make hidden music visible on VK!

If you find a program, plugin, script or extension that promises you to watch hidden music on VK for free, know that at best it simply does not work, and in 99% it simply steals data from your page.

You can track your contacts' music updates:2. Updates section

Log in to your profile;
Go to the “Audio Recordings” section;
Find the “Friend Updates” button at the top;
Click and explore the results.

This way, you will be able to view your friend’s music on VKontakte, if it is hidden, only if he has just uploaded it and did not have time to hide the playlist. In this case, you will have a few minutes to study the news. You understand that a healthy person will not constantly sit in front of the screen and monitor the actions of his friends, therefore, we are sending this method to the furnace.

Personal request

The most adequate, in our opinion, way to view a friend’s hidden music on VKontakte is to ask him to open access for you. Sometimes this path turns out to be the most effective and fastest. Your friend will need to do the following:

Go to your profile;
Click on the small avatar in the upper right;
Select the “Settings” section;
Go to the “Privacy” block;
Find the line “Who can see my audio recordings”;
Select “Some friends” and add you to the list

Of course, finding out hidden VK audio recordings from a friend, if you are not very close, will not work this way. However, we still recommend that you muster up the courage and contact the person directly.

How a friend hid audio recordings

The confidentiality of files on the page is ensured by setting privacy settings. They are set as follows:

The client opens the official Vk program or the social network site of the same name.
Now you need to go to the settings section. On the site it is embedded directly under the avatar.
From the settings, open the privacy item, then “Who can see my audio recordings.”
Check the box next to user groups to which the restriction will not apply. For example, for friends.
Save selected items.

Now only privileged user groups can see audio files on the page. You can freely change settings at any time of the day as many times as you like.

Via page code

We've looked at all the legal ways to access hidden playlists, now let's move on to dubious methods.

Previously, it was possible to watch hidden (closed) audio recordings on VKontakte through the user’s page code, but now VK developers have patched up this loophole. We won’t focus our attention and describe the algorithm in detail—it doesn’t work today. But an attempt to test it may attract attention and lead to a temporary account ban. By the way, this method was risky before and was not always effective. At least if a person completely closed their page from outside guests, the page code method did not work.

Plugins and extensions

Just yesterday, a special extension for the VKOpt browser allowed you to see hidden VK audio recordings from a friend if the music was closed, but today this option is no longer supported. On the Internet you can find a dozen different add-ons and utilities that supposedly provide access to hidden audio recordings. We assure you, none of these programs work - trust our experience. Most of the plugins require authorization through your VKontakte profile, which means you will provide your personal data to someone. Remember about the possibility of downloading viruses or other malicious software.

Cracking programs

In simple terms, we are talking about hacking services. Perhaps they will help you watch private audio on a friend’s VK, but who can guarantee the reliability of the proposed software?

There is a possibility that your device may be infected with viruses;
Your page can be stolen and used for personal purposes;
Paid programs may, as a result, turn out to be dummies;
If you are lucky and the hacker turns out to be a worker, be prepared to be blocked for life and delete the page if you are noticed. And it will be very difficult for you to restore a deleted page.

So we looked at all the ways you can listen to hidden audio recordings of friends in VKontakte. The conclusion from all of the above is the following - it is best to ask a friend to give you access. Plugins don't work, tracking each track is too long and tedious, and hacking programs are too dangerous.

How to view hidden audio recordings on VKontakte (working method)

As you already understood, from a technical point of view it is impossible to watch hidden music. But don’t despair, there is still a way:

Finding a friend whose music interests us
We write him a message “I heard you have a cool track on VK, but I can’t find the name, could you please open your music for me”
After this, your friend needs to go to settings
To the privacy section
Next, in the “Who sees the list of my audio recordings” item, the friend must select “Some friends”
And point you there
Your friend's audio will still be closed from everyone, but you will see and be able to listen to the music that he adds to himself

In our opinion, this is the simplest and most effective way that will allow you to listen to hidden audio from your friends!

In custody

Well, no matter how regrettable it may be, unfortunately, or most likely fortunately, the developers of the VKontakte social network made sure that every user, or rather his data, was protected. For this reason, it is impossible to do anything to view closed audio recordings. There is no program or special code with which one could deceive the system.

Of course, this is not happy, but, nevertheless, would you be pleased if some leftist person tried to view your secretive musical compositions? There's a good chance it won't. We hope that this article helped answer your question about how to view hidden VKontakte audio recordings from a friend.

Is this necessary?

By the way, are you sure that you need to watch hidden VK audios - what if the audio recordings are in the public domain?

Go to the profile of the desired contact;
Scroll to the very end of his page;
You will see the blocks: Mutual friends, Gifts, Photo albums, Interesting pages, Videos and, at the very end - Audio recordings;
Click and you will be taken to the section with his music.

So, now you know how to find out hidden VKontakte music from a friend and are warned about all the pitfalls of dubious methods. We still recommend personal contact. Honestly explain to your friend the reason why you need to look at his secret recordings, promise not to disclose the information, and offer access to your private data in return. Use all your persuasion skills, believe in the result and everything will definitely work out!

Open audio recordings. Let's listen together

If there are no ways to get to hidden audio recordings, then anyone can get acquainted with a friend’s open tracks. To do this, you can use one of the following methods:

go to your friend’s page, on the left side of the screen, under the avatar, click “Audio recordings”. Next to it is shown the total number of tracks that the user has added;
go to the section with your own music, select a friend’s name on the right side of the screen and check out his playlist;
in your own section with music, select the “Friends Updates” item, scroll to the desired nickname and listen to its latest additions.

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