One of the common questions asked by social network users is how to hide photos on VK to make them invisible to other page visitors. This is not difficult, but the algorithm of actions depends on the location and type of hidden content. Below we will look at how to close a photo in VK on the main page, if it is marked, in albums and in a number of other cases.
#1 Pictures from your page
We are talking about a block that is located on the main profile page and is available to all guests. By default, 4 pictures are displayed here, sorted by upload date.
- To hide files from here, hover your mouse over them;
- Click on the pop-up cross in the right corner;
- Click on the “Hide” command;
- If you click on the “Cancel” button now, the action will be reversed. After updating the page, this will no longer be possible (you will have to delete the photo and upload it again).
Please note that in this block you will have to hide frames manually, one at a time. There is no special function that would allow you to perform the task “in bulk.”
By the way! Among other things, at any time you can. It's not difficult to do this at all!
#2 From the album
Now let's look at how to hide photos in VK from my page from the album - frames previously uploaded to the folder. There is no way to hide an individual image, but you can apply privacy settings to an entire album:
- Go to the “Photos” block;
- Click on the “Show albums” button;
- Hover over the folder, click on the pencil icon that pops up;
- Inside the section, click on the “Who can view” link;
- Select a value: allow access to everyone, only friends, individual users, or only yourself.
By the way, if you are on the other side of the barricades, and you need to look at the hidden photos of your friend, then our other instructions will help you! Be sure to check it out!
How to hide an album completely
We noted above that saved photos can be moved to a special folder and made invisible to other users. A logical question arises - how to hide an album in VK with “secret” images. To solve the problem, take the following steps:
- Click on the camera icon and go to the Albums section.
- Select the one you need at the top right of your avatar, click on the three dots.
- Click on Edit.
- In the menu that appears, select Only Me.
To transfer a photo to a hidden album, open it, and at the top right, click the three dots from the menu that appears. Next, click Edit and the Move to Album button. In this way, you can hide a photo from your phone or PC in VK, while creating a special group.
We will tell you how to delete all friends at once in another article.
#3 Saved images
If you want to hide saved photos on VKontakte from specific people (by default, this album is already visible only to the owner of the profile), and open access to everyone else, follow these steps:
- Click on the small icon with an avatar in the right corner of the screen, select the “Settings” line;
- Inside the section, find the “Privacy” block;
- Find the line “Who sees the list of saved pictures.”
- Change "Only Me" to "Everyone But" or choose another option.
- Select the people who will have limited access.
- Once you have selected them, you need to save the changes.
Remember that if you are not sensitive enough to constantly look at the same images and no longer feel the need to keep them, then it is best to get rid of them forever. Moreover, deleting saved photos in VK is not difficult!
Re-adding
If support refuses to restore your images in the feed, then there is another way. You need to go to your album, where the photo you need is stored, and delete it forever, and then add it again to your page, so it will definitely appear in your feed again. This method can be called optimal; it is simple and therefore understandable to everyone. Don't forget that people who visit your page most often look at the feed first, so make sure that the photos that are located in it are bright, interesting and of high quality. This way you will interest a large number of friends. In conclusion, let’s say that some users are interested in the question of how to view hidden VKontakte photos in other people’s albums. Please note that such activity violates the site rules, so there is no legal method. Applications that promise such capabilities are most often viruses and are created to steal personal data. Use only official programs from VK developers.
Sometimes there is a need to hide photos on VKontakte. But how to do that? Read on.
If you need to hide photos from the main page, then do the following:
1. Go to the VKontakte page.
2. Place your mouse cursor over the photo you want to hide. A cross will appear in the upper right corner of the image. Click on it and the photo will be hidden.
If you want to restrict access to photos in which your friends have tagged you, then:
1. In the menu on the left we find “My Settings”.
2. Go to the “Privacy” tab.
3. Here we are interested in the line “Who sees the photos in which I was tagged.” Choose “Only me” or some other option that suits you.
If you want to hide an entire album, then:
1. Go to “My Photos”.
2. Hover your mouse over the album you want to hide. A pencil will appear in the upper right corner. Click on this icon.
3. The album editing window opens. Under the title and description we see “Who can view this album”. Select the desired option from the drop-down menu. For example, just me.
This is how simple and easy it is to hide VKontakte photos.
You probably know that you can upload photos to the social network VKontakte. Sometimes this is done to show your friends where you have been and what you have seen, and sometimes you just want to hide your photos from prying eyes. This is what we will do in this article.
#4 All pictures
To hide all photos in VK, you will have to move them to an album, and if there are frames on the page that are not attached to any folder, they will need to be added there.
- For a new upload, in the block with photos, click “Add photo”;
- Select a frame from your computer and click “Open”;
- When the picture appears in the VK interface, select “Add to album” instead of “Publish on page”;
- Find the desired folder, click on it;
- Now follow the steps in the instructions for hiding a folder.
And yet, there is a way to do something radical - find the “Close profile” item in your privacy settings and enjoy communicating exclusively with friends.
How to hide photos on the home page
It’s no secret that on a person’s personal page on VK there is a block of photos where he collects content as he uploads it to the social network. This includes both uploaded photos and those you saved yourself. Many users want to hide these VKontakte photos from prying eyes. To do this, take the following steps:
- Enter the My Page section in the main menu.
- Find a special block with photos on the main page. The number of simultaneously displayed photos in this section should not exceed four.
- Hover your mouse over the picture you want to hide.
- Click the cross at the top right (Hide will appear).
Immediately after this action, the photograph that comes next takes the place of the deleted picture.
It is important to note that after clicking on the cross, the Cancel button appears. Clicking it allows you to restore a picture deleted from the feed. In this way, you can hide photos in VK on the main page and thereby block their viewing for other users. But keep in mind that in such circumstances the appearance of the block changes. We also note that performing the considered manipulations is possible only in manual mode. There are no special programs or other general methods for this.
#5 Several pictures
If you want to block VKontakte photos from other users, and to impose restrictions only on a few pictures, then:
- Create a separate folder for them and keep it private from other people.
- Another way to solve the problem is to get rid of these images. Moreover, you can immediately delete an album with photos in a couple of clicks.
- Unfortunately, there are no other ways; VK developers have removed the option to selectively close pictures.
How to hide photos
There are several ways to close photos on VKontakte:
- Click on the icon at the top of the image thumbnail in the feed and confirm the action;
- Upload photos to an album with a restriction of users allowed to view;
- You can change the list of people who can view information and photos in your profile by clicking on the arrow at the top of the page on the right. By selecting “Settings”, a menu will appear from which you need to click “Privacy”. In the central field there will be options for restrictions on various data on the page.
#6 Photos in which you were tagged
If you are tagged in someone's picture, you will receive a notification about it. It happens that a VKontakte user does not like the fact that strangers on someone else’s page will receive information about him through someone’s marks on the uploaded frames.
- Go again to “Settings” - “Privacy”;
- Find the item “Photos I've been tagged in” and select the desired command, for example, “Some friends” or “Only me.”
In a situation where someone has uploaded your image to their album and you don't want others to see it, write to your friend and ask them to remove it. If a person refuses, contact the VKontakte support service, state the essence of the problem, and remind them about the copyright on your own photographs.
Photo return methods
- In the event that the user mistakenly clicked on the “x” sign at the top of the picture, clicking on the word “cancel” in the window that appears will help to refuse hiding and not lose the image in the feed;
- If the user has hidden the thumbnail on the main page by clicking on the cross and confirmed his action, then it will be possible to return the mini-image to its place by re-filling the image. To do this, you need to go to the album containing the last photo, delete it or save it to your computer (if the original version was lost). Next, select the “Add photo” function and select the required image to upload;
- When you place photos in a special album with restrictions, small copies of them are not displayed in the feed on the main page. This situation can be corrected by changing the parameters for limited access of persons to view album information to a wider range of VK users.
Another option for returning hidden photos to VK is to transfer images from a secret folder to an album without restrictive parameters.
Is it possible to hide a photo on VK from your phone?
We will answer this question positively; all the same instructions work on a mobile device as were given above for a computer. The only thing missing is the ability to hide frames from the block with photo previews on the main page.
To hide some photos in VK, edit the settings of those in which you were tagged, or perform other actions, you just need to know how to find the necessary sections in the mobile application:
- To go to your privacy settings, double-click on the “Profile” icon (shaped like a person in a circle) on the bottom right side of the screen;
- Find the gear icon at the bottom;
- Find the "Privacy" command.
- Make changes in the necessary sections.
Select the desired settings.
- To hide a folder, go to the “Photos” - “Albums” block;
- Click on the three dots on the desired folder, select the “Edit” command;
- Stop at the desired parameters;
- Don't forget to click on the check mark at the top of the screen to save your actions.
Thus, from your phone you can easily close saved VKontakte photos, hide an entire folder, and open access to files to individual users. As you can see, all manipulations in VKontakte are very simple and understandable - this is one of the main advantages of this social network over others.
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