How to completely hide information from your VK page - close your profile from prying eyes

Greetings!

In light of recent events, the VKontakte administration has decided to allow users to close all information posted on the page from prying eyes.

This page mode is called “closed”. By turning it on, your friends will not notice the changes, but for everyone else, the information posted on your profile will become completely inaccessible.

What exactly will change for those who are not your friends:

all posts posted on the page by you and other users will become inaccessible to prying eyes
the wall, of course, will also be completely hidden
your photos, videos and audio materials will also be hidden
It will also be impossible to scroll through the history of your avatars
lists of your friends and subscribers will not be viewable

This innovation, which significantly improves the privacy of posted information, has already been taken advantage of by many social users. VK network. Surely you are thinking about the same thing, but you don’t yet know how this feature can be enabled on VK.

Let’s move on to the step-by-step guide, by following which you can close your profile without any difficulties, making the information posted on the page inaccessible to others for viewing. At the same time, of course, nothing will change for your friends - they will continue to see everything that you and they posted on your page.

Where are the settings in the new VKontakte design?

The settings in the new design are located in the upper right corner of the page, next to a small photo of the user and his name. To open them, you need to click on this circle - a pop-up menu will appear, where you should select “Settings” .

There you can edit the general appearance of the page, hide the sections that are displayed, change data, enable or disable notifications for comments and likes, configure which sections are visible to other users and friends, and, if desired, hide what you do not want others to see.

In the mobile version of the site, the settings section is located at the bottom of the main menu of the page: under the “News”, “Photos”, “Applications”, etc. tabs.

Hiding the VKontakte page in the full version

We go to our page, click on the top menu in the upper right corner and select “Settings” from the drop-down list:

At the next stage, we have another menu on the right side, in which we will need to go to the “Privacy” section:

I would like to draw your attention to the “Wall Posts” section. Many people don’t want to show them to everyone, so if you want to hide posts on your VK wall, then put the appropriate value in front of all posts about posts. If you want no one to see them at all, then again put “Only me.”

Now we go to the very end of the page and find such an important section as “Other”. There is such a thing as “Who can see my page on the Internet.” Set it to “Only VKontakte users”.

The fact is that when the value “Everyone” is set there, search engines index your page, like any site, and your photos are already entered into the search engine database, they can be found by image search. In the same way, any user can enter your first and last name into a Yandex search, for example, and find your page in the database. If all this does not suit you, then we prohibit the indexing of our page.

You should also understand that your page will not immediately fall out of the search engine index; you will have to wait until the search database is updated. This may take from one week to several months.

After you set restrictions that only VKontakte users can see your page, everyone who is not registered there will see this screen in front of them:

That's it, we have completed our task.

Let's now figure out where you can specify privacy settings in the Android mobile application

How to close a page from external users

To hide a page from external users, you need to go to the “Settings” section, select the “Privacy” tab, scroll down the page and find the column “Who can see my page on the Internet.” There you can choose from three options:

absolutely everyone, including search engines (this means that if someone enters a search query in the browser, they may come across your page among the results found, and the person will calmly follow this link);
everyone except search engines (this means that if you leave a link to your page somewhere, anyone can click on it and see your profile, but your page will no longer appear when searching the Internet);
only for those who have their own VKontakte page (if a person does not have his own page or is not currently authorized, then he will not be able to view your profile).

From this list you need to select the item you need. Usually the default is “page visible to everyone,” but it is recommended to specify “only site users.”

What can be hidden on the page?

VKontakte has four sections that measure data hiding:

My page is responsible for user access to everything that is on your personal page on social media. networks;
Posts on the page – this section includes everything that is on the wall;
Contact me – access to send invitations and messages;
Other.

Anyone can visit the page, but the visibility of information may be different for everyone. To allow or not to allow? Some people know every step taken by a user on a social network, while for others, even basic information about the city and marital status is unattainable.

How to close a VKontakte page from those who are not friends

In early versions of the site, you could completely hide your page from those who are not on your friends list: outsiders saw only your photo and username, and the rest of the information was hidden. To gain access, you had to submit a friend request and wait for it to be approved.

In the latest versions of the site, it is impossible to close the page as it was before. The new design also did not bring back this option. The only way to close a page is to add users to the blacklist. If a person does not want someone specific to come to him, then this will help, but it will not be possible to block absolutely everyone.

Another option is to close all sections from those who are not on your friends list, including personal information, but in this case the profile photo and wall posts will be visible to everyone. This can be done in the settings in the “Privacy” tab in the first section “My Page”, as well as in the next “Wall Posts”. You can only hide photo albums and videos manually.

How to hide a VK page in search

In the section of functions responsible for “Privacy”, the user can flexibly configure the accessibility of his profile. You can limit access to your wall, private messages, open or close the ability to comment and invite you to groups.

How to close a page on VK - deep customization

There are plenty of tools to restrict access on VKontakte. You just need to learn how to use them. You can hide almost any individual part of the page, and not the whole thing at once. You close some completely, with only personal access possible, open some for friends, and everything that remains is for everyone who is interested.

In the privacy settings, you have 33 different settings available to you. With their help, you can personalize the information displayed on your page as much as possible.

How to close a profile in contact - My page

This item includes seven basic settings for displaying elements of your page. This includes:

Information you provided when filling out your profile.
Photos;.
Audio recordings.
List of groups.
Friends.
Present.

How to close a VK page - Posts on the page

In fact, this is access to commenting on your page. You can limit the number of users who can leave you public messages. There are fewer tools here - only 4 settings:

Visibility of other people's posts.
Possibility to leave your entry.
Visibility of comments to posts.
Possibility of writing comments.

Everything is simple and as specific as possible.

How to close an account in VK - Photos

One of the most important visibility settings. Many users are interested in the ability to close their own profile precisely because they do not want to show their photos to everyone. There are also 4 different tools:

Ability to tag you in photos.
Visibility of photos in which you have been tagged.
Who sees the geo parameters of photos with you.
Marks on the photo - this item includes 5 switches. They relate to restrictions on access and functionality of the social network related to the ability to tag people in images.

How to close a profile on VK - Contact me

The most extensive section of privacy settings. It includes 8 different tools. They all relate to opportunities to communicate with you:

Possibility of writing personal messages.
Access to calls.
Interactions within applications - sending notifications.
Invitations to communities.
Application invitations.
Set up notifications for friend requests.
Access to conversation invitations.
Options for importing contacts.

This item, for the most part, allows you to regulate the capabilities of your friends. Because most of the features presented here are simply not available to users who do not follow you.

How to close a VKontakte profile - Stories

A tool that has recently emerged and has already become the most popular is stories. It allows you to post photos or short videos that appear at the very top of the news feed. Of course, access to it can also be limited:

Visibility of your stories.
Possibility to leave replies to your stories.
Who has access to submit opinions about your stories.
Visibility of congratulations in stories.

You can only show your stories to a limited circle of people. Not all users want to gain maximum coverage by any means.

How to close a profile in contact - Other

This section contains settings that could not be combined with anything else. By the way, this is where the tools are located that allow you to most radically limit access to your account:

Visibility of your page on the World Wide Web.
Visibility settings for your news feed.
Profile type - allows you to set it to “open” or “closed”.
Availability of your phone number to companies.
Visibility of your steps in the “VKontakte Steps” application.
Access to your game activity.

By skillfully handling these settings, you can avoid unwanted attention from others. True, social networks were created precisely for the sake of communication, so an excessively closed profile can lead to the fact that no one will write to you at all. So be careful. If you are wondering how to close a VK profile via phone, then in general there is no difference in the settings when accessed from a desktop computer or mobile device.

For example, by clicking on the settings item “Who sees the basic information of my page,” you can select the following from the drop-down list:

All users.
Only friends.
Friends and friends of friends.
Just me.
Everything except.
Some friends.

In total, you can find 9 different items in this section. So you can configure access as precisely as possible.

In each of them, you can click on the current state and change it to any other from the drop-down list. Be careful about your privacy settings. By denying access to everyone indiscriminately, you may find yourself in a position where you cannot get some urgent information to you in a timely manner.

How to hide sections with music, videos and photos in the new design

In the new design, only audio recordings can be hidden from strangers at once, and photo albums (except for profile photos) and videos can only be removed manually. For audio recordings, you need to go to the page settings and the “Privacy” tab. There will be a separate column “Who can see the list of my audio recordings”, in which you must select the one you need from the proposed options.

For photo:

go to the “My Photos” section;
select the desired album;
hover over it;
in the buttons that appear, select the pen icon, i.e. editing mode;
click on “who can see the album” and select the one you want;
don't forget to save the settings.

The same applies to video recordings, but you will have to edit each video separately. You can hide “Videos of me” and “Photos of me” in your profile settings.

What the page will look like

If you have made your account private, other users will see a warning when trying to access you. To the right of the avatar there will be the inscription “This is a private profile.” However, a person will be able to knock on your friend's door and write a message (if this function is not disabled by other settings).

Some information about you can still be seen after you decide to hide your VK profile in this way. These will be:

First and last name.
Your avatar (but no one will be able to open it in full screen).
Date of birth and city (if you have not hidden this data previously).
Status.
Total number of friends and posts.

But, on the other hand, this information will help your friends who have not yet added you as friends find you.

If you decide to hide the page from everyone, including friends, the effect will be approximately the same. But there won’t be a sign saying “This is a private profile.” And even your friends will not be able to show at least some activity on your profile.

If you hide your page even from your friends, then be prepared for them to start to delete you. Some may lose interest in your account, and some may even become offended. Therefore, carefully weigh the pros and cons before making this decision.

Still, sometimes hiding a page is simply necessary, especially if you suffer from excessive attention from people you don’t know. By following our instructions, you can do this in a matter of seconds and continue to spend time online calmly.

How to hide posts on a wall

The only thing that definitely cannot be hidden from strangers on the VKontakte website is profile photos (“avatars”) and posts on the wall. The page owner can only limit the ability of outsiders to comment on posts , which is done in the page settings in the “Privacy” section. There is another option, but it will only affect future entries.

There is a lock icon in the post publishing window. If you click it before publishing a post, it will only be visible to users on your friends list. But this doesn't work with reposts from other people's pages, and old posts will still be visible to everyone unless they are deleted.

So, the new design of the VKontakte website has moved the section with page settings to the upper right corner. By selecting “Settings” and then the “Privacy” tab, you can limit access to your page and certain sections. But some manipulations will have to be done manually later: for example, this way you can hide photos and videos.

To check what the page looks like for different groups of users or different people from the friends list, you can use the same “Privacy” page: if you scroll to the end, there will be a link at the very bottom, clicking on which the user will switch to viewing mode. By selecting different people, he can see what parents, close friends, or users whom the person does not know and who are not on his friends list see on the page.

How to restrict access to a VK page for a specific person

In the Other section there is an item where you can specify to whom the VK page will be visible on the Internet. There are three options available here - Everyone, Only VKontakte users or Everyone except search engines. In the paragraphs below, you can close your profile and make it available only to friends.

But sometimes there are situations when you need to restrict access to a specific person. In this case, add it to your blacklist. The algorithm of actions is as follows:

Go to Settings, and then go to the Black List.
Click the Add to blacklist button and find the desired user or add a link to his profile.

If the action takes place from a phone, go to the page of the user being blocked, click the three dots at the top, and then click Block.
Subsequently, the person sees the message Restricted access to the VKontakte page, which means that there is no opportunity to view personal data or send a message. You can partially restrict access to the page, namely, prohibit sending messages to certain people. In this case, go to Settings, and then Privacy. In the Who can write me private messages section, indicate the appropriate option. When using your phone, do the same - go to the privacy section and make changes. Such actions are enough to significantly reduce the volume of spam and protect yourself from unexpected communications.

But be careful with restrictions. For example, if you restrict access to search engines or persons who are not registered in VK, you may encounter a number of difficulties. Closing access does not take effect immediately, and some data remains available for up to a month. During this period, the page will be open to other users.

The process of setting up privacy on VKontakte

Setting up privacy on VKontakte is quite simple. In the vertical menu of the page, to the left of your avatar, open the “My Settings” item. In the window that opens at the top, find and open the “Privacy” tab. Now, if you decide to completely hide your entire page, you need to select the answers “Nobody” or “Only me” in all submenu items.

Please note that if you select the answers “Nobody” or “Only me” in all privacy settings and do not access your VKontakte page for some time, it will soon be deleted by the administration.

If you decide to hide not the entire page or not from all friends, you need to carefully read all the submenu items and possible answers to them, then click on the appropriate option. To make sure that your privacy settings are correct, check how other users see your page. If you are happy with everything, save the changes on the page by clicking on the “Save” button.

If you are going to hide your VKontakte account (or already have it), do not give anyone the id (unique identifier) of your page. With its help, any social network user can get links to view hidden data.

Before hiding your page completely from all users of the VKontakte social network, weigh the pros and cons. After all, it may happen that some very necessary acquaintance, long-time friend or lost relative will try to get in touch with you, but will not be able to offer you friendship or write a message. At the same time, you will remain in the dark. Meanwhile, we shouldn’t forget that social networks were invented specifically for communication, so maybe you shouldn’t protect yourself too radically from all users.

Social networks... They have literally conquered consciousness. And we are not just talking about young people. Take even modern parents who are already well over 40... And what do you think? Show them Odnoklassniki, and the computer will belong only to them. But young people prefer VK or Facebook, and everyone has their own reasons for this. But it often happens that after constant offers to join some community or play a game, an irresistible desire appears to destroy your page. It was here that the creators of this network, in order not to lose their “fans,” offered privacy services. In this regard, the question arises: “How to hide your VKontakte page? After all, you don’t want anyone “leftist” to view the news or comment on anything. Although, in essence, why then do you need to be a user of this space?!

Why hide your page?

Information is now being actively disseminated that the Internet is a very dangerous thing, and such statements do not bypass social networks, which are becoming a specific haven for freer communication among the younger generation. And many people are thinking about how to hide the “VKontakte” page from everyone. Some for the purpose of prevention from potential danger, some are simply tired of being a participant in the virtual space, and some simply want to stand out from others in such a simple way. Again, these are purely personal matters and personal motivation. And if you have a question about how to hide the VKontakte page, then many have a counter question about why the page was created in the first place.

Stages of hiding a page

So, if you are thinking about how to hide the “VKontakte” page, then you need to understand why you want to do this. But to a greater extent this concerns you personally, your desires and preferences. If we talk about the technical side, the main stages are as follows:

It is logical that first you need to go to your page by entering your username and password.
In the right corner, where all possible functions are described, you can easily find “My Settings”.
Not long ago, a lot of tabs appeared in this category that can make your life in the virtual space easier and more comfortable. And you need the Privacy tab.
Then you can do absolutely whatever your heart desires. If you want to understand how to hide the “VKontakte” page, then just read the entire list, which assumes privacy.

How to use the VKontakte privacy settings?

So, as soon as you go to the “Privacy” tab, you have a list that starts with a ban on inviting you to any community and ends with a ban on those who can see your page in the global Internet space. That's why:

Read the full list of offers.
Select all those categories that confuse you.
Please note that these prohibitions may apply to everyone, to some people, to friends (and separately to friends of your friends), and so on. You can make all the “prohibitions” available only to yourself.
Having selected the desired category in each “sentence”, review everything carefully again, and at the very bottom click the “Save” button.
After this, you will receive a message indicating that you have changed something and your settings have taken effect.

If you are in doubt about how to hide your VKontakte page, and whether you managed to do it, you can ask your friend (for whom you also blocked access to your page), and he will definitely tell you what he sees and what he doesn’t. No. Also, depending on the purpose and reason why you have such an irresistible desire to hide everything, you should pay attention to the presence of the “Black List” function - this is a rather interesting function that allows you to get rid of those who are downright annoying.

Hide a page from your phone using the app

Launch the application, in the left menu click on the gear icon, which means “Settings”.

On the right side of the screen, these same settings are loaded and we select the “Privacy” item:

Now we perform all the necessary privacy settings. We already know what it is and how to do it from the previous paragraph of our article:

And with this I finish the story about how you can hide both the entire VKontakte page and some of its elements. So, use all these functions, hide your pages from unregistered users if you need it.

And I, as always, look forward to your comments, questions and additions.

On the VKontakte social network, users can share their news with each other. However, the principle of operation of the social network implied the ability for any user to view data from the pages of another user. It doesn’t matter whether he is your friend or not. There was also no way to know exactly who was viewing your profile. The latest innovation allows you to hide your posts from those who are not your friends on this social network.

Features of the “hidden” mode

Previously, in the privacy settings, you could close almost completely your page from strangers. However, this required a lot of unnecessary movements. For example, photos needed to be hidden separately, friend lists separately, etc. The functionality also made it possible to hide posts on the social network, no matter your own or reposts. In this case, it was necessary to put a lock icon during publication.

The innovation allows you to hide all your page data from strangers by clicking just one button. Only the following remain open:

First and last name indicated on the website;
Date of birth indicated on the website;
City;
Place of work;
Number of friends and subscribers;
Number of records.

Another user who is not your friend can only see the number of friends and subscribers, but he will not be able to see who exactly these people are. The situation is similar with records. You can write a message to a person with a private profile, unless they have this option disabled in their privacy settings. You can also send a friend request. If you are accepted, you will be able to view information from this user's page, if it has not been hidden from friends.

A private profile does not hide information from the page from friends, but if you need to, you can set up lists of friends who can view photos, lists of friends and other information.

Reposts and innovation

This innovation also applies to reposting posts, or more precisely to the ability to view a list of people who shared this information with their friends. Now a stranger will not be able to view the list of those who reposted. Only the direct author of this post can do this. Others will only be able to see the number of people who reposted.

How to “close” a profile

Anyone can make their profile private from prying eyes. This is done in just a few steps on the full browser version. Everything is completely free.

The instructions look like this:

Click on your avatar and username in the upper right side of the screen.
A context menu should appear where you must select Settings
.

Pay attention to the right side of the page. You need to go to the "Privacy"
.
Scroll to the very bottom of the page until you come across the “Other”
.
There you need to pay attention to the column “Profile type”
. Click on it to access editing.
From the available types, select Closed
.

“Closing” the profile on the mobile version

If you don’t have a computer with Internet access at hand, then you can set the “closed” status for your VKontakte profile from the mobile application. The instructions for the classic application are as follows:

In the case of the mobile version, you need to initially go to the main section of the application. To do this, click on the three stripes icon located at the bottom of the screen.
Now on the top right side of the screen, click on the gear icon.

In settings, select "Privacy"
.

There you need to scroll to the “Other”
and find the
“Profile Type”
.
Set it to "Closed"
.

If necessary, you can return your privacy settings to their default values.

As you can see, the new function on VKontakte can be useful to those users who, for one reason or another, do not want their personal data to be viewed by strangers. Plus this feature is completely free.

The new design of the VKontakte website has moved the page settings familiar to users from the main menu to another place. At the same time, the possibilities for changing privacy remain the same: users can still hide sections and comments, block their page from being viewed by external users who do not have registration on the site, and decide who can comment on their posts. Let's take a closer look at how to close a VK page from strangers.

There you can edit the general appearance of the page, hide the sections that are displayed, change data, enable or disable notifications for comments and likes, configure which sections are visible to other users and friends, and, if desired, hide what you do not want others to see.

In the mobile version of the site, the settings section is located at the bottom of the main menu of the page: under the “News”, “Photos”, “Applications”, etc. tabs.