How to temporarily delete an account on VK
First, you should decide for yourself whether you are really ready to temporarily part with your page. As practice shows, already about a month after deletion, users are eager to fix everything. They bombard the support team with requests for help and regret what they did.
If you are confident in yourself and are determined to temporarily be absent from VK, then read our following instructions.
From computer
To temporarily delete your VKontakte page, follow these steps:
- Log in to VK by entering your username and password for the page.
- Now hover over your avatar thumbnail in the upper right corner and click on it.
- In the menu that appears, select “Settings”.
- Scroll to the very bottom of the page.
- Here you will see the line “You can delete your page.”
- Click on this inscription.
Next you will see a window. You will be asked to select the reason why you resorted to deleting your VK page for a while. You can also write a message to your friends. They will see it unless you uncheck the corresponding box in the “Tell friends” line. By the way, this is a good way to warn your friends that you will be temporarily absent.
From a smartphone
As for temporarily deleting the VK page from your phone, you will have to use a browser. For some reason, the developers decided not to add this feature to the mobile application. Although maybe they will fix this in the future.
So, by following our next instructions, you will learn how to temporarily delete a VKontakte page from a phone running an Android system:
- Open the browser you prefer to use on your smartphone.
- Enter vk.com in the address bar. You will automatically find yourself on the mobile version of the site and see the address m.vk.com in the browser line.
- However, we need to upgrade to the full version. To do this, click on the three horizontal stripes at the bottom right.
- Scroll down the page and click on “Computer Version”.
- You will see your page as it appears on your computer monitor.
- Click on your name in the upper right corner, next to your profile picture.
- In the menu that appears, click “Settings”.
- Scroll down again, where you will see the line “You can delete your page.”
- Click on it. Select the reason for deletion (if you wish) and leave a message to your friends.
- Click the "Delete Page" button.
As you can see, deleting a page on VK for a while is not at all difficult. We think that you will cope with this task with ease. The main thing is to figure out where to spend a lot of free time that you will have after this.
How to delete a page in a contact - another way
Important! Do not use this method if you have linked your phone number or email to your account. Otherwise, if you then want to register in VK again, problems may arise. You can change them before this.
Everything is simple here, do any action that the administration in VK does not approve of. For example, rename yourself to someone who must not be called. Or just start spamming everyone left or right. The profile will definitely be banned for permanent residence, and the page will become deleted. This is a really smart method that works.
Interesting! Some people suggest simply clearing the account of information, making it private and leaving it that way for several months, supposedly it will then delete itself. No, this will not happen, it is unclear where such a myth even came from.
For how long can you delete a VK page?
Temporary deletion of an account is only temporary, so that later you can restore access to it without unnecessary difficulties. However, the VK administration does not want to store a huge number of abandoned accounts. Especially for this purpose, users are provided with a period during which they can return everything.
The deadline for restoring a previously deleted page is 210 days, that is, approximately 7 months. This time is enough to decide whether you want to return to the world of this social network again.
What happens if you miss a deadline?
How long does it take for a contact page to be deleted forever? Unfortunately, after seven months, it will no longer be possible to restore it. At all. No way. Even the support team here will not be able to help you. All photos will also disappear (but there is no need to manually delete photos), likes, comments, and so on. Therefore, it is better to save important information before you temporarily delete your account.
But there is a positive aspect to this. You won't have to manually delete all your comments and clean up all traces of your online presence. It will happen on its own.
If you don’t remember exactly how much time has passed, you can use this hint. When you go to the page, you can see two options for inscriptions:
- The page has been deleted or has not yet been created. This means that 7 months have already passed and the data is lost forever.
- The user's page has been deleted. Information is not available. In this case, you can still restore access to your account.
How to restore a deleted page on VK?
The necessary time has passed and you have decided to restore your VKontakte social network page? It's quite simple, follow my recommendations.
- We go to the website of this social network. VKontakte network. I hope that you guessed to save your login and password? Well done!
- On your page you will see the date and time when you deleted it. For example, I can restore my profile until October 8th. We just need to click on the “Restore your page” link and your profile will reappear with all your messages.
- Click on this command;
- A window will appear where we just need to click on the “Restore Page” button.
I think you did everything right, and again you saw your account again, which you deleted a couple of months ago. I deleted my profile just a few minutes ago, so nothing new appeared on my page.
I think VKontakte chose 7 months to temporarily delete a profile so that the user would think carefully about whether he should actually delete the page. Internet hooligans can harass you. In 7 months, they will most likely leave you behind and move on to someone else, and you will restore your account and start communicating with your friends again.
But, if you come to the conclusion that you do not need the entire page, then you should hold the page for a period of more than 7 months. In this case, your page will disappear completely. Now I suggest you watch the video that I recorded for you.
How to restore a page
We found out how long it takes for a contact page to be deleted forever. How can I return it if this period has not yet passed?
To recover, you need to remember your username and password. Therefore, it is better to write them down somewhere before temporarily deleting the page. As practice shows, many people forget this data and then recovery is much more difficult.
Next, simply log into your account using your previous username and password. Now click the blue "Restore" button. You may need to confirm your decision to restore access, so do so.
Temporarily deleting your account may be helpful. Firstly, you will rest, and secondly, you will have free time that you can spend with benefit for yourself and others. In any case, be prepared for a sharp jump in interest in your person, both from virtual and real friends. Especially if you have previously spent a lot of time online.
Instructions: erase the profile from the PC
How to delete a page on VKontakte temporarily? Below will be presented various techniques that will help answer the question asked.
Let's start with the simplest method. We are talking about erasing a profile using a PC. This technique helps solve the problem without any problems.
Instructions for temporarily deleting a profile on the VKontakte social network are as follows:
- Go to vk.com and log in using your username.
- Hover your cursor over the top right side of the screen. The user needs to find a miniature of his avatar.
- Click on the down arrow button. A small navigation menu will appear on the screen. With its help, you can edit information in the questionnaire.
- Select the operation called “Settings”.
- Go to the “General” tab. Typically this section opens by default.
- Scroll to the very end of the page.
- Click on the hyperlink “Delete your page...”.
- Indicate the reason for leaving the social network. To do this, just use the mouse cursor to check the box next to the appropriate item. You can specify “Other” and indicate the reason for deletion.
- Set friend notification settings. “VK” allows you to inform other users about your departure from the social network.
- Click on the “Delete...” button.
- Wait for the operation to be processed. This usually takes a few seconds.
That's all. Now it’s clear how to temporarily delete a page on VK. After completing these steps for some time, the user will be able to restore access to his profile. Therefore, this technique is called temporary erasure.
Other methods and measures
If you have been an active Internet user for a long time, then most likely you have left a fair amount of legacy on most large and not so large resources. But how can we remember at least a tenth of the portals where they once left their data?
Use this service to search for sites where you might have been registered. Most likely it will take a lot of time, but the result is more important.
Remove personal data from Google, Yandex and Mail search engines
To remove information about yourself from search engine results, the Federal Law of the Russian Federation “On Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection” will help us. We just fill out the form on the websites of the “three giants” and wait for the result.
Forms: Google, Yandex, Mail.ru.
We also try to find ourselves using a photo in the same Google search. If your photos are on a third-party site, fill out this form and wait for the result.
It is possible that there is no way to delete an account on the resources. In this case, try to delete all data from your profile. Change your phone number and email so that there is no suspicion that this data is somehow connected with your identity.
Remove negative reviews from the media
Even if you were once mentioned or are still mentioned in the media, and not in the best light, you should not be upset. There is a way to do this too.
We look for your name in search engines, if we find it and the information about you is incorrect, or it discredits your honor and dignity, we write to the editor or to the “Contacts” section.
If it is not possible to resolve the problem peacefully, then Article 152 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation “Protection of honor and dignity on the Internet” is in force in the country. Litigation is a troublesome matter, but if you are initially sure that the truth is on your side, and the other side does not want to agree to a settlement, then the gamble is worth the candle.
It is better to start with an official written appeal to the owner, sent by mail with notification of receipt; this may be useful for the proceedings. It is better to draw up such a document with a lawyer.
Delete the old site on the people
In the 2000s, users quite often created Internet pages on narod.ru, where they left a lot of their contact information and photographs. It is possible that this blog has been preserved in Archive.org. Check the presence of the page in the archive, and if it still exists, then go to the contacts page and write to technical support with a request to delete this resource.
