Every year, millions of users leave the VKontakte social network for various reasons, but not every one of them deletes their page. As a result, a huge number of abandoned profiles remain on the site and sometimes interfere with active users.
At a minimum, the desired account address may be occupied by an empty profile. At the most, abandoned profiles often become a way for attackers to distribute the information they need by leaving spam in communities and private messages with strangers.
When faced with the desire to delete (even temporarily) a VKontakte account, the user has a number of logical questions, the answers to which are in this article.
How to delete a page temporarily and then restore it
Sooner or later, everyone begins to want a quiet time, some people work better without annoying messages, while others urgently need to “lay low” on social networks. All this can be easily achieved by temporarily deleting your VKontakte page.
This is quite easy to do - the site has a separate tool for deleting an account. After deletion, the user will have seven months to change his mind and restore it.
You can delete all information quite simply:
- In the upper right corner of the site there is an icon with the user’s name and avatar. By clicking on it, a window with various sections appears;
- by going to “Settings” , you need to scroll to the very bottom, where there will be a clickable inscription “You can delete your page” and click on it;
- in the pop-up window you can select the reason for deletion, but this is not necessary, since it does not affect anything;
- You can also select “Other reason” and enter your message. If there is a checkbox “Tell friends”, the inscription will appear on the profile wall;
- if there is no checkmark, the reason and the attached message will not be visible to other people.
By clicking on the “Delete page” , all the information contained on it will be hidden from prying eyes. It is important to remember that it will only be possible to restore your profile within 7 months. If you do not take advantage of this opportunity during this period, it will be automatically deleted without the right to recovery.
Recovering your VKontakte account is even easier. First, you need to log in to the site under the required profile by entering your username and password. Immediately below the name, next to the place for the avatar, there will be the inscription “Your page has been deleted ,” as well as a clickable sentence “You can restore your page” and information until what date this can be done. By clicking on the offer, a pop-up window will appear where you need to select “Restore page” .
All data in the form of wall posts, photos, music, dialogues, communities, etc. will be saved and returned to their place. If the restoration period is coming to an end, but the user is not yet ready to return to this social network, he can restore and delete the account again. In this case, the seven-month countdown will begin again.
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.
How to delete a VK account from your computer permanently without recovery - 3 ways
VKontakte statistics show that every year about one fifth of users try to leave the site, but half of them restore their accounts for various reasons. To a greater extent, this indicates people’s dependence on the social network. There are several ways to get rid of your profile once and for all.
Method one
You can do the same as stated above: delete your account through a special tool in the settings. However, in this case, the person has more than six months to recover. Addiction or simple curiosity can force a person to return his account again. The following methods do not provide the user with this option.
Second way
- in the settings you need to go to the “Privacy” , where in each item you can deny access to all users by setting “Only me” ;
- saving the settings and going to your personal page, delete all information from it yourself, starting with posts on the wall and ending with music.
A completely empty account will be automatically blocked by the site system. In this case, it will be impossible to restore it.
Third way
- Having registered a new mailbox, indicate its address in the special “General” in the settings;
- the old mailbox should be removed from the email list;
- in the section above you need to enter the old password and change it to a new one, which you definitely won’t remember;
- as in the second method, delete all information and set the privacy of each item to “Only me” .
While the page has not yet been automatically deleted, the user does not have any information to log into the profile, and the phone number associated with it will not allow creating a new page.
Page recovery
The creators of VKontakte do not want to lose their audience, so they made the process of restoring a user account very simple. You just need to perform a few clicks:
- Open the main page of the social network: https://vk.com/.
- Enter the username and password that were used to log into your profile.
- The deleted page appears with its owner's name. Additionally, a date will be indicated after which the information from the account will be completely destroyed.
- Click on the “Restore your page” link.
- The system will inform you about the possibility of instantly returning to the ranks of VK participants. To continue, click on the appropriate button.
The procedure is completed. The user will be taken to his profile, which will have a familiar appearance.
By following the recommendations in the article, you will be able to temporarily delete your social network account. Many members use this option to completely hide information about themselves from other people. You are given 7 months for recovery, but if this period is not enough, you can return the profile and then erase it again, adding additional time to think.
Related Posts
3 high-profile scandals that could have buried VK
How to change the password on VK
How to create an event in VK
How to delete a page if you can’t access it – 2 options
If you have lost access to your profile, it doesn’t matter, you can use several options; let’s take a closer look at both.
Option 1 – Page recovery
It’s enough to remember what number or email the page was linked to. Recovering it is quite simple: when you log in with your password, there is an inscription “Can’t log in?” , by clicking on it, you can try your luck in restoring access to your profile. After a successful attempt, you can remove it in any convenient way described earlier.
Option 2 – Contact support
When writing to the support service, you must indicate the id of the old page , as well as attach a photo of any identification document and a photo of your face in the background of this message, for example, at a computer monitor. In this case, access to the account will not be restored; it will be immediately deleted by the administration.
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 delete a page (account) from your phone forever
In the mobile version of VKontakte, the functionality was completely preserved, only slightly modified for more convenient use. After logging into your account in any mobile browser, the treasured sentence “You can delete your page” can also be found at the very bottom of the main settings, next to the “Help” .
Also, the above methods of complete deletion without the right to recovery can be used from the phone. It is no less convenient and fast than using the full version of the site.
Conclusion
Thus, we can say that the process of deleting and restoring a VK account is quite simple, although it raises some questions. The possibility of temporary deletion ensures that during your absence from the site, attackers will not be able to take advantage of a temporarily inactive profile. And various methods of completely deleting an account will exclude the possibility of returning to the site.
Delete a VK page from a phone that is not accessible
In general, deleting accounts is a very common situation. Therefore, there are no tricks or tricks in this. Problems may arise if you have lost access to your own account and want to delete it.
The administration of the social network agrees to meet halfway. If you have lost access to your personal page and want to delete it, you need to contact technical support. However, your account must include your first and last name, and your avatar must contain your photos.
Such a request must be accompanied by a scan of your passport, driver’s license, student ID or birth certificate. In addition, you are required to send a photo of you in person, with this message in the background (monitor with text). All this is required so that there is no doubt that it is you who is writing, and not the person who took over your account and found photos of documents in it.
Even contacting the administration for help in deleting a page does not deprive you of the right to restore it within 210 days.
Deleting a personal profile on VK
You can delete your account from any device, be it a tablet, a computer or a phone. We would like to inform you right away that deleting an account from the VK service forever can only be done through a browser; the mobile application will not allow you to carry out this action. And so, to delete your personal page you need:
- To get started, go to the social networking site – vk.com;
- In the login and password fields, enter the data that you want to delete;
- Next, on your personal page, pay attention to the menu on the left (for the mobile version) and find the “Settings” item; for the computer version, just click on your avatar in the upper right corner and select “Settings” in the menu;
- A window with settings will appear in front of you, examining it carefully to the very bottom, you will see the following: “You can delete the page,” this is what you should click on;
- Next, indicate the reason why you are deleting your account, you can select any from the list or write your personal reason;
- By checking the box next to “Tell friends”, your subscribers and friends will be notified that you have deleted your profile;
- Click on "Delete Page".
This is actually the not difficult process of deleting a profile from the VKontakte network. But it is worth noting that after such deletion of the page, your data is stored on the site for almost another year, so if you want to register a new profile that you want to link to the same number, you will not succeed.
In the case where you did not delete the page, but this happened by accident or because of scammers, then restoring your profile will not be difficult at all, just click on “Restore your page”.
To find out when your account information will be deleted forever, you can go to the recovery page, where the exact date will be written.
How to delete a page on VK - indirect methods
The administration of the social network allows the possibility of deleting a VK page forever in a rather non-trivial way. It is unusual and requires somewhat more serious preparation compared to the official one. By the way, this way the removal may take even less time.
How to delete a VKontakte page - reset your account:
- Go to your privacy settings and go to the “My Page” section. All visibility settings must be set to “Only me” mode. In this way, you protect your own page from external transitions as much as possible.
- Now go to the “Contact me” section and set “Nobody” in all lines. This eliminates the possibility of writing messages or any updates to the account as a whole.
- You also need to hide your account from search engines. To do this, go to “Privacy” and set in the line “Who can see my page on the Internet” - “Only VKontakte users”. Now there is no way to find her at all. Only direct transitions are possible.
- All you have to do is log out of your own account and don’t log into it again. Now, since they can delete a VK page for inactivity only after a certain time, which no one will tell you for sure, all you can do is wait.
Please note that the speed at which accounts are deleted depends on their weight, determined by the number of friends and information stored in albums. That is, deleting all subscribers and materials can indirectly affect the blocking speed.
How to delete a VKontakte page - the fastest way
There is one fastest, but extremely undesirable way to get blocked in the shortest possible time. To implement it, it is necessary to violate the rules of the social network to the maximum. Just don’t forget that you shouldn’t break the law, because this can lead to the most serious consequences offline. As an example of an action, consider sending spam, advertising, and the like. Other users will start complaining about you. Depending on the number and speed of receiving reports, you may be blocked temporarily or permanently. This method can rightfully be considered the fastest option on how to delete a VKontakte page.
How other users see your page
What does a closed page mean for other members of a social network? This means that your profile information is no longer visible to anyone except your friends. A subscriber, registered or unregistered person on a social network will not see detailed information about you, but some things will still be available to them.
Namely:
- main photo (can only be viewed in a reduced size);
- status, if any;
- marking “online” or time of last visit to VKontakte;
- number of friends, including mutual ones;
- number of entries and gifts;
- personal information, if filled in (date of birth, city of residence, education, etc.).
On VKontakte you can hide your friends so that they do not appear in the list. Read more about this in a separate article.
How can I prevent this information from being displayed? To do this, you will have to erase some data. Go to the “Basic” section on the personal data editing page. Select “Do not show date of birth.” On the “Contacts” tab, remove the city of your residence or replace it with a fictitious one.
Clean up the remaining partitions in a similar manner and don't forget to save the results at the end.
Now your once public page has gained powerful protection. It can only be accessed through your consent.
If you need to hide account information from only one member of a social network, then the fastest and most effective way is to add him to the blacklist. Go to the page of the person who needs to be added to the emergency situation. Click the ellipses button and select “Block” from the pop-up menu.
After making all the necessary settings, you can go to your page and view it from the perspective of a stranger. This is done using a special function available to everyone. It is located in the same section in which we chose the profile type.
At the very bottom there is a text asking you to check whether your privacy settings are correct. By clicking on the blue link, you will be taken to observer mode and see what your account looks like from the outside.
Previously, it was possible to view “through the eyes” of an unregistered person, an unfamiliar member of a social network, or any of your friends. Unfortunately, at the moment the only option left is to view as an unfamiliar user.
