How to write a message in contact to a friend
Method 1.
To send to a friend, go to your VKontakte account, in “Messages”, click the “Write” button:
In a new window, select your interlocutor among your friends, write a text, click the “send” button:
You can attach: photo, video, audio, document, map with the specified point.
If you need to find a dialogue with a person, enter the first or last name in the “Search” line. And if the SMS contains certain words or phrases, enter the searched word in the field, click “Search in personal”:
The search result will load with the word highlighted:
To the right of the “Search” button is a calendar, you can specify until what date to search.
Method 2.
Go to your friend's page, click the "Send" button. In the window that appears, write a text and send.
You can send SMS to any user if the profile is not closed.
VKontakte on a tablet or phone is convenient
Most often, site visitors are users of mobile applications, especially during the daytime, when most students, schoolchildren and working users are away from their computers. These people may also have a problem, and we need to again understand the question of why messages are not sent to VKontakte. On a phone, unlike a computer, there may be slightly fewer reasons, but one of the most popular is considered to be an outdated version of the mobile application. Today, most users download a social network app to their phone or tablet rather than access the social network through a browser, because this way they can appear online much faster.
The reason is simple: the mobile application is outdated, or the cache is full and there is not enough memory on the phone. Now, having figured out the question of why VKontakte messages are not sent from a tablet, phone or computer, you can quickly fix this problem yourself, without resorting to the services of IT companies.
Error: “Message cannot be sent” or “Message sending is restricted”
Why can’t I write to anyone and an error appears? VKontakte has a limitation: per day you can send only 20 messages to people who are not your friends and with whom you have not corresponded before. When you exceed this limit, the error “The message cannot be sent because you have sent too many messages recently” appears.
If you send messages from your phone (via the VK application), then there may be more stringent restrictions, including on the number of messages sent to friends. For example, if you send 10 messages in a short time, the error “Sending messages is limited” will appear (sometimes “The request could not be completed”), and until they write to you, you will not be able to write anything else. If you want to write without restrictions, write through the full version of the VK website. From your phone, try through the mobile version of the site.
This error can also appear if you send a message to a new person immediately after communicating with another person (or people) not from your friends list. Then wait and try again.
Another situation - you are corresponding with a person who is not your friend, and he allowed only friends to write to him in a personal message. While he is writing to you, you can write too. But as soon as he deleted the correspondence (for example, so that a stranger would not read it), sending messages will be limited. The same thing happens when a week has passed since the last message from him was written.
Finally, the error occurs when you have written too many comments in groups.
Why is this done? Only to protect VKontakte users from annoying advertising. If messages were unlimited, spammers would have tired of everyone long ago. Try to understand this.
This restriction is temporary, you just need to wait a day, and messages can be sent again. If you plan to communicate with one of the people on a regular basis, add him as a friend! Then the messages sent to this person will be unlimited.
Interesting fact
This instruction is most often read on holidays: New Year, February 23 and March 8. People want to congratulate their friends and acquaintances, they send out congratulations en masse and are faced with restrictions.
Messages in the VKontakte group, setup and use
Let us immediately note that messages in the VKontakte group are an effective tool for business. In simple terms, group messages are a personal chat for each community member. In other words, it is possible to communicate with the group administrator one-on-one. This way we can exchange various documents and discuss issues that are important to us. Admins can find out the buyer’s opinion about their product (service). They can collect wishes and complaints for further work to improve the business proposal.
The message is not sent, a red circle appears
Except for the case when a person forbade sending him messages (see above), this means problems with communication. A red circle with an exclamation mark appears next to the message. The message has not been sent anywhere yet. Click on it - a menu will appear - then “Resend”. And if you change your mind about sending - “Delete message”.
VKontakte has nothing to do with it. You need to solve your problem with communication, that is, connecting to the Internet. If the connection is poor, the sending will have to be repeated, possibly more than once. If the 3G signal is bad, disconnect from the mobile Internet and connect to Wi-Fi. If, on the contrary, the Wi-Fi signal is weak, disconnect from it and switch to the mobile Internet. Or go to a place where there is normal communication.
Social network is part of our life
The problem lies on the surface. Such problems arise with virtual communication, or rather, with its sudden cessation, solely due to technical equipment and equipment. Thus, the most popular social network in Russia, VKontakte, is in demand every day by more than tens of millions of people, and one of the common difficulties here is the question of why messages are not sent to VKontakte. Indeed, very often you can observe such a failure on a mobile device, tablet or computer. But what is the reason for this technical problem? and restore normal operation on the social network?
Messages are not sent, an error appears in the corner
If you use VKontakte via a browser (in full or mobile version), use these tips:
Reload the page completely
the Ctrl-F5 key combination (on a computer, laptop) completely reloads the page with all elements, which helps solve such problems. Try. On your tablet or phone, reload the page with the button
. It would be even more effective to clear your browser cache:
Clear cache and cookies (temporary files)
How to do this, read the instructions Not included in Contact? Solution (opens in a new window).
Extra programs and extensions? Delete them
If your browser is Google Chrome, open the list of extensions using the link: chrome://extensions (copy and paste in a new window). If "KIS Security Shield" is listed, that may be the problem. Remove this extension (the button in the form of a trash can to the right of it), or simply disable it (uncheck it by clicking on it). At the same time, you can disable other extensions if you don’t need them.
If you have Kaspersky antivirus, try another option: update it to the latest version.
Another reason: maybe you have one of the programs for downloading music from VK (such as VKSaver), posting pictures on the wall, and the like? Or a browser extension? Or an ad blocker (like AdBlock)? If something is broken in it, it can interfere. Delete it all, restart your computer and try again.
Try another browser
Maybe this is a good time to try a different browser? Download and install something new - for example, Chrome or Firefox instead of Internet Explorer. Launch and type vhod.ru - the address of the start page. Log into VK through it and check if messages are now being sent. If everything is fine, then the problem was in the browser.
If you have Windows, clean the hosts file
How to clean the hosts file is well explained here: Not logged into Contact? Solution (opens in a new window). Don't forget to check your antivirus as well.
This may be a technical problem
Sometimes there are technical problems on the VKontakte website that are completely out of your control. Nothing can be done about this: it’s rare, but it happens. It may look different. For example, messages are not sent, but everything else works. In this case, all that remains is to wait.
The message is not sent, “Unknown error” - most likely, these are problems on the VKontakte website. The message is not sent to the person (even if he is a friend and has not added you to the blacklist). This means that you just have to wait and the problem will solve itself. If you can’t wait, try to contact this person in another way (for example, call or write in some messenger where he is available).
Browser problems
The possibility of a browser glitch cannot be ruled out. How to check:
- Download another program.
- Launch it and go to VK.
- Check if messages are being sent.
- If everything works, then remove the problematic browser and download the latest version from the developer’s website.
Errors may occur when writing a smartphone application. If certain functions fail, please contact support. Specialists will forward information about failures to the development department. An update will be released within a few days to fix critical errors.
The person does not receive messages from me, he does not see them
- Maybe you haven't addressed one of the reasons you just read. Go back to the beginning and read. If the message has not left you, it cannot arrive anywhere.
- Maybe he's not in touch right now. Until he logs into VK, he will not see any messages.
- Maybe he doesn't understand where to go or click to view the message. Someone should teach him. Here are instructions for beginners about VKontakte messages.
- Maybe you're writing on the wrong page (it happens that people have several pages, even with the same name).
- Maybe everything has come to him, but he’s just lying to you.
Who needs delayed posting of messages and why?
There can be any number of reasons for sending a scheduled message. But still, let's look at a few of them for clarity.
- You have a friend, girlfriend, colleague or relative whose birthday is coming soon or this person will soon celebrate some other holiday. At the same time, it is known for sure that on this day you will not be able to log into VKontakte to write and send a congratulatory message. And it is precisely in such a situation that you should use delayed sending of messages.
- Let's say you have a client or customer who needs to send some information, file or media content on a specific day at a specific time. Are you part of the group of people who often forget what needs to be done after a day, two or a week. We write a message with the necessary content and set it on a timer, after which it will be sent to its recipient automatically.
It would seem that these are trivial examples, but surely each of us has been in similar situations. Therefore, in order to prevent such cases in the future, it is recommended to schedule the sending of a message in advance.
