Details on how to view hidden albums in VKontakte

Greetings, my dear friends! Let me share some good news - I have prepared for you a new publication from a series of articles about the social network Vkontakte, which is the most popular among Runet users. Many people surf its pages every day: some from their phones, some from their laptops or home PCs.

Many employers even close access to the network so that their employees are not tempted to visit their account during working hours, and this just confirms its high popularity. Well, today we’ll look at how to create a VKontakte album, because I regularly receive your letters with this question.

Catalog with audio

By analogy with the previous point, we can make a catalog with music.

On your page

So let's start with the instructions for your personal profile:

• Go to the page.
• Open the "Audio" section.
• When you are there, open the “Playlists” tab.
• On the right you will see a list icon with a plus sign - click on it.

• A window will appear to create a new playlist. Enter a title, description, if desired, upload a picture to display, and then you can always change the cover of the playlist.
• Using the "Add Audio" button you can fill out the playlist.
• Click "Save".

In Group

Creating a public music catalog is very similar to creating a video album. That's why:

• Join the group.
• In the menu on the right, click “Add Audio”, and then repeat all the points from the instructions about creating a video album in a group.

Durov.ru

Let's now look at another option for how to view hidden VKontakte albums. In order to see other people's photos, you will need to visit the official website of Pavel Durov, who is the main developer of the social network. To do this, enter the address durov.ru in the browser line, then you need to log in to it by entering your data that you use when logging into Vk.com. Now you are faced with the main task - you need to find the person whose photographs are hidden and declassify them.

In order to view the hidden album “VKontakte”, you need to enter the entry Photos with user on its page. If everything was done correctly, then you should see all the photos that were hidden by the privacy settings. As you can see for yourself, there is absolutely nothing complicated about this, but if the above two methods do not suit you for any reason, then you will need to consider the third, which we will talk about now.

How to create a private album in VK?

Let's say you've already figured out how to create a new album with photos, music or videos on VK, and now you want to hide it from friends and other network users. The first question you can ask us in this regard is: is this possible? Yes, sure. And most importantly, it will not be difficult for you. So, let's figure out how to make a private album in VKontakte.

From PC

In order to hide the catalog from prying eyes, there are several options for your actions.

• If you are just planning to create it.

1. Follow the instructions on how to upload an album to VK described above.
2. On the page where you need to indicate the title and description, pay attention to the 2 lines at the bottom: “Who can view” and “Who can comment.”
3. Set the desired value there.

• If you already have a ready-made option that you would like to make private from outsiders, find it in the “Photos” section, hover your cursor and click on the pencil icon in the upper right corner.

A page will open in front of you on which you will see the lines already familiar to you: “Who can view” and “Who can comment.” After setting the desired values, do not forget to click “Save Changes”.

• Also, be sure to go through your privacy settings. You can find them by clicking on the avatar in the top right menu.

There you will find items related to viewing your profile information. Check and change the data if necessary.

From phone

As for the smartphone, we’ll say right away: you can either create an album in VKontakte with photos, videos and audio, or make it private through the application. This can be done both at the stage of loading a new catalog and working with it, and in the privacy of the profile.

• At the loading stage.

Open the application and click on the person icon in the lower right corner, and then the “Photos” section.

Click on the plus sign in the upper right corner, and then on the “Create” button.

Under the lines with the name and description you will find the necessary settings.

• Edit ready. Open the album you need, click on the ellipsis in the right corner and click on the “Edit” button.

Set the desired options.

• In the privacy settings. Open your profile settings by double-clicking on the little man in the bottom right corner and then on the word “Settings.”

Go to the privacy section and go through the main points, editing them as you wish.

Now you know everything you need about creating catalogs with photos, videos and audio recordings in VK. We hope you will apply this knowledge in practice, thanks to which your page or online community will look beautiful and attract many new subscribers.

From computer

You can also add a new cover to an album via the web version of VKontakte by editing the album. To do this, open the section with downloaded photos and albums and make changes:

1. Open the VKontakte social network in the browser and go to the “ Photos ” section.

1. Next, open the album in which you want to change the cover and click “ Edit Album ”.

1. Then we move the cursor over the album cover and select “ Change cover ”.

1. In the window that appears, select one of the photos that will be displayed on the album cover.

1. And finally, click on the “ Save Changes ” button.

Using this method you can change the cover of any album. Remember that you can only put on the cover the photo that is in the album.

This concludes our article, now you know how to set or change the album cover on VK. We hope that our article was useful to you, thank you for your attention!

How to make an open album closed?

Now, let's talk about how to make an existing open photo album closed and vice versa.

For this:

1. Go to the desired album.
2. Click the "Edit Album" button.

1. Next, an editing window will open. Here you can not only change access, but also select a cover, change the title and description, delete, make it primary and enable/disable comments.

1. Check or uncheck the box next to “Only editors and administrators can add photos.”
2. Save the changes.

It's quite simple. This way you can customize each album separately.

How to enable a section?

By default, when creating a public page, the “Photo Albums” section is enabled. But there are situations when it is disabled for one reason or another and there is a need to enable it.

To do this, follow the instructions:

1. Go to "Community Management".

1. On the right, select Sections.
2. Find the "Photos" line and turn it on.

There are two options here: open and limited. In the first case, all users will be able to add photos. In the second - only administrators and editors of the group.

Important! Each album individually can be made either open or closed. We'll talk about this a little later.

1. Save your changes.

After completing the steps, a new block will appear in the right column of the site. If you want to move this block to the middle of the screen (above the news feed), then in “Community Management” find the line “Main Block” and select “Photos” there.

On your personal page

You can open or hide an album on VKontakte on your personal page quite simply. You just need to know the correct procedure. Since the computer and mobile versions of the social network have significant differences, each option will be considered separately.

On the computer

To hide or open an album on VKontakte on your personal page via a personal computer, you need to do the following series of actions:

1. Go to the official VKontakte page and go to the “Photos" There, find a suitable album and hover your mouse over it. A pencil icon should appear in the upper right part of the album; click on it with the left mouse button.

   

2. A menu for editing the album will open. You will need to find the item “ Who can view this album?" A little to the right of this item there will be a characteristic signature on which you will need to click with the left mouse button. In my case this is the line " Just me».

   

3. After clicking, a small window should appear with several settings options. If you select the column " Just me", then this album will be hidden from all users of the social network. You can select the option " Only friends" Then the selected album will be open to your friends on VK. Left-click on the desired option.

   

4. All that remains is to click LMB on the item “Save changes».

   

5. Ready. Thus, you can open or hide an album in VK on your personal page via a personal computer.

On the phone

Now let's figure out how to hide or open an album in VK on a personal page through a mobile device. Methods for two smartphones will be discussed below.

Android

Let's start with an Android phone. To open or hide an album on VKontakte, the user will need to perform the following series of actions:

1. Launch the VKontakte application and go to the page with your profile on the social network. You will need to click on the “ Photos».

   

2. You will be redirected to a tab with all the photos and albums that are on your personal page. Click on the album for which you want to change the privacy settings.

   

3. When the album opens, click on the three dots icon. This icon is located at the top right side of the screen.

   

4. A small menu will pop up. Click once on the item " Edit».

   

5. A special page for setting up the album will open. You will need to click on the “ Who can view this album?».

   

6. A list will appear with several privacy settings options. If you want everyone to see the album, then click on the “ All users" If you select the option " Just me", the album will be hidden from all users. You can choose any other option from those offered. After that, click on the arrows to exit.

   

7. If you are finished, click on the checkmark icon. It is located at the top right of the page.

   

iPhone

If you want to hide or open an album on a social network on your personal page via iPhone, then you will need to use the following algorithm of actions:

1. On your smartphone, open the VKontakte application and go to the section with your profile. There will be a section with your images, click directly on the line “ Photos».

   

2. On the next page you will need to find the item “show all" and click on it.

   

3. Now, look at the top right of the page. There will be a line " Change", click on it once.

   

4. After that, click on the name of your album.

   

5. A special page for editing the album should open. You will need to click on the “ Who can view this album?».

   

6. You will be redirected to the tab for privacy settings. If you want to hide the album from everyone, then click on the “ Just me" If, on the contrary, you want to open the selected album for a certain circle of people, then click on any other option. When you make your choice, click on the arrow located at the top left of the screen.

   

7. All you have to do is click the “Ready" This will complete editing the album.