How to change the owner of a VKontakte group: step-by-step guide

Hello everyone, dear readers of the AFlife.ru blog! VKontakte communities are an important part of this social network. For a long time, VK has been used not only for communicating in dialogues with friends and family. Thanks to communities, users have the opportunity to have fun, expand their horizons, learn new hobbies, receive help, support and even self-realization. Community owners promote their own ideas to the masses and make money from their projects. Sometimes it becomes necessary to give ownership rights to a public space to another person. And then the question arises, how to change the owner of a VKontakte group?

Is it possible to transfer the rights of the creator of a VKontakte group?

The transfer of managerial rights is allowed; the developers of the social network do not put serious restrictions on such actions, although they exist. At the same time, the change process is secure enough to resist intruders and scammers who decide to take possession of other people’s works.

But, despite the availability of the operation, users who want to change the creator need to be aware of some barriers:

the owner is solely responsible for carrying out the change;
the operation requires the participation of support agents if the number of subscribers exceeds 100 thousand;
more than 2 weeks must have passed since the previous changes;
It is unacceptable to suspect that the manager’s account has recently changed its owner;
Sales and commercial transactions are prohibited.

Tips and recommendations when transferring rights to the VKontakte group

We recommend that you adhere to the following rules:

Do not transfer the group under any circumstances until you receive an advance or full payment from the future owner.
Make sure it's not a scam. This is quite easy to do. Check the person for presence on other social networks, find out the reason for the purchase, find out why he is offering such a price, what the future owner does, marital status and other aspects of the activity. A truly interested person will be happy to answer most questions; the divorce will be visible like ripples on smooth water - discrepancies in facts, evasion of answers, “extorting” details or “Let’s make a deal right away!” You make me the owner, and I immediately transfer the money,” etc.
More "stealth". You should not conduct direct correspondence about the transfer of group rights on the social network itself, this is monitored! Failure to comply with this recommendation may lead to blocking of both the account and the group. If there is a need to sell (or for other reasons), announce that you are looking for a public administrator, offer communication through correspondence using e-mail letters.
Only those groups whose number of subscribers does not exceed 100,000 users can be transferred. Publications with a larger number of participants will have to contact the technical support of the social network.
A public formation can only have one administrator!
Changing the topic after a community transfer is one of the most serious violations. The administration of the social network immediately considers such changes as a commercial operation, and mercilessly blocks the public for an indefinite period.
This point applies more to future owners. Make sure the group has no suspicious activity. You can often come across a situation where a public page has been stolen and they are trying to sell it. “Beacons” can be the following: less than two weeks have passed since the change of owner, a difference in time and number of posts, a lot of advertising material, a change in the name and its inconsistency with the topic of the community, etc.

Frequently encountered mistakes (no matter how many times you repeat them!) are from the first to the third, but we recommend that you remember everything. Otherwise, if you don’t listen to the rules described above, you risk being left with nothing—without your public page.

How can I transfer group creator rights to another person?

It has already been said above that the process of replacing a manager will not cause difficulties. Therefore, those people who are trying to figure out how to change the owner of a group in VK should follow the following instructions:

the first step is to make sure that the future manager is one of the administrators;
then the community owner must go to the “management” section and switch to the “management” subsection;
here you will have to click “edit” under the account of the future owner;
and click the “make manager” button at the very bottom of the window that opens;
the next step is to enter a code that will be sent to the mobile phone linked to your account.

It is important to repeat that within the next 15 days the operation can be canceled by using the appropriate button.

What to check before transferring rights to another person

If you transfer a group along with a personal account, then:

delete personal data: personal photos, videos, notes;
Tell your friends that you are transferring your account and it will now be managed by another person. This is in case he wants to cheat and, for example, ask for money on your behalf.

If you transfer rights through group settings, then check that:

you yourself are the owner of the group;
the future owner is the administrator of your group. If not, then nominate one;
there are fewer than 100,000 people in the community. If more, then you cannot transfer rights through the settings, only through technical support;
more than 2 weeks have passed since the previous owner changed;
there is no indication that the group has recently changed creators

You can transfer a group in this way only from a computer. It will not be possible to transfer rights from your phone, since the mobile version will not have the required button. The VK administration explains this by saying that the phone cannot provide the proper level of privacy and security.

If all conditions are met, then we proceed to the direct transfer of rights.

How to change the creator of a group if there is no “assign owner” button?

The absence of a button, and, accordingly, the function of changing the main person of the community, is due to the restrictions mentioned above and the desire of the administration of the social network to protect the rights of users. But the desire to improve security should not limit registered people's desires and capabilities, so the opportunity to make a replacement exists. To do this, you will have to contact technical support with a request to help with your plans. The VK administration will tell you what to do and what actions you will have to take.

How to find a person in a VK group

Many people are faced with the question: how to find this or that person in the community. Let's figure this out.

So, you can find someone only by first and last name. This is done as follows:

Go to "Community Management".
On the right, select the “Participants” section. All members of the community are shown here (from last to first).
Enter your first and last name in the search bar.

Select the desired person from the results.

As you can see, nothing complicated.

Community administrator authority levels

To ensure that the group is safe and the owner can entrust some of the functionality to unfamiliar people, there are several “steps” on the VKontakte social network, each of which has certain rights.

Moderators : can delete content that users have uploaded and manage the blacklist. They cannot write on the wall, add sections or change the description.
Editors : can write on behalf of the group, including in comments, edit content, delete it, or add new content. They can manage the blacklist and change the avatar, and also accept users into closed communities.
Administrator : can appoint and remove other administrators, change the address, name and avatar of the community, add content, manage sections, accept applications. It has almost identical functionality to the owner for working and promoting the public.
Advertiser : can publish advertising posts, but no more than 3 directly and 2 through the exchange.

Before making a group member an assistant, decide what functions he will perform and, based on them, choose a position.

You should not appoint unfamiliar people or users without a recommendation and portfolio to the position of administrator. This can negatively affect the state of the community, even losing it if you run into scammers.

Bottom line

Even though you now know how to remove, add or block people in the community, the best option is still to hire a separate person who will perform all these functions. After all, the first person in the group does not always have time for such activities.

In this article, we looked at what powers the owner of a VKontakte public page has, the main nuances of transferring rights to another user, and also talked about how to perform some actions with other people’s accounts. We hope you learned something useful.

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Changing the group creator from your phone

If you decide to transfer the rights of ownership of the public to another person using a mobile phone, you will not be able to do this. To carry out such an operation, the highest level of security is required. This cannot be done from a mobile device. Even if you use a full-fledged browser and not an application, this will not help. You still have the option of contacting the contact center. Most likely they will not be able to help you, although there is a minimal chance.

Theory

Management rights can be transferred to someone else if you are the creator/owner of the community. Before performing the procedure, a social network member must be designated as a group administrator.

Important! By transferring the community to someone else’s management, you lose this opportunity: you can’t manage it together. You will not be able to influence the administrative staff, change the status of the page from private to public and back, or resolve anything with support agents if problems arise.

The right to return the group remains for two weeks after the transfer of power. Then you will no longer have any proprietary rights to the community. You may be deleted and access to the materials blocked; nothing can be done about it.

Conditions under which a change of owner is possible:

you are a community creator;
the group has less than 100,000 subscribers;
the owner has not changed for at least two weeks;
there has been no activity in the recent past regarding changes to the real owner's profile that the social network would consider suspicious.

How to change community type?

Each owner can transfer a group to a public page and vice versa. It is important to remember that this operation can be done no more than once every 30 days. Therefore, think carefully before you start.

So, the instructions themselves:

Click on the button with the ellipsis under the community avatar.
Select the last option “Transfer to group” or “Transfer to public page”.

Confirm your action.

How to hide admin

You may need to hide a group administrator in a contact for various reasons. You need to do it like this:

go to your public page;
pay attention to the “contacts” block, links to the pages of managers are displayed here;

click on “edit.” a new window will appear next to the “contacts” field;
Opposite the icon of the desired person there is a delete icon, click on it.

Now the page will not display in this section.

You can also remove the entire “contacts” block. To do this, we sequentially remove all managers.

You cannot hide an admin in a VK group using settings; this option is not provided.

Manager's salary

Many people want to become an administrator of a group on VKontakte, because, presumably, it brings good income. In fact, the amount depends on the number of subscribers and the topic of the community. The former provide an audience, and the latter guarantees the attention of advertisers. If the chosen direction is popular, then paid posts (offering goods, services) bring good income.

But how much does a VKontakte group administrator earn in numbers? For example, a public page with more than half a million subscribers can bring in about 60 thousand rubles per month. If there are twice as many participants (more than a million), then the amount doubles. Is the principle clear? To calculate the manager's salary, proceed from your earnings for the group.

If the owner wants to make a person an administrator in a VK group, he will pay for hours of work or a fixed amount. Here the salary can be about 300 rubles/hour. It may be more or less depending on the profitability of the community. Professionals who know how to work with audiences and information can count on 10 thousand/week or more.

The essence of special powers

Before we figure out how to transfer the rights of the owner of a VK group, let’s consider what prerogatives they give:

full management of topics, direction, setting up access, publishing content;
transfer to the “public page” category and back;
obtaining additional opportunities, implementing sanctions and punishments through the site’s Technical Support (the service communicates mainly through it);
other moderators do not have the right to change it.

But he can independently give up ownership of the public, deciding to transfer the VKontakte community to another person.

In what cases does it become necessary to transfer the group to another person?

The need to change the management of a group does not arise very rarely. Here are the most common situations:

the creator simply got tired of doing it. For example, he has lost interest in his brainchild or simply does not have enough time to fill the group with quality content;

the group is promoting a company or brand, but you have already quit. As a rule, issues related to the transfer of public space to other hands are decided by the company’s management. If the celestials are too lazy to do this, then you will have to do it;
a person wants to sell a group. Since VKontakte has recently turned into a huge advertising generator, you can make good money from communities (read about how to buy or sell a VKontakte group in the corresponding link). It is clear that when selling, it is necessary to change the owner.

How to remove from a VK group

Situations often arise when it is necessary to exclude one or another participant from the community. Not every subscriber has such rights, and if you don’t have a person (administrator, moderator) who is responsible for this, then sometimes you have to do it yourself.

Below are the instructions:

Go to "Community Management".
On the right, select the “Participants” section.
Opposite each there is a “Remove from community” button. Using the instructions above, find the people you need and exclude them by clicking on this button.

Transfer conditions

To make another person the owner of a VK group, certain conditions must be met. You must be the creator of the public and also:

there are less than 100,000 subscribers to the public community;
previous changes occurred more than 2 weeks ago;
there are no signs of a change in profile owner.

Maybe some requirements cannot be met or you have an individual case. Then you need to try writing to the support site asking for help making changes. But, if all the points are met, then you can transfer control of the VKontakte group to another person.

How to appoint an editor, moderator, administrator in a group

To assign another member as an administrator, go to the group of which you are the owner and click on the three horizontal dots under the avatar. From the drop-down menu, select "Community Management".

Next, in the menu on the right, go to the “Participants” tab, find the person you need in the list and click on the “Appoint as manager” button opposite him.

In the next box, mark with a marker who exactly you want to make the selected user: moderator, editor or administrator. To have a person appear on the community’s main page, check the “Display in contacts block” box.

You can fill out the fields that appear, then click “Assign as manager.”

Read the warning, and if you agree with everything, click “Assign as administrator.”

The contact block is located on the main page of the community on the right side. By checking the box for the page to be displayed in this block, it will appear there and look as shown in the screenshot below.