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Where is the settings page. Vkontakte personal page settings. How to restrict access to your VKontakte page

Modern technologies have allowed a person to break down many barriers thanks to the Internet. Today, Internet networks are an integral part of our life, which makes it much easier. Order groceries at home, see loved ones thousands of kilometers away, discover completely new information - all this becomes possible thanks to the Internet provider. And a huge place in this is occupied by social networks, which allow you to meet and communicate with other people without leaving your room.

"VKontakte" as a popular social network

In Belarus, the popularity of this network has provided it with the first place among users, in Russia - the second, in Ukraine - the third, in Kazakhstan - the fifth and twenty-eighth in the whole world. Its daily audience has more than 40 million people. Constantly improving, changing VK settings, functions, this network is not inferior to others and creates new opportunities for its users.

VK design update

On August 1, 2016, the VKontakte social network team completed the main work on the new design, which lasted more than a year and a half, and turned it on to a limited number of users in test mode. Those 10% who agreed to test this update were pleasantly surprised, after which, in a voluntary-compulsory manner, the new design was displayed on all accounts. A lot has changed: VK settings, font, functions, general interface, etc.

Many bugs were also fixed, and VKontakte began to work faster. About 2500 changes to the old design have led the VK team to a completely different look, different from what it has been for the last 10 years. Many were happy with the positive changes, but some did not accept the new design, and complaints poured in towards the VKontakte team. But still, such an update was a step forward, and no one will return to the obsolete one.

Where are the settings in VK of the new design?

Settings in the new VK are not displayed on the left, as it was in previous versions. Anyone who paid attention to this must have suffered in their search. In the new design, VK settings can be opened as follows: the top blue panel in the right corner displays the username and thumbnail of the account, and next to it is a small light arrow. By clicking on it, after the "My Page" and "Edit" sections, you can find the necessary settings. There were no significant changes in them. In the "General" menu, the "Page settings" column has been supplemented with the "Accessibility" item for people who need voice acting for some account controls. VK settings still give access to page security, privacy, alerts, blacklist, application settings, mobile services and payments.

There is no opportunity to switch to the old VKontakte design, which means that such a function is also not provided in the settings. The VK team promises to refine all update errors, if any are found. The new design gave VKontakte a new lease of life and significantly improved its performance.

In the new version of VK, the "Settings" item is located in the drop-down menu at the top of the site. You need to click on the top right, where your name is written next to the avatar. There is also a triangle pointing down. When you click there, a small menu will appear - it will contain the settings item. To open the settings, you must click a second time on the word "Settings".

Where are the settings in the VK mobile application?

  1. Fifth button on the bottom row.
  2. Gear button on the top right.

Where is the VKontakte exit?

Exit - in the same place, in the drop-down menu. In the new version of VK there is a button to exit the site:

Where is "My Answers" (notifications) in the new version of VKontakte?

In the new version of VK, the “My Answers” ​​item is located in the new notification section under the bell sign (at the top of the site on the blue bar on the left). All new likes, replies, mentions, friend requests, birthdays and all other events appear there. When something new appears, there will be a red circle on the bell sign.

Next to the bell at the top of the site there is a “notes” icon - this is the music. Click on it, and the player will open - that's where it is located. And after you turn on the music, control buttons will appear in place of the “notes” icon: back, pause, forward, rewind.

Where are the birthdays of friends in the new version of VKontakte?

Notifications (alerts, reminders) about friends' birthdays in the new version of VKontakte appear in the notifications section - in the same place as the "Like" marks, friend requests, and so on. How to find the notification section, we described here a little higher. This is a button with a bell sign:

You can see all the birthdays of friends. First, open the "Friends" section (via the menu in the left column), and then in the right column, at the top, find the calendar icon next to the words "My Friends". The calendar will open and all birthdays will be there. You can scroll through the months using the left and right buttons. You can open your calendar even faster at this link: calendar.

See this guide for more details:

The search for people in the new version of VKontakte is at the top of the screen on the blue bar. Just click VKontakte on the field with the inscription "Search" and start typing the name of the person you want to find:

The site will suggest people to you (friends will be shown first). Then press "Show all results" or press "Enter" to view the search results in more detail. After that, in the right column, you can switch the search mode to "People" to specify the city, age, date of birth.

It's even easier to search for people on VKontakte like this:

Also see these good instructions on the topic of search:

The statistics button in the new version of VKontakte is located on your page under the photo (avatar), but only if you have more than 100 subscribers. If there are less than 100 subscribers, then the button is not there. In the statistics, you can see the attendance of your page, the gender and age of the guests, what cities they are from, and the like. To open statistics, click on the button with a picture in the form of graphs under your main photo:

And if you do not have 100 subscribers, then you can also see the statistics, but more limited. You can view it at this link.

Good afternoon friends. In a previous post, we learned how to do it right. In this lesson, before we begin to actively use the social network, we will devote a little more time to the technical aspects. In this article, you will learn how to correctly set the settings for the VKontakte page.

So, what do these same VKontakte settings imply? Here we will learn how, if necessary, change your page credentials: password, email, phone number etc. We'll talk about how to set up security and privacy settings, how to set up alerts, and how to blacklist users. It is recommended to perform all these steps immediately after and before you start actively using Vkontakte.

Another interesting feature - change the address of the page "VKontakte". By default, the address looks like: domain/user id. “VK” allows you to replace it with a name consisting of Latin letters, numbers and signs “_”. To do this, you need to click “Change” and in the window replace id with the word that you like more. I changed my ID to the words “sergey_vkazi”. Don't forget to click the blue "Get address" button. This action must be confirmed - you will receive a code in an SMS message, which will need to be entered in the field. After that, the address of my page took the following form: https://vk.com/sergey_vkazi

Yes, by the way, do not forget about the tooltips. They are a great help if you don't know or forgot something. You just have to hover over a particular item, and then a hint appears.


Security page "VKontakte"

The next section is security of your VK page. Let's talk a little about how to improve the protection of your page.

Here you can set up login confirmation. Then, each time you enter the page, you will have to enter the code received by SMS. Not very convenient, but very reliable protection against hacking and all sorts of dirty tricks. If you click the "Connect" button, the following window will open.

Here you need to carefully read the conditions. If you enable this service, the password recovery service by phone number will become unavailable. Therefore, it is recommended here to link the page to the current email address and indicate the true data. If you have not yet linked your page to an email address, then do it in the “General” section. There you will have to enter the password again and then confirm the action by clicking on the link in the letter that will be sent to the associated email address.

So, we want to improve the protection of the VK page. After linking it to an electronic mailbox, press the button “Proceed to setup” (see screenshot above), press the button “Get code” in the window that opens, and enter it in the input field. After we receive a message from the administration that additional protection has been successfully connected and we will see the following window:

That's it, click the "Finish setup" button. In the next window, click “Show List” of backup codes, and copy the backup codes somewhere. They are needed to enter if you do not have a mobile phone at hand. Never show or share backup codes with anyone!

If you suddenly decide to cancel the login confirmation, then you should click the “Disable login confirmation” button, enter the password in the window that opens and confirm the action.

In conclusion of the conversation about the settings in this section, let's talk about the window "Security". Here you can see the latest activity (for example, I can see that the last activity was “ just now (Russia, Chrome Browser)“. If you click on “Show activity history”, you can see from which browser, from which country and when it was carried out. If you suddenly see a suspicious browser or that you were logged in, for example, from America, you should immediately sound the alarm,. Most likely you just got hacked.


Setting privacy "VKontakte"

Here we can set up privacy on VKontakte. In simple terms, this section indicates who can see the basic information of your page, the list of groups and who is visible in the list of friends and subscriptions, etc. In total, the section has four subsections: “My Page”, “Posts on the Page”, “Contact Me” and “Other”. In general, everything is quite simple. Opposite each item there is a drop-down list where you can choose who, for example, will see this or that information on your page. If you select "Everyone except ..." and "Some friends" in the drop-down list, you will have to select from the list of "favorite" friends that you allow (or do not allow) to view your data.

At the very beginning, you can leave everything as it is. When you get used to VK a little, make best friends and, perhaps, ill-wishers, you can adjust your privacy settings at any time - allow or forbid someone something.

At the end of the page privacy settings, I would like to say about the “See how other users see your page” function. It is located at the very bottom of the section. If you enable this function, you will be able to look at your page through the eyes of any user that you choose from the list of friends (if the user is not in the list of friends, then enter a link to the page of that person in the list field)


Setting alerts "VKontakte"

We continue to consider the settings of the VKontakte page. The next section is Vkontakte alerts. There are only four subsections, the first of them is “Alerts on the site”. Here (and in the following subsections) all alerts are enabled by default ('All' is selected). There is nothing complicated in the notification settings. You can see them yourself, and if anything, turn off unnecessary alerts. Many, as a rule, have all notifications turned on so that the user can be aware of any actions and changes.

The last two subsections are setting up notifications via SMS and email. If you want all notifications to come to you via SMS, you just need to check the box “receive SMS notifications” and click the “Save” button. If you want to receive notifications by email, select the “Always notify” item in the drop-down list.



Well, friends, we have reviewed the basic settings of your VKontakte page. The remaining four sections - ““, Setting up applications”, “Mobile services” and “Payments and transfers”, we will consider in more detail in the following articles when we study the relevant sections. For now, that's all we have for today. We set up our profile and filled in the basic information about ourselves. In the following articles, we will learn how to perform basic actions - add friends, etc.

See you soon on my blog pages. 🙂

You can go to the "settings" section from any page of the social network VKontakte. Select "Settings" from the menu on the left. This menu is always shown (not visible only when viewing photos), regardless of which page you are on or in which section.

By default, the General section opens. The section is indicated at the top of the page in the form of bookmarks.

"Additional services". Here, the checkboxes are those services or buttons that are shown in the menu on the left. If you remove the checkbox, the button will immediately disappear, if you add it, it will appear. The number of functions depends on which groups you are subscribed to or which applications are running. The more active the user, the more functions (that is, possible buttons) can be.

Wall settings. If you check the box “Show only my posts”, then only your posts will be shown on the main page (“My page”), the rest will disappear (those that already exist will also disappear). In the “Disable commenting on posts” item, you can accordingly prohibit commenting on any posts on your page (but you can add posts).

"Change Password". To change the password, you must enter in the first field the password by which you enter your VKontakte page. Enter the new password in the next two fields (same password in both fields). The password must not match any of the previous passwords. After filling in all the fields, click the "Change password" button.

"E-mail address". In this section, as the name already implies, you can add your email address for various mailing lists, messages, alerts, notices, and the like. So that the social network VKontakte reminds of itself everywhere and everywhere. Enter your email address and click the "Save Address" button.

After that, you need to go to the specified mailbox and confirm the binding. In the letter from VKontakte there will be a link that you need to follow.

The next section is in order to be able to change the phone number to which the page is linked. Click "change phone number", a window for entering the number appears. Enter the mobile number (10 digits, without the code +7 or other country code) and click "Get Code".

An additional field for entering the code appears. The code comes to the phone within a few seconds, from the number +79087590365. The code is a five-digit number (at least for the time being - 09/04/2014). Enter the code in the line with the inscription "Confirmation code" and click "Send code". If the code did not come, we send a request for another sending of the code to your phone - press the line "Send code again".

This is a very thoughtless point from my point of view. If you do not log out of your profile in an Internet cafe, for example, then anyone can link your profile to their phone.

"Safety of your page". If you point to “just now (Russia, Chrome Browser)” in the “Last activity” item (you may have a different entry), you can see the IP address of the last visit to your VKontakte page.

Your current IP address is
95.37.193.138

By clicking "more" in the same line, in brackets, you can see all the latest activity - all visits to your page.

If you click "End all sessions", the page will close if it is open on another computer (the page will not close for you).

“End all sessions” - the item just described, closes the page if it is open on other computers.

"Login Confirmation" - works if you access your page from a new browser or someone else's computer. To enter, you will need to receive a code in the form of SMS to the cell phone to which the page is linked. Safe, but very inconvenient (except for avid conservatives and opponents of everything new). An additional downside to this feature is if you forget your password, it will not be possible to recover it via phone. Additional information can be read by hovering over the question mark (?).

"The address of your page." In the first line, your profile number, you may need it when restoring the page without a phone number (if the phone is lost or the SIM card is blocked, or other incidents). In the second line - the email address of your page, which can be changed. To change the address, select the text in this field, and "http://vk.com" will not be highlighted, only "id123456789" will be highlighted, each user has an individual number. Instead of the selected text, we type our address, you can use Latin letters, numbers and the underscore "_". If this address is not busy, then the button “Take address ...” will appear (where your address will be instead of dots). Simple words have long been occupied, well, there are a lot of users.

To change the address, you will need to confirm the code (the code comes via SMS, free of charge). In the confirmation window, click "Get Code". You can receive SMS to another phone number, for this we click "Change number" (go to).

In the line that appears, enter the received code - 5 digits, the SMS came from the sender "VKcom" and the number +79023869110.

The account can see posted pictures, a map with pictures, general data and lists with friends. Close these categories from all or some users will help privacy settings Vkontakte. We will explain where they are located and how to use them. To get into privacy on the resource:

  1. Touch Ava's photo on the right in the Vkontakte header.
  2. From the submenu, select the settings section
  3. In the submenu on the left side, expand the "Privacy ..." item.

Here you will find 4 large areas for editing: page data, posts, contact with me, other. In all subcategories it is possible to choose to whom to show sections about yourself. If you are in this area for the first time, you will see that data visibility is open for all Vkontakte users in all sections. To fix this, tap the link with the caption as shown in the image, select the option that suits you. VK allows you to hide all photos, saved pictures, audio recordings, basic data, comments, location of photos, lists of communities, friends and subscribers.

All this can be closed in the subcategory "My page .." What can not be hidden? Posts and photos on the wall that you left, a section with videos and likes on photos and posts. In order not to show the contents of the wall to anyone, you will have to delete everything at once. And the location of the photo is removed separately on the map. How to remove it, we write . You can also put clips in a separate album and set visibility in the "Videos..." section. How to do this, we will describe below.

How to change privacy settings Vkontakte

Change VK privacy settings you can also in the subcategories "Contact me ..." and "Other". In the first area, specify from whom you want to receive messages, invitations to events and to applications and publics, as well as what type of notification. In the "Other ..." area, it is easy to set up the visibility of the page and sending notifications about life events.

Everyone can view the page with basic parameters. To fix, list only people from VK. The default notifications also have a list of all sections. This means that if you add a song, a friend, a photo, people from your friends list will know about it. The settings are saved automatically, you do not need to click anywhere. To make sure everything is set up correctly, Click on the link to view the page. Look at your profile through the eyes of another person.

Where are the privacy settings of Vkontakte

Now you know, where are the main privacy settings of VK. Also in any section there are additional visibility functions. Let's open the video clips area to show how it works. If you want to remove some videos from public access, create a new album:

  1. Tap on the button on the right above all videos
  2. Name the album whatever you want. Go into it.
  3. Tap the "Edit..." tab
  4. Check the visibility of the clips.

Go back to all the videos you added. Hover over the right corner of the clip. You will see an icon with additional options. Click on her. In the new form, select "add to album" name "Open the created one and uncheck the added videos section. The clip will be available only to those who have visibility in the new album. If you want to , we advise you not to hide all sections on the page.