Odnoklassniki users can often observe the presence of unfamiliar “Guests” on their pages or unwanted comments under personal photos, statuses, or in forum discussions. “Guests” who visit your profile do not always have benevolent intentions. Sometimes this is how information is obtained.
But the account user can protect himself from unauthorized intrusion and close his page with a “lock.” It should be said right away that this function is paid. You cannot close your profile for free. You should have Oki on your account - this is a virtual currency with which in Odnoklassniki you can:
- buy and give gifts;
- purchase bonuses in games and applications;
- participate in various quizzes and tournaments;
- close profile;
- buy an invisible one;
- rate photos 5+;
- pay for the opportunity to use cool emoticons.
Closing our own page from strangers
A function that allows you to close your profile from prying eyes is located on home page under a large photo of the owner. We look a little lower and find a line with a lock “Close profile”.
Click on this item and proceed to pay for the service, but first the system will ask you for confirmation.
If you came here by mistake, click the “Cancel” button or the cross in the upper right corner. If you want to close the page, confirm the action with the “Close profile” button. A window will appear in which we apply the “Proceed to Payment” action.
By clicking the “Other functions” button we order other services.
But for this there will be separate topic. We are now closing the profile. By clicking the “Proceed to Payment” button, the user opens a window in which he must select a payment method:
- From a bank card.
- Via terminal.
- From the phone.
- Electronic payment.
A phone number is assigned to the page on the network, but if you want to make a payment from a different number, you need to click on the “Change number” line.
You won’t be able to use someone else’s unknown number, since an SMS code will be sent to the specified phone number, which you will need to enter in the appropriate field. If you pay by card, fill in the required details.
As soon as the money arrives in your account, your profile will be closed. But the user can open it whenever he wants.
What can you do for free?
A user who is unable to pay for the service can place restrictions on his page that prohibit strangers from:
- write messages in private;
Users of Odnoklassniki often encounter spam or obscene offers in personal messages from strangers. And in general, sometimes unnecessary attention to one’s person gets boring. To solve the problem, the administration created the “Close profile” option (not to be confused with).
By connecting paid subscription, you will get a wide range of options for regulating your privacy. Accounts that are not added as friends will not be able to:
- Write personal messages;
- View albums and photos in them;
- View the list of friends and groups;
- Send free gifts;
- Invite to groups;
- Evaluate photo and video materials.
Agree, such a set of features will make your life much easier and save you from unnecessary attention.
How to close access
The “Close profile” function is provided separately in the social network interface and is not available on the “Payments and subscriptions” page. The cost of the service for residents of the Russian Federation is 100 rubles (not taking into account the commission of payment systems) and is connected forever.
1. Open your profile, click on the photo located on the top right.
2. A drop-down menu will appear, select "Close Profile".
3. In a new window, confirm your intention.
4. If there are not enough “Shackles” in your account, proceed to purchase using the indicated button.
5. Select the appropriate payment method that includes the lowest commission.
After payment and activation of the service, a lock icon will appear next to your name, indicating that your Odnoklassniki page is closed.
IN mobile version Odnoklassniki, connecting the service is located at the bottom of the menu.
To proceed to paying for your subscription, drag the slider to the right.
Free privacy settings
In addition to the paid service of blocking access to a page, Odnoklassniki provides a free opportunity to set up privacy, which is not much inferior in capabilities. They are accessed through your account settings.
1. Open your Odnoklassniki page, under the photo find the menu and the “My Settings” item.
2. Go to the “Publicity” section.
3. On all available items, check “No one” or “Only friends” to block access to your page as much as possible.
Instead of summing up, I’ll answer a frequently asked question: is it possible to view a closed page? The answer will not satisfy you, look closed profile possible only from an account that is in friends, no special programs for viewing - does not exist.
Many people are now asking the question of how to close a page in Contact? I want to disappoint you - no way. Since February 11, the developers of this social network have opened access to the statuses and pages of all system participants for all registered users. It is now impossible to hide your page in Contact. This was officially stated by the web developer of this portal Vasily Babich.
Each user who has an account on this social network can now easily view the personal information of other participants. This includes photographs, statuses, videos, audio compositions, wall posts, notes, gifts, as well as the entire list of friends. This applies to all data that users made public during registration, while limiting the ability to navigate to their page as a whole. These innovations made it impossible for profile owners to completely close their Contact page.
This information was also fully confirmed by the head of the press service of the social network, Vladislav Tsyplukhin, to representatives of RIA Novosti. When asked how to close a page in Contact, he stated that this is truly impossible, and such an innovation has a place to be. And this is not a system error. The decision was made consciously by the portal’s management. He made no further comments.
As for the founder of the VKontakte resource, Pavel Durov warned all users a week before in his blog. He announced upcoming changes to privacy settings. According to him, such a solution can make the social network much clearer and more consistent. And so that the user does not search for how to close a page in Contact, but communicates with friends.
Also cancelled. open registration new members. Now you can register only based on an invitation from a limited circle of VKontakte participants. So to everyone who asks how to close a page in Contact, I answer - it is impossible.
It was unpleasant for me when anyone could see my profile data. Until yesterday, I had various restrictions set up to, if possible, protect at least my family from prying eyes.
And yesterday, August 31, 2018 CEO announced that privacy settings are being returned to VKontakte.
I didn’t pass by and took advantage. I am not involved in illegal activities. But in the light latest events, when you are judged for likes and posts, you know, it becomes very creepy.
You can close your profile in both the full and mobile versions.
For example, on a smartphone. Go to the menu
Choose privacy.
Scroll down and close your profile. At the same time, check which privacy settings you have enabled.
Only the name and city you specified will remain available.
I have been dreaming about such an update since the very moment I created my page, because many people interfere with my personal space with or without reason. I had to limit views of the wall, my groups and everything else. Now you can completely close your profile from prying eyes without any problems, which is exactly what I did. Now everything that is in the profile is available only to added friends, and to no one else. This can be done in full version site by simply going to “Settings” in the top corner of the site. Then go to the “Privacy” section and at the bottom of the page you can select the profile type: private.
Done, now save your settings and enjoy your mystery.
How can VKontakte make a private profile after the update in August 2018?
Interesting question as well as news. If previously it was possible to close profiles by who sees the main. part of my page and only friends were left in the settings, but then this was removed and all profiles became open, except for those on the blacklist. Not long ago, VKontakte users again gave this opportunity to close their profiles. It is high time! It's not difficult to do this. First you will need to go to settings - click the arrow next to the mini avatar. Next is privacy.
Scroll almost to the very bottom and select “Profile Type” to “Private”.
That's it, now your basic information is hidden even for subscribers. Available only to friends.
To enable a private profile in the web version of VKontakte, you need to go to the privacy settings, scroll to the bottom of the page and switch the “Profile Type” item to private.
In this mode, only the user’s friends see information from the page; for others, only his name, date of birth, avatar, place of work and city are available. The counters for the number of friends and posts on the page are inactive - you cannot click on them.
If desired, the profile can be returned to “open” mode - after this the old privacy settings will be restored.
In this way, the administration of the VKontakte website responded to the wave of criminal cases that were filed for posts and likes on VK. Now VK is allowed to close their profiles from people who are looking for “extremism.”
Go to SETTINGS on your page
Find the PRIVACY item
And appeared in this menu the new kind settings - PIT PROFILE.
Public - you set privacy manually (you will only hide some parts of your page)
Closed - the available information will be minimal: year of birth, contact city, place of work or study, avatar and time of activity.
This service is completely free.
The profile type can be changed at your discretion.
On your VKontakte page, you can publish almost any information. Upload photos (see), upload videos (see), indicate your personal data, etc.
But what if you don’t want all this data to be viewable by other people? They need to be hidden.
VKontakte offers hide page using privacy settings. Now I'll show you how it works.
What does a closed page look like?
If the user considers it necessary to hide his page, then when you try to visit it, you will see the following picture.
You will only be able to see your profile photo and some basic information. All other data is not available for viewing (see).
How to close a VK page from strangers
As I already said, you can do this using your privacy settings. To go to the appropriate section, do the following.
On your page in the upper right corner, open the drop-down menu. In it, click on the link “Settings”.
In the right menu, open the “Privacy” section. Here we need the “My Page” block.
Let's imagine that we need to hide the basic information of our page from all users, including guests (see), friends, etc. In this case, we need a point “Who sees the basic information of my page”. It should be set to “Only me” by selecting the appropriate item from the drop-down menu.
Thus, if you go through all the available points, you will be able to flexibly configure your privacy settings. You can specify exactly what information users can view and what they cannot.
You can go the other way - if you add a user to the blacklist, then your page will be closed to him (see).
Update. Added “Private Profile” feature
Due to the tightening of the legislation of the Russian Federation regarding publications in in social networks, VKontakte management decided to implement the function closed pages. Now any user can limit viewing of their profile and leave this opportunity only to their friends. This way, strangers will not be able to see your records and personal data. When they try to access your page, they will see a message stating that this profile is private.
The function is perfect for our purposes and activates very quickly. Open the menu in the upper right corner, then go to the “Settings” section.
Open the “Privacy” tab and scroll to the bottom of the page. Here we find the item “Profile type”. For it we set the value “Closed”.
Changes will be saved automatically. Now all users except your friends will not be able to view information from your page.
Video lesson: how to block access to a VK page
Conclusion
Please note that if you have just recently closed the page this way, users still have the option to view your data. If they understand how to work with archived copies in a browser, they can do this with ease (see).
Therefore, if you are seriously concerned about the safety of your personal data, if possible, refrain from publishing it on a social network.