I am glad to welcome you friends to my blog. Alexander Melnichuk is in touch with you, and in this article we will talk about how to change your contact login using simple and understandable methods. In most cases, the login changes extremely rarely due to certain circumstances: - The attacker knows your login and attempts are made to hack your account;
— You have lost access to the email that was specified in your account profile and used to log into it.
Important point! You can use either an email address or a mobile phone number linked to your page as a login for the VKontakte social network.
Let's look at 2 options for changing your login - using email or using a mobile phone number.
How to change VKontakte login without SMS?
If you decide to change your VKontakte login without a phone, then you will need at least an email. This is the login for VKontakte authorization. It must be specified at the entrance to get to your page. Otherwise, you will not be able to change your login.
Once you are inside your account, open “My Settings” in the left menu and scroll down the page to the line “Your email address.” The top line will show your login, that is, the current address and part of it will be closed with asterisks. This is like a kind of protection against scammers.
Change login - email
- Here, in the line - “New address”, indicate the new login and save it. A confirmation email will be sent to your new mailbox, where you need to follow the link and all changes will be saved. You will also receive a notification to your old address that your email has been changed.
Changing your Kate Mobile password
Let's look at another method in an alternative application for logging into VK - Kate Mobile.
Changing your login, that is, your phone number, will not work here. This must be done either through a computer or through the official application. You can change passwords in any of the available accounts as follows:
- Click on the button with three dots in the upper right corner to go to settings;
- select Page Settings;
- in the settings window, click on the top option;
- in the changes menu, enter old, new, and again new to confirm it.
After these simple steps, log in to your account with a new password.
How to change your VKontakte login if you have a phone number?
- If you use a phone number as a login, then changes will be made according to a similar scheme. The setting is located in the same section, but you need to make changes in the “Your phone number” .
Change the phone number - login
- The number you are using will be shown there and below it a line - “Change phone number” .
- Click on it and enter a new phone number in the line. Confirm it with the code and it will be saved.
It is worth saying that the number will not be changed instantly. For security reasons, VKontakte gives 14 days for this. All this time you will be notified that the number will be changed, and before day X you will receive a notification about the change.
The easiest way to change the login in this way is for those people who have access to the old number. This allows you to speed up the process by re-verifying your number. To do this, you need to click on the notification from the system and the corresponding line will be indicated there.
Login email
The second option is to add a mailbox in the settings so that it becomes a login. To do this, do the following:
- click on the avatar image located in the upper right corner to open settings;
- in the General section you will see the Email option;
- click the Add button and enter the email to which you currently have access;
- go to the specified email and complete activation by clicking on the specified link.
Now you can log into your account via email address by entering the login line on the VK main page. You can change your email address to another one at any time by following the steps described above.
How to change your VKontakte login to a phone number?
If you've always used email to sign in, you'll probably be interested in how you can now use your phone instead.
It's actually very easy to do. If your number is already linked, the process will be easier.
When the page does not yet have a link to a number, you need to do this in the settings. The whole operation looks approximately the same as when changing the number, you just won’t have the old one. After saving the necessary parameters, you will be able to use your phone number and log into your page.
If the number is already saved, then you don’t need to do anything. You can immediately use it to log in. In other words, it’s whatever you like best - you can use both telephone and mail at once.
Important points and possible problems
The most difficult situation is if the number is lost and the email password is forgotten. Users panic and ask how to delete logins in VK when logging in and replace it. It's real. To solve the problem, you need to contact support and explain the situation. In this case, recovery takes longer.
For example, in the case of a telephone, you need to go to the point with information about the consideration of the application within 14 days, and to speed up the process, click on the “click here” button if you do not want to withstand this time. Next, you need to fill out a special application form indicating the following information:
- a new login that you plan to use in the future;
- country and year of registration of the VK page;
- intention to change the login and the reason for this desire;
- description of the situation and confirmation of personal information, if required.
If some information is missing, it may not be indicated. At the same time, the likelihood of changing the VK login is reduced. To confirm your identity, the administration may request a scan of a personal document (for example, a passport), where personal data is visible. This information must match what is listed on the page. If the administration believes the application, the latter will be approved and the login will be immediately changed.
Is it possible and how to restore the VKontakte login?
- If you have forgotten what login your VKontakte page is, you can restore it. To do this, on the login page, follow the link “Can’t log in?” . A window will open for you to access the page.
Can't log in?
- At the bottom, select “Click here” and then enter your account address and proceed further.
Click here
- Here we select our page and indicate all the data that is known, and after that the application is sent to the administration.
Now you know how to change your login. All that remains is to figure out the login.
Changing your email address
This is an option for changing your login without SMS. To successfully replace, you must remember your current login. It is also an email address that must be entered when logging into your page under the previous data in order to make the change.
First, in your account, you need to select “My Settings” in the menu:
For the “General” section:
go below to the column “Your email address”:
You must enter the new email address in the appropriate field.
Next, click “Save address.” A notification message about the change will be sent to the old mailbox, and a confirmation letter will be sent to the new mailbox. When for some reason the message was not received, you can click “Send the message again.”
After this, you need to check your mailbox, the address of which has been re-entered into your account settings, and follow the link provided in the message:
You can then successfully use your new email address to log into your account. Next, you can consider how to change the VKontakte login if you log in through a phone number.
How to change VKontakte password?
In addition to the login, sometimes users need to change their password. How to do this? Indeed, a password is a pass to virtual life and it should be convenient and memorable. Otherwise, it must be changed, and on VKontakte it is extremely easy to do this.
- So, first open the page settings and find the password line
- Here we select “Change password”
- The form that opens will have three fields
Changing the password
- First we write the current password, and then we indicate the new one twice. This allows you to avoid various spelling errors and ensure that the password is correct
- Once completed, click on the “Change Password” and it will be saved
Replacing login and password in the mobile application
The settings interface for the mobile version of VK for Android is slightly different. Therefore, let's consider the procedure in it.
- in the main menu, select Settings;
- click on Account;
- This section contains options for changing your phone number, password and adding a login mailbox.
- To change your password, as well as carry out the procedure for changing your login or adding an email, click on the appropriate option.
The actions here are no different from the PC version of the site. Similar operations must be performed in the iPhone application.
Additional Information
- How to change your login on VKontakte if you do not have access to your old mobile number? Unfortunately, no way. If you really don’t have it, then write a letter to the site’s technical support, and specialists will give you instructions.
- How to delete VKontakte login? This is impossible. Since login is required for authorization in the system. You can only change it and decide on your own what to enter when entering the site: email address or mobile number.
Every person has changed their information on the Internet at least once. It’s not strange, because anyone can forget a password, create a new mailbox, or simply want to change the data, since the old ones became known to someone else. Experienced users usually have no problems changing their password or login, but for beginners it may seem quite difficult, because finding the right function is not so easy. In addition, relatively recently the procedure for changing your login has been slightly changed, which may cause confusion.
Login rules
- The combination should not be too short, that is, consist of less than 6 characters. For example: Fiona.
- To compose, you need to use only Latin letters and Arabic numbers, otherwise the system will say that the login was entered in the wrong format.
- You cannot use a combination that is already occupied by another user. If the combination you came up with was previously liked by someone else, just add a few more letters or numbers to it. For example: Fiona4 is a busy login, but Fiona4Fiona4 or Fiona443322 are free.
Changing the page address
By default, VKontakte assigns an identification number (ID) to the created page. It is also indicated in the link to the page - vk.com\idxxxxxxxx.
To replace the profile URL:
1. In the “Address of your page” block, in the line “Address...”, after “...com/”, type the new address in Latin letters (you can indicate your last name and first name).
2. Click the “Occupy address...” button.
Have a comfortable stay on VKontakte! Read about methods of authorization in this social network here.
