How to unblock yourself on VKontakte if a friend blocked you

The article has been updated. First published: September 6, 2021

Everyone who uses VK agreed to the Terms of Use of the site upon registration. However, how many have read these Rules? So you can say with confidence what actions you are allowed to take and what you should not do? Most often, the Terms of Use are not read because they are written in dry legal language. We have identified several key points of the User Agreement and translated them from “legal” to “human”.

Breaking the rules

VKontakte clearly defines the rules for using the social network. You can find out more about them here. Most blockings are associated with violations of one of the clauses.

For example, the situation could be like this. The administration calls violations of the rules of use abuse.

The page was blocked for posting videos that violate the rules for using the social network or the law. In addition to video recordings, this can include audio recordings, comments, photographs and other content.

Today, the VKontakte rules contain 12 points prohibiting the posting of certain information. Briefly, the main points:

• Threats and insults are prohibited;
• pornography;
• propaganda of hatred on religious and racial grounds;
• extremism;
• drug advertising;
• violation of the law in general.

Let's not forget about copyright infringement. VKontakte strictly monitors this. Publishing someone else's content without consent may result in the page being blocked. In general, the list of prohibited actions is very long. We have described only what concerns the content. But the rules contain information about prohibited political campaigning, advertising, financial transactions, collection of personal data, etc.

Depending on the degree of the offense, which is assessed by the VK administration, the page is blocked either temporarily or permanently. As practice shows, violation of one of the 12 points leads to complete and final blocking of a personal profile.

The administration independently monitors prohibited content or blocks it due to complaints about the page.

You can report each post or comment by clicking on the appropriate tab.

A list of reasons appears that we have already discussed.

After a complaint against a user, site administrators assess the extent of the violation and make a decision to block.

Banned for advertising

According to the VKontakte administration, Lentach violated the rule according to which communities cannot post more than five third-party advertising messages and more than three ads from the VKontakte advertising exchange per day in their feed. Technical support of the social network considered an advertising section in which the public was giving out free tickets.

Representatives of Lentach:

We have a section in Lentach where we give away tickets to free concerts to our readers. However, this is not advertising, we do not earn anything here. The post contains a link to the sponsor. It was this post that was the reason for turning off all our links and blocking the work of the community.

Formally, VKontakte technical support considered it an advertisement, and such posts cannot be pinned. Acting strictly according to instructions, VKontakte punished us for this. We believe that this misunderstanding was the real cause of the conflict.

Due to the blocking of a popular public page, from which the authorities get their money, there was a big fuss. The VKontakte administration made concessions by unblocking the community ahead of schedule. Instead of a week, I spent only 1 day in the Lentach bathhouse.

Spam mailing or page hacking

Violations described in the rules include sending spam. Probably most VK users have encountered such a block at least once. There can be two options:

• you deliberately sent spam advertising something;
• the page was hacked for mass spam mailing.

In the first case there is a small nuance. A person can send spam without knowing it. According to the author’s personal experience, sending a couple of dozen messages to friends about an upcoming event can be regarded as spam. In this situation, the page is blocked for a short time.

The second option is to hack the page specifically for advertising mailings. Here's an example.

Administrators do not permanently block the page, realizing that the spam could have been sent by attackers. After the confirmation procedure (via phone or e-mail), the page is unlocked.

We will include page hacking in this section, since often they are broken not for the purpose of collecting personal data or any other actions, but only for spam. Here is an example of such an attempt.

It is recommended to come up with a complex password and link the page to the phone to prevent hacking from happening again in the future.

Although there is a possibility that the page is hacked in order to make money from gullible users. Here is an example of a message from the old version of VK.

Nowadays this happens less often, but you need to be careful. Such activation offers are a complete scam. VK never offers to send SMS to any numbers. You are only dealing with scammers.

How to bypass blocking and ban from VK. And why does VKontakte block the page?

Why was the VKontakte page blocked? This question was asked by every person who has at least once encountered such an unpleasant phenomenon as a ban. Why are you banned and how to bypass the blocking and ban of VK?

VKontakte blocks you for only one reason - you are not behaving as you should. Imagine that a person came to your home and began walking around the apartment in his shoes, smoking in the room, and spitting on the floor. It is unlikely that you will tolerate such a guest and kick him out as soon as possible. VK does the same thing, only it has special tools for this - spam filters. These are robots that monitor the user’s activities on the site: what he downloads, sends, where he posts, and what he logs into. And if they suspect a violation of the rules, they send the VK account to a ban.

Why are they banned on VK? Below are the 10 main reasons for blocking and recommendations on how to bypass blocking and banning VK.

1. Sending spam.

Everything is clear here. If you are engaged in sending out crap: prohibited substances, 18+ content, scams, mining accounts, then you may not even be surprised why your VK account is banned. Advertising of legal stores, goods and services may also be subject to sanctions. To avoid this, read the recommendations below.

2. Same type of text

Filters really don’t like it if the same text is sent out many times. Therefore, you need to randomize it as much as possible. That is, so that from one text you can get many variants of it {Hello|Hello|Good afternoon}, {how are you?|How are you doing?|How are you?}. Already from these two blocks you can create 9 different combinations. It is very important that the text contains a minimum of “flashy” words such as “buy”, “go to our site”, “they pay real money here”, etc., otherwise no amount of randomization will help. The more calls to action in your message, the more difficult it will be to bypass the blocking and ban of VK. If users see text that they have seen 100 times before, then they should not expect positive emotions. Learn to write smart advertising texts that will surprise and interest. Creativity is our everything.

3. Working without proxies/bad proxies

Working on one IP address from many accounts means almost 100% banning of all at once if one of them is banned. Don’t be lazy to link your accounts to different proxies. It is also not recommended to use public or batch proxies. The first ones have long been spammed before you, the second ones are sold to many hands at the same time, most likely for the same purposes. The fewer accounts you have on one proxy, the higher the chance of bypassing blocking and banning VK. Here you can see high-quality proxies for VK

4. Uploading the same or someone else’s photos

VK algorithms are able to determine the uniqueness of a photo, so when sending pictures, use various photo editors that can apply effects to them. Use randomization not only of text, but also of pictures. After several mailings, change the pictures. Uploading other people's photos to your avatar also turns into a ban.

5. Complaints from users

One of the most important factors that influences a ban in VK. No matter how you comply with the limits, randomize the texts, if they complain about you, then it is almost impossible to bypass the blocking and ban of VK. Therefore, send only to a loyal audience and to thematic groups where they will accept your proposal, and not immediately point out “this is spam” in 10 seconds. Do not use aggressive advertising that will only irritate the recipient. Send neutral text that will interest you, and the link can be sent through an autoresponder. This is one of the safest work schemes.

6. Failure to comply with limits and pauses

With normal behavior on the Internet, a person will not send 100 messages with a pause of 3 seconds. Quick mailing means quick ban. You don’t even need any checks here; the spam filter immediately understands that the program is working. It is recommended to read the article Limits and restrictions on VKontakte

7. Bad accounts

Sometimes VK bans accounts due to poor registration. A ban on such accounts usually arrives a few minutes after logging in or when writing a couple of messages. In such cases, change the seller and look for other options.

8. Bad links

When you follow such links, VK will issue a warning that it is suspicious or will block the transition altogether. Very often this happens with links to affiliate programs. To prevent this from happening, you need to use redirects from purchased domains. If you don’t understand how to do this, VKClient user support will explain it to you. But it happens that someone bought a domain before you and it is already banned from VK, so you need to check them before buying. This is written in the article How to check a link to a ban on VKontakte.

9. Same type of actions

An account that only sends messages or constantly demonstrates the same type of behavior is a very strange account, so dilute the mailing with other actions, in VKClient - a program for promoting VKontakte there is a function “Shatun”, during its operation the account walks around the news feed and pages of friends, periodically likes, reposts. Dilute your targeted mailing with distracting actions. The function will be useful for autoregisters and will help bypass VKontakte blocking and ban.

10. Mindless cheating

Cheating without fanaticism does not pose any danger to a group or page, otherwise this type of service would simply cease to exist, but as soon as you go too far, you risk getting sanctioned. It’s very good that you have money to get not 1000 subscribers and 1000 likes, but 10,000 subscribers and 10,000 likes, but you don’t need to do all this in one day, otherwise troubles will inevitably happen. Be smart in your actions.

You have familiarized yourself with the ten basic rules and found out why people are banned in VK most often. To try to get around the VK blocking and ban as much as possible, you need to follow the recommendations above, but even their full compliance will not give you a 100% guarantee. Remember that there are no anti-ban programs. If on the website of a particular program for VK or any other social network. network you see a message like “Reliable anti-ban system”, “The program is safe, you won’t be banned” and other phrases like that, remember that this is a common marketing ploy that should encourage newbies to buy, in fact, no program in itself cannot protect you. Don’t forget that VK can ban you even for sending messages manually. Only combined with the ability to analyze your actions and accumulated experience will you be able to bypass VKontakte blocking and ban as effectively as possible.

Viruses

Closely related to the problem of scammers is the problem of viruses. It is through Trojans and other viral threats that attackers approach VK pages. If you detect any suspicious blocking of the page where you need to send SMS, immediately check your computer for viruses.

Choose a good free antivirus. We did a detailed review about them. Additionally, you can install an anti-virus browser extension. They block threats coming from the Internet, limit access to phishing sites, and also block advertising. A good option is Avast Online Security. We wrote about it in the material about extensions for Microsoft Edge.

By the way, VK offers its own scanner to check for threats. What they report on the technical support page, in the FAQ section.

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Didn't you break the rules?

Often, a user is calmly communicating with friends, and then unexpectedly information appears about the page being frozen. It is highly likely that your profile has been hacked. What to do:

• Go to settings and go to the security section.
• Examine page login data.
• In case of hacking, a person will see extraneous IP addresses.
• You need to quickly change your password.

It is better to check your PC with an antivirus. Using special programs, it is possible to detect suspicious processes. Delete infected files or choose another option with isolation from the system.

We recommend enabling two-step authentication. The principle is simple:

• When logging in, a person enters a username and password.
• Then you receive a code to the linked number.
• Indicates it on the site.
• Gains access.

Using two-factor authentication can significantly improve security. Attackers will no longer be able to access the page.

What to do if the page is blocked?

If the profile is permanently blocked, it means the user has violated some serious rule. Usually such pages are not restored. But if you are sure that you did not violate the rules of the social network, write to the administration in technical support. You will have to do this from a third-party page.

If the page is blocked due to fraudulent activities, you can always unblock it. You need to confirm your phone number or email and come up with a new password.

The page may be temporarily blocked - frozen. The blocking time is always reported. If you cannot wait until the specified date, please contact technical support with an appeal.

How to unblock without a phone number?

How to unblock a page on VK without a phone number? For the first violation, the administration asks you to confirm your identity using the code sent. But some people cannot undergo this procedure for the following reasons:

1. They lost their SIM card.
2. We didn’t use it for a long time, the operator broke the contract.
3. Lost phone with SIM card.
4. The person forgot to unlink the page from the number before terminating the contract with the operator.
5. There is no access to the SIM card for other reasons.

What to do in such a situation? Need to:

• Go to the main page from which you log in.
• Click on the restore option.
• Find an option for people who don't have access to a phone.
• A form to fill out will appear.
• Provide as much information as possible.
• Wait for the specialists' response.
• The administrator will contact the user and ask a series of questions.
• The employee may ask for scans of your passport to confirm your identity.
• If identification is successful, the administrator will help you restore your profile, ask you not to break the rules again, or think about security to prevent hacking.

Often a negative decision is made. If the employee cannot determine the user’s identity and the data provided is incorrect, then restoration will be denied. There is no point in arguing with a specialist; the administrator’s answer will not change. It's better to spend time registering a new profile.

Signs of blocking

Now let’s try to figure out the question of how to understand that your friends have blocked you on Telegram.

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If the usual profile picture looks different, then this is a reason to be wary. In addition, if other contacts can track the picture update, but you cannot, then this is a clear sign that you have been blocked. However, you cannot view the history of previously downloaded images.

Secret chat

If you block a person, when adding them to a secret chat, a pop-up window will appear on the screen and the user will see an error message. This is not a software glitch, but a clear sign that you are blacklisted.

Messages

If you block a contact, messages will be sent but not delivered to the final recipient. Typically, if a notification is delivered to the user, two checkmarks appear below the text. In a situation where such a mark does not appear for a long time, you have been blacklisted. This method is the most suitable to check whether you are blocked or not.

Due to the new update, we now define blocking more accurately. When you send a message, a red circle with an exclamation mark appears, indicating that you have been blacklisted. You can see what the pictogram looks like in the picture.

Voice and video calls

Many people ask what does it mean if there are no dial tone when using voice calls? This is also a sign that you have been placed on the blacklist of blocked users. But you shouldn’t panic right away; such a situation may relate to the fact that there is no stable communication signal or the messenger has experienced a general failure. Just try to contact your friend differently and that way you will know the exact reasons.

Now you know how to view blocking information. All of the above signs are indirect, since software failures and technical work on servers cannot be ruled out. Let's next look at how to block a contact yourself and what will happen after the actions taken.

How to blacklist a contact

The functionality of the messenger allows you to blacklist people. Nevertheless, many people ask, if you block a user in Telegram, will he see it? Let's say right away that no notifications will come. The only way to understand is to know indirect signs, for example, messages are not delivered, the inability to create a secret chat or make a voice call. Now let's try to blacklist a person. For detailed instructions, see below:

1. In the upper left corner, click on the three horizontal lines.
2. Select the “Settings” option from the list.
3. Click on the “Privacy” button.
4. The first tab will be called “Black List”. That's where we need to go.
5. Tap “Block”.
6. Select chats or contact list.
7. Select the desired group of people or channel.
8. By clicking the corresponding button in the pop-up window, the person will be included in the emergency situation.

If you block a person, the remote user will not be able to receive messages. In addition, voice and video calls will not be possible.

What is ID

So, privacy in VK is a rather illusory phenomenon, since modern users have long come up with ways to declassify closed pages. But, before we begin to consider methods for bypassing blocking, let’s figure out what an ID is and how to find it out.

A user ID in VK is a digital or alphabetic code by which the system recognizes a profile and determines its address. With a known ID, viewing a closed page turns into a matter of a couple of minutes. You can find out the ID like this:

• From your page, go to the profile of the desired user.
• Pay attention to the address bar. After the letters “id” comes a combination of letters or numbers. This is the page identification code.

If the numeric code has been replaced with an alphabetic one, then the original combination will be required for further work. It's easy to recognize her. To do this, just go to the user’s page, and from there go to one of the profile sections: with music, videos, groups or friends. Here you need to look again at the address bar and copy there the set of numbers that comes after the letters “id”.

When working with closed pages, things become somewhat more complicated. However, for an experienced user nothing is impossible. Here's a little instruction:

• Click on the private profile photo. As a rule, the main image remains available for any type of blocking.
• Look at the address bar of your browser. After the word “photo” comes the combination we need.

Now you can start directly viewing the pages you are interested in.

What does blocking mean in Telegram?

As we have already said, you can be blocked at the will of the administrator or the person himself. If the blocking was imposed by a moderator, then the reason may be a violation of the rules for using the messenger. We recommend that you always read the user agreement to avoid getting banned. In addition, the user himself can ask the administrator to delete a channel or group.

If you are blocked by a friend, then you are placed in an emergency situation. Now you will not be able to write messages, exchange photos and videos. Unfortunately, you will have to find out the reasons yourself.

Closed VK profile 2021 – August innovations

On August 31, 2021, the social network VKontakte announced the introduction of a “closed profile” option into the functionality of VK. Now each VK user can select the “Private” profile type in the settings of his page, after which absolutely most of the data from his page will be available only to his friends. A third-party guest who visits such a page will see the user’s name, his avatar, date of birth, place of work, city, number of friends and number of posts. Other data, including a detailed list of friends and posts on the page, will not be available.

Closed profile in the stationary version of VK

This policy, in particular, is due to the fact that previously intelligence services could track people who shared any recording of a dubious nature. The introduction of a closed profile status will not allow Big Brother to easily track those who shared such a post.

And although such an innovation does not inspire great confidence, it will at least partially protect us from the hostility of other VK users.

Closed profile in the mobile version of VK

Status "Been a long time ago"

Many people ask how to find out that your friends have blocked you on Telegram, let's deal with this problem. If a person has removed you from their contact list, you can turn to statuses that indicate the user’s activity on the network. There are many statuses in Telegram, but we are interested in the meaning of “Been a long time ago.” People often wonder what this status means in Telegram.

The first meaning is that the person has not visited chats or groups for more than 30 days. The second option is that the user has blacklisted me. Please note that the “Been a long time ago” status is not a 100% guarantee that you have been blocked. In some situations, this value appears when deleting a personal account.