Current ways to register
Previously, users were able to register on VK via email without a mobile number, but now, unfortunately, this option is closed.
There are currently only two ways to register:
- Using a mobile number (the social network no longer accepts a landline phone number);
- Via Facebook (however, you will still need a mobile phone).
Separately, it is worth noting registration using virtual telephony - such contacts are increasingly not accepted by the service for profile registration. This is due to the fact that for one mobile social. the network allows you to register one profile, and there are not enough virtual phones for everyone. In addition, some of them are blocked for spam.
You shouldn’t trust sites that tell you how to register on VKontakte via email - while promising to help you right now, most of them are scammers hiding behind these services.
In this case, it will not be the service that will deceive, but the user. At best, these statements will turn out to be empty, at worst, the user may lose money or get a virus on their device.
In fact, when creating a new page, there is no provision for registering in VK through mail without a phone number, and it doesn’t matter whether it’s a Mail ru, Google, or Yandex mailbox. However, this does not mean that your email will not be needed at all when creating an account - you can and even need to indicate it.
Linking the phone number of an already registered page to a new one
If during the registration process it is discovered that a contact page is already linked to your phone number, then a corresponding notification will inform you about this. You will have a choice: create a new page or go to the old one. On the previously registered page when you log in, a corresponding message about changing your phone number will appear. You can link to a new phone number or, after a day, re-specify the old one.
When you log in as a new user, you will receive brief instructions on the main functions and sections. In total, it will take you only 5-10 minutes to become a user of the largest Russian social network. And to protect your account from hacking, use an antivirus and firewall.
Why specify a mailbox in your profile settings?
Since it is impossible to register on VKontakte without a phone number via email, users use the available options: mobile phone or Facebook.
But after creating a social account. the network will ask you to provide personal information such as city, school, institute, place of work and residential address. The service will also persistently ask you to link your email account to your account, because this is important for the security of your profile:
- When restoring an account, an electronic mailbox will help significantly speed up the procedure.
- If the account was stolen by changing contacts, the user can still submit a request to return the profile. Among other information, you will need to indicate the previously linked telephone number and mailbox.
Therefore, we recommend that you indicate a valid email address in your profile settings; this will definitely not be superfluous, but it can help you if problems arise with your account.
Of course, the question of whether it is possible to register in VK without a phone number via mail has a clear answer - at the moment it is impossible. But users continue to hope and end up on fraudulent resources, leaving both personal data and money with them. You should be wary of such services and register only on official social sites. network using a phone number. And of course, it’s better not to neglect security - link your mailbox to a new profile.
How to create a VK without a phone number? There are several ways to do this - registration through a virtual phone number, email or the social network Facebook.
The social network VKontakte is the most popular platform for communication on the RuNet. In addition to correspondence with each other, there are other useful features:
- Listening to music;
- Applications;
- Managing your communities and promoting your business;
- A pleasant pastime (useful or not, it’s up to you to decide).
And many other advantages that can be obtained from any social network. Without a doubt, there is a “fat” drawback - uselessness and waste of time. Yes, in most cases this is true, but not always. Everyone decides for themselves whether to use VKontakte or delete the page forever. Some people do business and earn income, while others read memes from public pages, whose administrators also receive money from advertisers.
Those who want to create a VK page again without a phone number and engage in useful activities or waste their time, read on.
When creating a VKontakte account, you usually indicate your first name, last name and date of birth, then your phone number and E-mail. The phone number is needed here for security, because if something happens, a confirmation code will be sent to your SIM card. This way, few people will be able to hack your page, especially if you enable two-step verification.
To log into VKontakte from the mobile version of the application or the desktop version, in any case, you will have to enter your phone number and password.
Linking by email still remains, but as a secondary option for restoring a hacked account.
I note that hackers are not asleep, which means that at any moment your page may end up in the hands of an attacker. And it doesn’t matter what level of protection you have.
It is worth noting that now the mobile phone number is used to reduce the load on the social network servers. The fact is that previously people registered via mail and a huge number of spam bots automatically created accounts and sent spam.
Of course, there are ways. They are considered a little bypassed for the simple reason that when registering a VK page, it is not your phone number that is used.
Without a verified phone number, you will have a bunch of restrictions, where:
- Can't send messages to friends.
- You cannot send friend requests.
- Constant appearance of captcha.
- Inability to join communities.
All you can do is listen to music on VK without restrictions. To download audio from Vkontakte, you can use browser extensions or third-party resources.
This is interesting: How to download music from Vkontakte - 15 methods
Unfortunately, in 2018-2019 this method became obsolete. Nowadays, in fact, only a personal phone number is used.
Previously, it was possible to use a home phone number, after specifying which a robot would call and dictate an activation code. At the moment the method does not work.
Finally, another myth is registering in VK without a number, but through Facebook. This has long been impossible - only your SIM card number. There is a workaround though.
This method is not available for Russian speakers, only for users of other countries who allow them to use our social network. The workaround is quite simple and here's what you need to do:
- Download the Opera browser (you can use any VPN service or anonymizer extension).
- In Opera, enable VPN in the settings and access vk.com only through VPN.
- Below in the registration field there should be a “Continue with Facebook” button.
- If you have a Facebook account, then enter your login information or create a profile, because it only requires email.
There are a large number of different services to create a virtual phone number. One of them is onlinesim.ru, sms-reg.com and others. After all, all you need is to accept SMS messages to confirm your account. Such a number will cost at least 1 ruble.
Other services, such as Pinger, currently do not allow you to create a VK account without a phone number.
If a message is displayed that this number is not suitable for registering a VKontakte profile, then use other numbers or services.
Now you know how to register on VK without using a phone number. In general, if virtual numbers don’t work out, just buy a normal SIM card, or look for a second-hand SIM card near the metro, train stations and other public places.
So let's note the next important thing. Create a VKontakte account on a virtual phone number only if you do not have business correspondence and you use the profile for everyday communication with friends. If you have important information in your correspondence, be it credit card numbers or some other secret conversations, then get your own SIM card, not someone else’s. The same applies to maintaining groups/pages, where a VK account should be registered only to your number.
It’s been impossible to register without a phone number, just don’t worry, it’s been impossible for 4 years now. As of 2021, the methods described on the Internet for registering a VKontakte page are not working . There will be changes, we will rewrite the instructions. But there are some life hacks, more about them below.
Contents: -More non-working methods -Working methods (double SIM card, virtual number) -Why do they ask for a phone number when registering
Looking ahead, the essence of the working tricks is:
- Use a phone number on which another profile has already been registered
- Use a virtual number for VK
Let us remind you of the methods that do not work and are described on the sites.
Invitation (invite) and via Facebook
The network mentions two methods (conditionally free) - importing a valid account from Facebook (using a VPN) and registering by invitation. Both indicate that a phone is not required. During the writing of the article, they were tested - they do not work, in both cases “sim” is required.
But importing from FB is a convenient option - all data is taken from the profile of a foreign social network and imported into a new VK profile. I will briefly describe it.
1. Go to the main page – vk.com. Select Continue with Facebook.
2. In the pop-up window, log in.
3. Wait for the import to finish, enter the code from the SMS, create a new password - you’re done.
Why use a phone number when registering on VKontakte?
The number of spam accounts on the social network grew exponentially, spam poured into personal messages, comments on photos, etc. For these purposes, thousands of fake profiles were created every minute, which loaded VKontakte servers and made the social network slower. Because Most people have a phone, the solution is obvious - one number, one account. Since 2012, registration in VK without a telephone has been impossible; the function of robot dialing to city landlines was soon disabled. Another problem for the administration was the constant hacking of pages: knowing the login and password, the attackers sent spam to friends and took away accounts.
What are the advantages of being connected to a mobile phone?
1) Enabling two-step authorization; to enter the page you will need to enter the received code.
2) When you try to log into your account and start sending out messages, the scammer will have your VKontakte page blocked. Unfreeze the page in your free time by SMS.
3) When logging into your account from someone else's computer, mobile phone, or tablet, you will need to enter a verification code.
4) It's easy to change your password if you forgot your old one.
The full list of benefits is much wider, feel free to use the function.
How to send an invitation on VKontakte for registration?
Step 1.
Go to your VKontakte page and click on the “
Friends
” link, then on the “
Find Friends
” button.
If you previously linked a phone number to your VKontakte account, then skip the next three steps.
Step 2. How to send an invitation to a contact for registration
.
If your contact account was not previously linked to a phone number, you will see a page with the following content:
“To send your friends an invitation to register on VKontakte, we ask you to link the page to your mobile phone for security reasons.”
Step 3. How to send an invitation to a contact for registration.
In the “Page Validation” window that opens, enter your phone number and click the send button. An SMS message from VKontakte will be sent to this number with a confirmation code, which you will need to indicate in the next window that opens.
Don’t be afraid - contrary to rumors, money will not be withdrawn from your account. The main thing is that you have a positive balance, since some mobile operators block the reception of SMS messages with a zero balance.
Step 4. how to link a phone number to a page on VKontakte.
Enter the activation code that the VKontakte site sent you
Step 5. How to send an invitation to a friend to register in a contact.
Now you will be taken directly to the page for sending an invitation to register on VKontakte, where you need to fill out three fields “Name”, “Last Name” and the phone number (in international format) of your friend. It is to this number that the VKontakte
» will send an SMS with the data necessary to enter the site and subsequent registration.
In addition, you can provide your friend with a number of additional information about the school, university and place of residence, which he can always correct after registration.
Working methods of registering on VK without a new phone number
Reused SIM card
Register a page on a SIM card to which the VKontakte page is already linked, i.e. register a second time. If the old profile was rarely used, when verifying your profile you will see a standard form for receiving a verification code.
After registering the 2nd page, log in to the 1st page. According to the prompts that appear, link it to the number again. It will automatically disconnect from the 2nd. Result:
- old full account without restrictions
- new with restrictions
- one SIM card in hand.
The method will not work if the 1st profile is used: they enter it, visit contact pages, receive, send messages. Or secure two-step sign-in is enabled. Then, at the stage of receiving the verification code, the error This number has recently been used or Already taken will appear.
What will you need?
Registration is free, and all you need is a mobile phone at hand. This must be your phone, because if you need to restore access in the future, the code will be sent via SMS to it. When registering a new page, you must indicate the number. You cannot register two pages for the same number (more precisely, you can, but the first page will lose its link to this number and you will not be able to access it).
If someone has already logged into the VKontakte website on this computer, then you first need to log out from there - the “Logout”
there in the upper right corner.
Why was this so
You are interested in the Contact site. It was impossible to register for free without an invitation! All the same, you had to get it either from a friend or from the administration. The first concerns the fact that on February 10, 2011, Pavel Durov announced: the VKontakte resource is returning to its roots, that is, only a limited number of users will be able to register on the site. Registration of new users was by invitation only. But such rules were in force only from February to July 2011...
In July 2011, another innovation appeared - free registration! Starting from this time, it was possible to register with a contact without inviting a friend. That is, absolutely any person who wanted to create his own account in contact and did not have a friend’s invitation could receive this invitation from the administration in the shortest possible time.
Conditions for registration
Since 2012, the administration of the social network began to simplify all procedures related to registration, authorization and restoration of access. At the moment, you will not be able to create a profile using email - you can link it later for enhanced security. And authorization through a Facebook account was also added and the ability to register VK using a landline landline phone was removed.
As of 2019-2020, you can create an account only when using a mobile number. You should receive a message with a confirmation code. Even if you log into a social network via Facebook, you will still need phone verification.
There is no exact and specific information about how old you can use VKontakte. The minimum age available on a profile is 14 years old. If you take into account authorization via Facebook, then the minimum age is 13 years. Because this social network has exactly this threshold.
It is recommended to register after 16 or 18 years of age. However, a person can indicate any age, since the service does not require passport confirmation. Monitor whether your young children use this site.
Otherwise, there are no restrictions on creating a VK profile. You need access to the Internet, a computer or smartphone, and a mobile number that has not previously been used on a social network.
Last step: login to the site
It is convenient to enter the VK website through the “Login” start page, especially if among your favorite sites there are not only VKontakte, but also others - Mail.ru mail, Moi Mir, Odnoklassniki and others. You can add any sites to the “Login” (address VHOD.RU) and access them with one click, and at the same time you will see right on the start page whether you have new messages, letters or anything else new.
After logging into VK, your personal page will open, which you can start filling out. For example, to get started, you can put your photo - click on the empty space where it should be (there is a camera icon) or on the “Put a photo” link.
Everything is very simple.
An upload window will open in which you need to select the desired photo from your computer. After this, you can crop the photo (if necessary), then click “Save”.
Alas, VKontakte has been dominated by scammers who are trying to extract a penny from gullible citizens by offering them paid registration on this social network.
It is important to know that such a procedure has always been and remains free.
Until 2012, you could register on VKontakte for free and without an invitation by specifying your e-mail. Now you can’t do without a phone number.
Of course, there is a way to avoid providing your real mobile phone number, but we'll talk about that later.
