How to recover a deleted VKontakte photo (additional methods)

• How to recover a deleted post (wall post), photos, music, videos on a VKontakte page

There is no magic button that will easily and simply restore a deleted photo or VKontakte ava. More precisely, when you delete a photo, a Restore link appears in case the photo was deleted by mistake. But if you have already left there, read this instruction to the end.

Deleted photos disappear from your page, but remain on VKontakte servers. This does not mean that it will be easier to recover a deleted photo (or avatar), and especially does not mean that anyone can look at your deleted photos. The fact is that it is easier for VKontakte owners not to delete photos completely, but only to remove them from the pages so that no one can find them.

Recovery methods

Despite the fact that the deleted photo is still somewhere out there, on one of the VKontakte servers, it is almost impossible to find it. To open this file, you need to know the exact link to it (many, many letters, numbers and at the end “.jpg”). Even if we knew part of this link, selecting the remaining options would take a very long time (longer than you might imagine).

Therefore, you need to try to take advantage of other, more realistic chances. The main thing is not to waste time.

If I deleted a photo from the wall, how can I restore it?

This is the easiest way. When you delete a post from the wall, the photos attached to it remain in a special album - “Photos on the Wall”. Go to your photos, look at the list of all albums, and you will find it.

Is it possible to recover deleted photos in VK - current methods

It is possible to return a deleted photo, regardless of where it was located (in a dialogue, on a wall, in an album, with likes). But it is necessary to restore the recording within a few minutes after destruction, since the missing frame is stored on the server for only a few minutes.

The following methods and approaches are available to users for recovery:

• undoing a previously completed action (permissible immediately after an error has been made);
• extracting a frame from a saved copy of a Google page;
• retrieving a file from the browser cache.

It is important to emphasize that it will not be possible to return the entire album. Its deletion is final; it will not be possible to cancel the completed action.

Is there a photo left somewhere?

If it was a truly valuable photo or profile picture, then most likely it is somewhere else. For example, on your computer in a folder with photos, on your phone, somewhere on a disk or on a flash drive. Perhaps your boyfriend or girlfriend. If someone else made you an avatar, then that person probably still has it. One of your VKontakte friends can help you restore a deleted ava, if he liked it and saved it somewhere at home. Don't be shy to ask people!

“Pulling” deleted VK photos from the browser cache

If none of the above options gave positive results, it’s okay, don’t be upset. After all, there is another way that allows you to view deleted photos on VKontakte. Moreover, you can even save them to your computer.

Any photo you previously opened is stored in browser files. It follows from this that if you previously opened and viewed some photos in your browser, you can not only find them to look at, but also download them to your computer.

1. Download and unzip the “Web Browser Tools” software package.

1. Open the unzipped folder and find the .exe file of your browser cache in it (Google Chrome is used as an example).

1. In just a moment, a program will open with a general list of all temporary files stored on your PC. Their number is indicated in the lower left corner.

1. To quickly find the necessary data (in our case, this is a photo), it is recommended to pay attention to the file icon, as well as the date and time. This is perhaps the fastest way to find the photo you need.

Just remember the date and at least the approximate time when you opened this or that photo and start checking.

1. Unfortunately, there is no preview in this program. This means that you will have to check all the photos manually. Double click on the image title or URL.

1. After this, a small window will open with various information. We are directly interested in the address of the image; copy the address and paste it into the browser.

That's basically it. After you paste the copied link into the address bar, a photo will appear that you can save.

To do this, call the context menu by right-clicking on the picture, and then: “Save picture as.” A program for downloading videos from YouTube is available at the link on our blog.

In this article we will tell you how to recover deleted photos on VK. There are several options, each of which we will describe and give the most detailed instructions.

A copy of the page in the Google search engine

If your page was open to everyone (or the album with the photo you were looking for was not closed), then the deleted photo could be saved in Google. From time to time, Google makes copies of all pages on the Internet and stores them for a while. This is called "in cache". There is a chance of recovery if not much time has passed since the deletion (no more than a week). But even if the photo remains there, most often it is possible to restore only the miniature (photo in a small size).

Check if your page is still in the Google cache - enter the address of your VKontakte page in the search bar (below) - for example, https://vk.com/id126494354 . The easiest way is to open your VKontakte page and copy the address here from the address bar of your browser.

Finding a saved copy of the VK page

Then click Find, a new page with search results will open. If you find something, open your saved page:

1. Click on the small green triangle next to the page address.
2. Select Saved copy.
3. Click on it.

An example of what it looks like:

Now the saved copy of your page will open. If there is a photo there that you want to restore, open it and save it somewhere to yourself (usually you need to right-click on the photo and select Save Image As...).

If there is no green triangle at all, then there is no copy of the page in Google, and this method will not work.

Ways to view deleted VKontakte photos

There are not many truly effective ways to view deleted VKontakte photos. Once you have deleted an image, in the vast majority of cases it will be impossible to get it back. However, methods that provide the ability to view a deleted image still exist, although not all of them are truly effective. Below in the material we have given four ways in which you will again be able to see deleted photos.

If you deleted a photo and have not yet reloaded the page, but stayed on it and immediately started looking for a solution, read the material presented below. I would also like to note that if the image was deleted quite a long time ago, it is unlikely to be restored. As a rule, data on the servers of the VKontakte website is stored from three hours to five days, according to various information. Some users even believe that all data is not deleted from the VK page, but only becomes hidden. One way or another, it is necessary to restore a photo as soon as possible after it is deleted from the page.

Using standard VK tools

The standard viewer for a deleted image involves its instant recovery immediately after it is deleted from a profile wall or photo album. You can use this method only if, after you deleted the photo, the page in VK was not updated, or you did not go to other tabs, such as “My Page”.

To instantly view and recover your deleted image, follow the quick guide below:

1. After you click the “Delete” button, a window will appear in front of you in which the “Restore” button will be highlighted in blue.
2. You are required not to refresh the page or navigate to other tabs.
3. Click on the “Restore” button, as in the above image, after which you will see your photo again.

As was said earlier, in order to use this method expediently, you should not refresh the page, otherwise you will not be able to view the deleted photo.

Through search engines

The next fairly effective way is to view the image using search engines. This method is universal and in half the cases it helps to revive erased data using a saved copy of your VKontakte page.

To view an erased photo using a saved copy of the page, follow the instructions below:

1. Open your VKontakte profile.
2. Copy your ID link from your browser's address bar. It will look like “https://vk.com/id000000”, where instead of a set of numbers or a letter combination, your specific network user ID will be indicated.
3. Then open the main page of any search engine.
4. You must enter the following text in the search bar: “https://vk.com/id000000 site:vk.com”. Replace zeros with your user ID.
5. Click the “Search” button.
6. If the page's privacy settings allow access to search engines, the profile you are looking for will be displayed in the results.
7. Click on the inverted triangle to the right of the page address and then click on the “Saved Copy” drop-down menu.

Using the browser cache

In order to find a deleted photo through the browser cache, you need to enable the display of hidden folders and files in the operating system settings, and only then start searching for the desired directory. Follow the instructions below to find the file we need:

1. After you have enabled showing hidden folders and files, go to the drive on which the browser is installed.
2. Here you need to go to the computer user folder in which the hidden AppData directory will be located.
3. Going to the AppData folder, follow this path: Local/Name of your browser/Another folder with the name of your browser/Cache.
4. In this folder you need to find a file with a photo. There can be hundreds of them, so we strongly recommend downloading the Total Commander file manager. This program will also help you open the document and files containing the image you are looking for.

Via source code

In order to find a lost snapshot in VK through the source code of the web browser, launch the console in the browser by pressing the following key combinations: for Chrome – Ctrl+Shift+J, for Firefox – Ctrl+Shift+K. The required data is stored under the link “id = pv_photo”. Go to the “Console” tab, which is located in the command line navigation panel. Next, you will need to write the following JS script into the console: “document.getelementById(“pv_photo”).firstChild.Src”. Then press the “Enter” key and then get a link to the photo.

Browsing history or browser cache is a chance!

If you recently looked at this photo in full size, then it could remain in your browsing history or in the cache (temporary files) of your browser - the program with which you view websites. This is one of the real chances. And if you opened the photo using the Open original button, then maybe you can even find a link to the VK website where this photo is still stored.

How to find a deleted photo in your browser history

Typically, the browsing history in the browser can be viewed using the Ctrl-H or called up through the menu. It is especially useful to search there if you have recently opened a photo using the Open original link.

How to find a deleted photo in temporary files

You will need a program to view the cache. There are different programs for different browsers, download and run the one that is designed specifically for yours (Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer). If you're not very good with computers, it's time to stop touching anything and call a boy who is good at it to continue from there.

A page with programs for viewing the cache of various browsers: Web Browser Tools. Download the program for the browser used on this computer. Run it and look in the cache for image files (.jpg) of a sufficiently large size - among them may be the same deleted photo.

How to restore photos in VK after deletion?

The next approach involves checking the browser cache. It is extremely simple and requires:

1. Open cash in the browser system files.
2. Find a file with the jpg extension.
3. Open, look at it and check that the selected option is correct.
4. Extract the file to a suitable folder.

For simplicity, you should focus on the time the file was created.

It should be added that there are no special applications or programs on Android that allow you to restore old pictures, since it is impossible to return what has disappeared forever. Don't believe scammers who claim otherwise, even when they show convincing video.

How to recover photos through support?

The last chance is to write to VKontakte technical support and ask to recover deleted photos. Do it as quickly as possible, you literally have only a few days! Give them the following information:

• Photos on my page have been deleted, please restore them.
• How many photos have been deleted?
• What was the name of the album or albums they were on.
• When exactly the photos were deleted (date, time).

In order not to search, you can create a new support request about deleted photos using this link: Create a new support request (it may not open in the mobile application, do it through the full version of VK).

Recovering deleted data is not guaranteed in any case. Good luck!

If you haven't had time to refresh the page

The easiest way to return a deleted photo to VK is for those individuals who changed their mind immediately after making a mistake. To restore you will need:

1. Find the inscription “Recover” in the place of the deleted photo.
2. Click the link.
3. Wait for the missing entry to appear.

The described actions will allow you to achieve a positive result in messages, on the wall, in the feed, when returning a frame in your avatar.

It is important that the proposed approach is available in situations where the account owner did not close the page, did not go to other sites, or did not refresh the tab. If one of the listed actions is completed, you will have to look for alternative options to deal with difficulties, for example, find in your contacts the person who sent the photo and ask him to send it again.

Hacker method and help from VK

There are a couple more methods to restore photos. Thanks to the first one you can feel like a real hacker. And in the second you will have to resort to outside help.

Script to help us

A script is a special code, using which we will find out whether it is possible to recover your deleted photos on VK. For this:

• Open a new page in your browser.
• Right-click in an empty space.
• Select View Code.

• Next you need to go to the Console tab.
• Now copy the following script document.getElementById("pv_photo").firstChild.src and paste it into the code.

• Press Enter. A link to the recently deleted photo will appear under this code and you will be able to restore the image.

Support

You can contact VK moderators for help. The fact is that VKontakte, like browsers, stores all deleted data. Of course, the more time has passed, the more difficult it is to find the required file in a huge amount of information and the less likely it is that they will agree to help you. But still, it's worth a try:

• To contact technical support, use this link https://vk.com/support?act=new - you must be logged into your account.
• A window will open asking you to describe your problem.

• In the top line, describe it in two words, for example, “accidentally deleted the photo you wanted” or “how to recover a deleted photo.”
• Please describe the problem in more detail in the field below. Indicate the date, approximate time of deletion and anything else you consider necessary.

Don't forget that technical support receives thousands of questions every day and be prepared to wait. They can answer you either within an hour or within a day.

Viewing deleted accounts

Today, to view deactivated VKontakte accounts, you will one way or another need to turn to third-party tools. In any possible case, you will also need access to the remote page, namely the user ID.

Within the resource in question, the account can be permanently deleted within 7 months from the date of deactivation. In this case, some of the methods may not work, since the VKontakte profile itself will disappear from the network.

In addition to the above, it is important to note such an aspect as the lifespan of VK pages in various search engines. That is, over a certain period of time, the deleted profile will leave all possible resources in the database of which it was ever entered in order to simplify user search.

Accounts whose privacy settings have been set to block search engines, unfortunately, cannot be viewed, since in this case the profile is not saved on other sites.

Method 1: Yandex Search

First of all, it is extremely important to touch upon such a feature of search engines as automatically saving a copy of the page. Thanks to this feature, you can easily open the user’s page and view the information you are interested in by performing a few simple steps.

Some other search engines, just like Yandex, store data about VK users in their own database. However, Yandex specifically works better than any other similar resource with requests on VKontakte.

Open the official website of the Yandex search engine in any convenient browser using the special link.

Press the Enter key on your keyboard or use the Find button on the right side of the search field.

Note that you can completely remove the introductory part of the URL used, leaving only the account ID and domain name of the VK site.

Among the search results, if viewing is possible, the first post will be the wanted personal profile.

If you attempt to access the page by directly following the link provided, you will be directed to a notification that your account has been deleted.

To open a previously saved version of your account, next to the shortened link of the desired result, click on the arrow pointing down.

Is it possible to recover a deleted album?

The profile functionality does not provide for the restoration of deleted albums. They disappear immediately and forever. Only individual images may be returned. This can be done using the “Restore” button, provided the page is not updated.

However, there are still chances to find deleted photos. Try the following methods to restore an album:

• contact your friends from VK, most likely you sent them files from the gallery, or they still have copies. This is a common way to search for joint photos taken during a picnic or another holiday;
• If the album was deleted not long ago, you can view the browser cache. The content of web pages, as well as photos and pictures, are stored here;
• use the Google search bot, which makes copies of personal VKontakte profiles and all visited web pages. Among them may be an album deleted by mistake (if a copy was made before deletion);
• Contact the technical support of the VK social network with a request for help in restoring the photo album. The lost images may have been saved on the server. Tell them the number of pictures lost and the time of deletion;
• review home photo archives that are stored in computer memory, on disks, memory cards and flash drives. Maybe they contain deleted pictures.

Never store valuable photos only on a social network. Always keep copies of them on other media. And before deleting images, be extremely careful and careful so that you don’t have to regret the mistake later.