Why VKontakte friends don’t open: TOP common reasons

Many users are interested in why VKontakte does not open friends. We are talking about a section with a list of contacts, which is either completely absent from a person’s profile, or is present but refuses to load. Let’s clarify right away that the first option only occurs in someone else’s account, the second can also happen to the owner of the page.

Let's not drag out the introduction, we suggest getting straight to the point! Let's find out the reasons why the Friends section in Contact does not open on your phone or computer. And, of course, we will definitely tell you what actions need to be taken in each case to solve the problem.

Why doesn't the partition open on my computer?

So, first, let's figure out why the list of friends in Contact does not open on the computer, while loading without problems in the smartphone application.

• Viruses on the computer. If you have picked up malware, it is not surprising that the system does not work correctly. In this case, most likely viruses somehow affect the normal operation of the browser through which you surf the social network. That's why some sections won't open. By the way, this is the least of the troubles that such software can cause.

• Conflicting plugins. Check the extensions and utilities that are installed in your browser. Pay especially attention to those that are designed to increase the functionality of VKontakte. They may well cause lags, failures, and incorrect operation of the site.

• Outdated browser version, crooked update, system errors in the bootloader.
• The browser cache is full.

Why are visitors unfriended?

People create pages for themselves, start communicating with each other, and invite new or already known friends from real life that they particularly like as friends. Some people add strangers to their friend list for quantity or business purposes.

One way or another, almost every user at least once during their entire use of VKontakte has encountered the loss of a person in their contact list. After discovering the disappearance of a familiar friend, a user, especially one who has encountered this problem for the first time, is faced with the question of how to find out who exactly has been unfriended from his VKontakte account or who has unfriended him from his page. And this should not be surprising, since at first glance people cannot always recognize which friends are missing: a large number of people or a not very excellent memory may not make it possible to remember absolutely everyone. But a specific number - 30 or, say, 256 - can be stored in the mind, so other data, for example, 27 or 234 instead of the original data, cause confusion.

It is no less interesting to find out the reason why friends are deleted from their VKontakte page. And it is not so significant when a stranger with whom the user did not have close communication leaves the friend list, but when a loved one does this, such an act becomes not only incomprehensible, but in some cases it is also a little offensive. There may be several important reasons for this outcome.

Root cause:

It is quite possible that the person on the other side of the screen simply decided to carry out a “cleansing” and remove all unnecessary personalities from his own contacts in order to have only the very best as friends, i.e. those whom he either actually understands, or with whom he often talks and intends to “be friends” in the future. When you notice that you have been deleted, do not rush to get upset: go to the person’s page and see how many subscribers he has at that moment. When there are fewer left, if you don’t forget how many of them were there, even approximately before that, it means that he most likely actually carried out a “cleansing”. True, another option is also possible.

The second reason:

Perhaps the user removed many people from friends so that he could get more subscribers. This is especially true for those who have been adding everyone to themselves for a long time “for the sake of quantity.” Some modern people sincerely believe that the more subscribers, the cooler they look. Fortunately or unfortunately, this is not always the case, but the precedent remains a fact: people want to look more respectable and popular and add as many users as possible, and after some time delete them. If you have no idea what this person is doing among your friends, most likely he is one of those “added-silent-removed” series. You can find out about this using the VKontakte application to find out who has been unfriended on VK.

Problem solving

We listed above why Friends in Contact most often do not open if you log in from a computer, and we’ll tell you what to do below.

• First of all, restart your computer;

• Run a full scan of your device for viruses. We also recommend, just in case, to change the password for entering the page;

• Disable all plugins that are somehow related to the operation of the social network, then check if the contact list opens now. If the problem is solved, think about whether you really need these utilities;

• Check your settings to see if your browser needs updating. If yes, update it. If you suspect that the program is not working correctly (for example, in addition to the fact that VK does not open the list of friends, you have noticed other lags), remove the bootloader from the computer and reinstall it;
• Go to your browser settings and clear the cache on Android (or iPhone) and PC, temporary files, cookies, history.

You can be sure that the problem is the browser not working correctly by checking whether the desired section opens if you log into VK using a different bootloader.

Tips: what to do so that the group appears in the search

• Invite participants (subscribers) from among your friends to the group. Let at least 10 people join (subscribe). But you cannot abuse this, that is, invite too many friends - for this your page can be frozen.
• In the name of the group and in all texts, put spaces after commas and periods.
• You don’t have to write in CAPITAL LETTERS, even if you think it’s BETTER.
• The group may not appear in the search if the description contains links to external sites or if the name contains some special characters (not letters or numbers, but various embellishments) - remove them.

Why doesn't the section open on my phone?

Now let’s find out why Friends in VK do not open on a smartphone. To begin with, clarify how you access the social network. Most likely, using a mobile application - official or unofficial. Another option is through your phone's browser. In this case, the reasons will be the same as those listed above, related to the bootloader on the computer.

Let’s look separately at why Friends, namely the VK application, doesn’t open:

1. The utility version is outdated;
2. The application was not updated correctly;
3. You are using an unofficial VK client that is not working properly;
4. A large number of labor-intensive processes are running and running on the phone at the same time. Because of this, applications lag, for example, VK does not open Friends;
5. If you have an Android operating system, the failure may be caused by viruses that have entered the device;
6. If Friends are not opening due to endless loading, there is a chance that you have run out of mobile traffic and the Internet is working in limited mode.

Why did my friends disappear when working on VKontakte?

VKontakte users sometimes encounter this problem. At a certain period of time, friends disappear on VKontakte. Let's try to figure out this problem. Why did VKontakte friends disappear?

There may be several reasons: - in some cases, before friends disappeared, some of them received spam messages asking them to read someone else's SMS message.
Maybe spam bots block such accounts; - this can also happen due to a server failure; — the reason may be that spam bots are hacking your page or simply sending spam; - there is another reason why friends disappeared
. This may be due to the fact that some hacker simply deleted them. If this is the case, then you need to urgently change your password. Make the password complex, not just “123456”, but use letters in addition to numbers. Just don’t forget it yourself; — do not follow links of dubious content; - maybe a broken version of the vksaver program; — in these cases, it is customary to write to technical support. Be that as it may, technical support always has more information than you and I; - if this happens, then most likely it is a virus that infected your computer when you clicked through spam links. In this case, you need to open the hosts file and remove from it everything that is related to VKontakte. Look for this file in the folder: WINDOWSsystem32driversetchosts. To open it, you can use an ordinary notepad; — and finally, check your Internet connection. Check other applications that use your internet connection.

• How to add as a friend on VK: 5 working methods

Now we have to talk about the fact that one additional function of the VKontakte social network has appeared: “Possible friends”. This service will serve as an assistant for finding possible comrades; everything here has already been thought out extremely well. In this section you will see a huge number of users with whom you are familiar.

Solution

If Friends do not open in Contact in the mobile version of the browser, feel free to use the treatment given in the section for the computer. Problems with the application can be solved like this:

• Traditionally, the first thing to do is restart your smartphone;
• Check that the utility version is up to date. Go to the Play Market or AppStore, enter the name of the application into the search bar and see if the “Update” button appears next to it. If yes, feel free to click;

• Try uninstalling and reinstalling the application. For some reason this method works very often;

• If you access a social network through an unofficial client, for example, Kate Mobile, check whether the contact list will open in the native utility. If yes, the additional utility should be reinstalled, updated, or even demolished;
• Disable and pause all unnecessary processes on the phone, clean the startup list, in a word - make life easier for the device’s processor;
• Check your device for viruses;
• Make sure the Internet is working properly on your phone. To do this, launch any video on Youtube.

"VKontakte": friends - location

There have been some changes. The usual VKontakte function “Possible Friends” has disappeared due to unnecessary use - now acquaintances can be found using the “Search for People” button. After clicking on this button, you will immediately see a list of people who may be your friends. Essentially, this should make it easier for users to work with VKontakte. Behind brevity, as a rule, lies talent. We will look at this innovation later. Also, in addition to this new function, a kind of book with phone numbers has now been created in the “Friends” section, where you can see the contacts of people who interest you.

Why else might the contact list hang?

So, we found out why users in VKontakte do not open Friends in a mobile application or on a computer, and also provided solutions.

However, sometimes the reason why friend requests do not open on VK is not you or your device. There are circumstances beyond your control, so, alas, you cannot influence them.

1. Technical failure on the VK website. It happens rarely, but, as they say, aptly;
2. System reboot or technical work on the site. As a rule, developers warn users about planned events;
3. The user has hidden his contact list from his visitors. Why did he do this? This is the right of every person, and everyone has their own reasons. To hide friends, you need to go to VK in Settings, go to the “Privacy” block, find the line “Who is visible in the list of my friends and subscriptions” and add everyone to “Hidden”. In the line “Who sees the hidden ones” indicate “Only me.” Ready.

Well, now you know why users sometimes do not open the Friends tab in VKontakte. Do everything that depends on you. If you realize that there is a global failure or maintenance work on the site, wait. If you discovered that a friend deliberately hid his friends, and you desperately need his list, why not write to him in a personal message? Just think carefully about the person's reason for allowing you access. Good luck searching!

The principle of sorting “Possible friends”

Administrators and developers of this popular social network among young people, of course, do not receive their salaries in vain. They constantly want to improve VK and make it as convenient as possible for communication and information exchange, so new features and functions are constantly appearing. And now, as we just said, the “Possible Friends” feature has appeared.

But on what principle does this blue button work? Among users there are many versions with answers to this question, but the true one is probably known only to developers. Most likely, this list includes only those people who are already your friends.

That is, for example, if you studied with them at the same educational institution, and also graduated in the same year, then, of course, they will be shown as your possible friends if you click on the specified link. If a certain person is listed as a friend not only by one of your friends, but by several, then the likelihood that he will also be on this list is quite high.

The developers made sure that possible friends were represented in the most complete list thanks to the “show others” button. However, many users, when they clicked on this button, received the same people they had already seen in the list earlier, just in a different order.

Of course, someone was luckier and found many friends and acquaintances on this list. Some users have reported 95% effectiveness of the feature. And for some, no matches were found at all. That is, complete strangers were included in the list. But this may happen because there are several people on your friends list that you don't know. Consequently, there cannot be anyone on their list who would be familiar to you.