We will guide you through all the steps of registering VKontakte (VK). Open the main page where the registration is located - when you click on this link, the VKontakte site will open in a new window, and you can switch between it and this page, which will help you.
What will be required?
Registration is free, and all you need is a mobile phone at hand. This should be exactly your phone, because if in the future you need to restore access, the code will come in SMS to it. When registering a new page, you must specify 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 first you need to exit from there - the button "Go out" there in the upper right corner.
First step: first and last name
So, let's get started: enter your first and last name under the heading "Instant registration" or, if there is none, press the button.
Look at the picture below: this is what the place where you need to enter the first and last name looks like. To start typing, click on the white rectangle where it says "Enter your name", and when you enter, click on the second rectangle, where it says "Enter last name":
Enter carefully, with a capital letter and without errors! Then press "Register".
Second step: your classmates
Now VKontakte will offer you to choose the school where you study or studied - this will help you immediately find classmates. The country will already be selected automatically, for example, Russia, and the city must be found in the list (it is easier to do this by starting to type the name - the first two or three letters). The site will then allow you to select a specific school. But if you want, you can skip it right away - there is a button "Skip the search for classmates."
Third step: your classmates
After that, there will be a similar step - the search for classmates. Everything is the same here - the choice of the country, city and then the choice of the university. Like finding a school, this step can be skipped. You don't have to tell where you studied if you don't want to.
Fourth step: mobile phone number
Now an important step: you need to enter a mobile phone number to receive a verification code. This step is required.
Why does the VKontakte site need my phone number?
The fact is that the name and password do not provide sufficient security. Pages that are not linked to a phone are often hacked, and restoring access is not so easy if there is no link to a number. If your number was specified during registration, then access can be quickly restored by ordering an SMS with a code and entering it on the recovery page. Of course, it's free. No paid services are connected to your number. VKontakte does not collect numbers for a secret database or some dark purpose. It just so happens that every day someone forgets their password or for other reasons cannot enter their page, and linking to a mobile phone number is an effective way to prevent all these people from hysteria.
VKontakte says the number was recently used. What to do?
If during registration you indicate a mobile phone number, and VKontakte says that this number has recently been used or is already linked to another page, then the fastest solution is to use another (but not someone else's!) Number. You can, for example, buy a new cheapest SIM card. This will allow you to register. Later you can try to link your old number to the page, this is done in the section "Settings", next - button "Change phone number". If it doesn’t work out, contact VKontakte support and, to speed up the process, immediately indicate your number to which the page should be linked.
What is the reason? As you know, phone numbers that are not used by the owners (for example, more than 3 months) can go on sale again. If the previous owner of the number linked it to his VKontakte page, and then, after the period of inactivity, the SIM card became invalid, then this number could get to you. This is how it could have happened.
Important: each phone number can be linked to the VKontakte page only a few times. The site remembers all numbers. In addition, always remember that if you have lost access to the number to which your page is registered, you will need to link it to a new number (in "Settings").
Fifth step: confirmation code
By entering the number and pressing the button "To get the code", you need to wait for an SMS with a five-digit code. It must be entered on the site to confirm that it is you - a living person who has a mobile phone, in order to restore access if necessary.
Where to enter the code? Here in this field:
Just enter the verification code and click the button "Submit code".
If a few minutes have passed and the code has not arrived, click on the link "I didn't get the code." You will be sent another SMS.
If she does not come, you can ask the robot to call you at the specified number - he will dictate the code by voice. To do this, click "Yes, let the robot call" otherwise - "No need, SMS came."
Sixth step: password
Now it remains only to set a password with which you will continue to access the site. It needs to be invented. The password must be secret, and no one should know it except you.
A special place for entering a password will appear. It's good if you come up with a complex password, with large and small letters and numbers. The complexity of the password as you type will show the indicator. If the password is good and complex, it will be underlined with a green line and it will be written next to it that it is a strong password. So you are great. And pay attention in what language you enter the password - in Russian or English. On which one you enter it, you will need to enter it on the next time, otherwise the site will tell you that the password is incorrect.
Tip: write down the password on a piece of paper and hide it in a safe place without showing it to anyone. Sometimes the password is simply forgotten.
Everything! Registration is complete and you can click "Login to site".
Last step: login
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, My World, Odnoklassniki and others. You can add any sites to the “Login” (site address) and go to them with one click, and at the same time you will see right on the start page whether you have new messages, letters or something else new.
After entering VK, your personal page will open, which you can start filling out. For example, for starters, you can put your photo - click on the empty space where it should be (there is a camera icon) or on the link "Post a photo." Everything is very simple. An upload window will open, in which you need to select the desired photo from your computer. After that, the photo can be cropped (if necessary), then click "Save".