To enter the VKontakte website, you need to enter a pair of identification data, namely a username and password. The user can change them at any time. The only condition for this is the availability of relevant data. How to change VKontakte login? This is the subject of the current article.
Reasons for changing data
- Their availability to a third party.
- The desire to replace the login with a new one.
- Simplify the authorization procedure on the site.
- Registration of a new postal address, purchase of a new number.
How to change VKontakte login?
- The user needs to go to the site under his credentials, that is, enter the nickname specified during registration, email address or mobile phone number to which the page and password are linked.
- After the user is on the main page of his profile, he needs to visit the "My Settings" section.
- You need to make the “General” tab relevant. It is in it that there are two subsections for changing data. Here you can:
- change email address;
- change mobile number.
And now in more detail. How to change VKontakte login? Option 1. If you have a new email address, and you want all notifications from the site to come to it, and also use it as input, then all you need to do is enter the new address in the field with the appropriate the name. After that, visit the mail and confirm the change of address by clicking on the link specified in the letter that will come from the VKontakte site in a few minutes. These are all the actions that you have to complete. How to change VKontakte login? If we are talking about a mobile number, then you have to put in front of you two phones (one with the current number specified in the system, and the other with a new number that you intend to bind to the page). After that, click on the “Change Mobile” button and enter a new number. Please note that if this number has already been linked or is still listed behind another page on the VKontakte website, then you will not be able to use it again. After successful data entry, an SMS message containing a verification code will be sent to your old phone . This is necessary in order for the system to make sure that you are the holder of the page, and all your actions are legitimate. Enter the code indicated in the message in the field on the site and expect a similar message, but on the second, new number. At the end of the procedure, you will receive an SMS with information that the data has been changed.
Additional Information
- How to change the login on VKontakte if you don’t have access to the old mobile number? Unfortunately, nothing. If you really don’t have one, then write a letter to the site’s technical support, and specialists will give you instructions.
- How to remove VKontakte login? It's impossible. Since login is required for authorization in the system. You can only change it and decide independently what to enter at the entrance to the site: email address or mobile number.