Hello, friends! Many VKontakte users not only have their own page in this social network, but also a group. In the previous article, we figured out if you have a lot of posts there, not all of them relate to the topic of the community, or you even want to change the topic of the group.
Before deleting a VKontakte group that you created yourself, weigh the pros and cons. If you have a lot of subscribers, posts are actively discussed, users themselves add various materials to the group, then maybe you shouldn’t delete it completely. Try to find a person who will agree to take over the management of this community.
In the same case, if everything is completely the opposite, and you have no desire to engage in the group, you need to delete it. VKontakte does not have a similar function, so you need to delete all subscribers, make the group closed or private, and leave it. You can also delete all posts, photos, audio and videos. Let's look at all this in more detail.
Removing from the computer
If you access VKontakte from a computer or laptop, then through the browser we go to our page. Then select “Groups” in the left menu, go to the “Management” tab and click on the desired community.
WITH right side Under the cover, click on the three vertical dots and select “Manage Community” from the drop-down list.
Then on the right side of the menu, click on “Settings”. In the “Basic Information” section, you can change the name of the group - write something like “Group deleted”. Also clear the Community Description field, select Group Type - Private or Private, and remove the cover image. Click "Save".
Scroll down the page and in the section " Additional Information» clear the Website field. Save your changes.
If desired, you can completely delete all information from the group: video, audio, photos, documents, etc. I will clean the wall using the Instrumentum app. I wrote about it in detail in the article: deleting posts from the wall, the link to which is given at the beginning of the article.
After deleting members, information and changing the group type, click on the “You are in a group” button. From the drop-down list, select “Leave Group”.
Confirm that you are indeed going to leave the community of which you are an administrator.
If you are still not completely sure and, perhaps, in the future you will want to restore the deleted group on VK, then you do not need to leave the community. In this case, at any time you can make the group open and invite people there.
Via phone
For those who access VKontakte via mobile app on your phone or tablet, you need to follow the same steps as described above. Open your page and select “Groups” in the side menu.
Find the community you want to delete from the list and click on it.
Now on the right top corner click on the gear icon.
The "Manage Community" page will open. From the list, select “Information”.
Here you need to change the name of the group, delete its description and information in the “Website” field.
Scroll down and change the “Group Type” to “Private”. Save your changes by clicking on the checkmark in the upper right corner.
Someone is just creating a group on the VKontakte social network, and someone, at that very moment, comes to the conclusion that a community they created with their own hands is completely useless, and it needs to be deleted as quickly as possible. This is how the world works: the passage of time and changes in interests prompt a person to new actions. Even in the field of digital technology, the philosophy of life remains unchanged. And the Internet is no exception.
So, dear reader, if you belong to the second category of group owners on the VKontakte social network, that is, you want to consign into oblivion a product of social activity that you painstakingly created over days, months, and maybe even years, then these instructions are for you. We decided to delete the VKontakte group - so be it.
How to delete a large group?
Work undoubtedly ennobles a person, only if it is for the good. This means that if a community has, for example, 2 thousand participants, hundreds of photos, dozens of videos and many forum “threads”, getting rid of the created group on your own is not entirely advisable, although in principle it is possible.
Don't rush to roll up your sleeves! First, try contacting VKontakte technical support. Believe me, the administrators of the social network have much more opportunities than the average user. It would be fair to assume that in order to completely delete the community you organized, they would only need to press one button (figuratively speaking).
- Log in to your VKontakte account.
- Click on the “Help” section in the horizontal menu on the page.
- Under the inscription “Here you can report...” enter in the field a request to delete your own group. State your will as briefly and clearly as possible. For example: “Please delete my group (+ link to it).”
If the VKontakte admins are favorable to you, that is, they respond to your request, the group will soon disappear. And you won't need more head break how to delete a VKontakte group - only memories will remain from it - that's all.
Well, if your “prays” are not heard, use the method described below.
How to delete a VKontakte group yourself
Relying on one's own strength is a good trait. If you wanted, you created, if you wanted, you destroyed, if you can, of course. In other words, if you have a small community, you can remove it through your own efforts, without resorting to outside, much less otherworldly, help.
1.Go to your “In Contact” page, go to the group that you want to delete.
2. Before deleting a VKontakte group, you must remove all content from it: photo albums, documents, videos, links, discussions, etc.
Advice! Before deleting content, visually review it. Perhaps among the downloaded material there will be information that is valuable to you (photos, videos, text files, digital copies pdf). You can download it without any problems from the VK server using special programs, as well as browser applications (addons).
3. On home page groups in the right panel (under the avatar), go to the “Community Management” section.
4. Open the "Information" tab. 
5. Disable content display on the community wall. Opposite each element (“Photos”, “Videos”, etc.) set the setting to “Disabled”.
6. In the “Group Type” column, enter “Private”.
8. In the same section (Community Management), go to the “Members” tab. And remove all participants (the “Remove from community” button opposite the avatar). If you had administrative assistants, click the “Managers” subsection, and in the same way relieve them of their duties - administering the group.
Attention! Under no circumstances remove yourself from the group at this stage, otherwise you will lose administrator rights and, accordingly, will not be able to remove it from the social network.
9. After the list of members has been cleared, check your settings again, and then remove yourself from the community. To do this, click in the function menu (right panel under the avatar) “Leave group”.
10. Go to your VKontakte page and open “My Groups”. If the deletion procedure was completed correctly, the community will not be in the list of groups. Also try to find the group through the internal search of the social network; the system should report that there is no such community.
That's it! Now your once beloved, and maybe not so beloved, group on the social network VKontakte has safely disappeared into oblivion.
Good luck and enjoy your time online! Who knows, maybe after deleting this group, you will create a new one - even better than the previous one - more colorful and interesting.
You can delete your own VKontakte group, regardless of the reason, thanks to the standard functionality of this social network. However, even considering the simplicity this process, there are still users who find deleting a previously created community too difficult.
If you are having difficulty deleting your group, it is recommended that you follow the guidelines below in strict order. If this condition is not met, you may not only not delete the community, but also create additional problems for yourself.
First of all, you should know that the process of creating and deleting a community does not require you to use any additional tools. That is, all actions are performed by standard VK.com tools provided to you by the administration, as the creator of the community.
Deleting a VKontakte community is much easier than, for example, deleting a personal page.
Also, before you start deleting your own group, it is recommended to think about whether this is necessary. In most cases, deletion is due to the user's unwillingness to continue the group's activities. However, in this case, the most correct option would be to change the existing community, remove subscribers and resume work in a new direction.
If you probably decide to get rid of a group or community, then make sure that you have creator (administrator) rights. Otherwise, you won't be able to do anything!
Having decided on the need to delete the community, you can safely begin to take the recommended actions.
Transformation of a public page
In the case of a public VKontakte page, you need to perform several additional steps. Only after this will it be possible to begin removing the required community from this social network.
If you are the creator of the group and not public page, you can safely skip all the points after the third and go straight to deleting.
Having finished transforming a public page into a VKontakte group, you can safely move on to the process of deleting the community forever.
Group deletion process
After the preparatory steps, once you are on the main page of your community, you can proceed directly to deletion. It’s also worth noting that the VKontakte administration does not provide group owners with a special button "Delete".
As the owner of a community with a large number participants, you may encounter serious problems. This is due to the fact that each required action is performed exclusively manually.
Among other things, you should remember that deleting a community means completely hiding it from prying eyes. At the same time, the group will have standard visibility for you.
If you make a mistake, you can always return to your community as a creator. However, for this you only need a direct link, since after all the described actions the group will disappear from the search and leave your list of pages in the section "Control".
If done correctly, deleting a once created community will not cause complications. We wish you good luck in resolving this problem!
Good day to you, dear blog readers. Every day a huge number of groups and communities are created on social networks, but not all of them achieve the desired result and it often happens that they simply become useless to anyone. Today we will talk about how to delete a created group on VK.
I often hear the question: is it possible to delete any group? I’ll say right away that It is impossible to delete someone else's VKontakte group, You can only delete the community where our account is administrator. Go.
How to quickly delete a group on VK (Vkontakte)
- We go to the website vk.com and log in (that is, enter your email/phone number and password).
- In the left menu, look for the “My Groups” category.
- The entire list of groups and meetings in which we participate appeared in front of us. We look up and see the submenu “Communities” and “Management”, click on the latter.
- Now we see all those groups in which we are an administrator. Find the one you need and click on it.
- Great, here it is our group. We copy and save (or remember, if the memory is not maiden) the address bar. She will look like this: https://vk.com/club57489230 or https://vk.com/odezhda.kazan. This is necessary for later verification.
- Below there is a link “Community Management”. We click there.
- We are on the general “Information” page about the group. We look for the group type below and select Closed. This is necessary so that information about the group is not visible in search engines, and on the social network itself.
- If you wish, on the same tab you can delete all information about the group or leave any symbols there or simply write “Group deleted” to be calm that the group will certainly not be found).
- Go to the “Participants” tab. And now the most painstaking and difficult part, if your group consists of thousands of people: you need to delete each group member, EXCEPT YOURSELF- it is important!!!
- There is only one member left in our group and that is you. We make sure that we haven’t forgotten anything - we delete all provocative albums with photographs, videos and discussions.
- Our group is absolutely clean! Remember that I forbade you to remove yourself from the group? So, FORGET! Now you can delete yourself.
- A “Warning” will appear, but we are unshakable in our decision!)
- Great, now follow the link that we saved in step 5. What do we see? The group has no name or members, and is also closed. After a while it will completely disappear from the database.
How to delete a group in contact if I am the creator? The question is quite relevant, many users ask it. We will carefully study all the nuances to provide a detailed answer.
- VK was able to attract the most active audience – young people.
- A simple user-friendly interface has been created.
- It was much easier to master the site than other social networks.
- The first users began to invite friends, and over time a huge audience was formed.
- Many features are provided.
- The social network is constantly evolving and only getting better over time.
- You can comfortably communicate with all your friends in one place.
- There are many communities where you can have fun.
- You can create your own music library in a special section and listen to music.
Creating groups is one of the useful functions. You can find friends with similar interests in the community or just share various information. Also, a popular group can become a source of income.
How to delete your group on VK if you are the creator? First, let's figure out why this is necessary at all:
- You don't want to run a community anymore.
- Little free time.
- Completely lost interest in the community.
- The group seems hopeless.
- There may be other reasons, it all depends on the situation.
It is not necessary to delete the community. It can be transferred to the administrator or simply to a responsible person in whom you are confident. The popular group manages to be sold. The cost of the community depends on the number of subscribers and their activity.
How to delete a group in VK that you created on your phone?
Many people ask: how to delete a group on VK that you yourself created from your phone? You can't do this either on a smartphone or on a computer. There is no such function on the social network; there is no point in wasting time searching for it.
Why didn’t the administration provide for the removal of communities? One can only guess about the reasons. The administration probably had reasons for making such a decision.
You cannot delete a created community, but you can still get rid of it. In the future we will offer several methods.
Via technical support
The creator needs:
- Open help section.
- Select an item to contact the administration.
- Write a message asking to delete the community. Be sure to include a link to it.
- The appeal will be reviewed within 24 hours.
- If the decision is positive, the administration will close the group on its own.
Breaking the rules
You can grossly violate the rules of the service by posting posts of dubious content. After receiving complaints, the administration will ban the community. But the disadvantage of this method is that the blocking is often imposed for a certain time. Getting a permanent ban is not so easy.
A quick way to destroy a community
How to delete a community on VK if you are the creator? You can use the following method:
- Go to group settings.
- Close all sections and functions in it.
- Save changes.
- Leave the group.
Over time, participants will also begin to leave the community. You don’t have to worry about his fate, all activity in the group will be stopped.
Complete removal of information
If you have enough free time, you can perform a complete group cleanup. To do this you need:
- Delete photos and posts.
- Remove video.
- Close all sections through settings.
- Remove members.
- Set the community to closed status.
- Remove links.
- Clear blacklist.
- Check that no information is left in the group.
- Leave her.
The downside of this method is that you have to spend several hours cleaning up a large community. Therefore, very few creators use this method.
The best option
We offer the best option:
- Close the group and all sections in the community settings.
- Remove only important information.
- Leave the group.
Important! Once released, the creator loses all rights to manage the community. Restoring them in the future will be problematic, so think carefully before making such a responsible decision.
The further fate of the group
After activity in the community ceases, it may remain on the server for some time. But sooner or later the administration will delete the group when cleaning the social network from old pages.
Sale
If the community has more than 5-10 thousand participants, then it can be sold. The creator will need:
- Find a buyer.
- Agree on the price.
- Get money.
- Appoint the buyer as an administrator and transfer all management rights to him.
- Leave the group.
It is advisable to agree with the buyer to preserve the theme. Then participants will not begin to unsubscribe from the group and will hardly notice a change in the leadership of the community.
