How to "Vkontakte" untie the page from the phone number?

A prerequisite for creating a page in the most popular social network among Russians on VKontakte is linking your account to a real mobile number. The site administration did not come up with this measure for a reason. Firstly, linking the page allows you to reduce the number of fake profiles, which have been divorced quite a lot, and secondly, if the user forgets the password from the VKontakte website, it will be much more convenient to recover it using SMS messages. The measure, it would seem, is quite justified. However, users have no, no, yes, the question arises: “How can VKontakte unlink a page from a number, and is this even possible?”

What is important to remember?

• The same mobile phone number cannot be linked to two or more pages.
• If your VKontakte profile is already registered on your number, then even changing it to another, you will not be able to use the first one to link to another page.
• Deleting / changing a mobile number is possible only if available.
• In the process of changing the number, both phones must be switched on and active.

How can Vkontakte untie a page from a number?

So, let's start with the fact that if you do not want to attach a profile to a phone number, you must understand that this is impossible. That is, you can only change the current mobile phone to a new one. Why is this done? The site administration is confident that in this way it protects our accounts on the social network. How to "VKontakte" untie the page from the number?

1. In order to get to the section where you can change your data, you need to go to the VKontakte website under your credentials (enter your username - mail, mobile number or nickname and password).
2. Once you are on your page, go to the "My Settings" section.
3. Next, select the first tab in the horizontal menu at the top of the page and find the sub-item “Your phone number”.
4. Click on the button “Change phone number”.
5. In the window that opens, you need to enter a new number in the format +7 (hereinafter 10 digits).
6. After that, expect SMS messages with digital codes. They will go to each of the numbers (current and new). You need to enter them on the site for confirmation.

How to untie the number from the page "VKontakte" if it already does not exist?

In this case, you have two options:

• use the password recovery form (on the main page of the site, click the "forgot password" button);
• contact the technical support of the social network (you must indicate in the message that you want to untie the number from the VK page, but it no longer exists).

In the first case, during the data recovery process, indicate that you do not have access to the mobile number. After checking all the basic data, the site system will prompt you to enter a new phone number. If you turned to the specialists of a social network for help, then be prepared that your appeal will not be considered immediately (the approximate response time will be indicated immediately after you compose and send your message).

In this article we told you how to "VKontakte" untie the page from the number. This information will help you in this matter.