Specify your hometown in VK. How to specify location in contact? How to change the name in contact

Literally any social network, including VKontakte, today provides a large range of different capabilities, including those created specifically for tying new acquaintances. One of the similar kind of details is the installation of the city of accommodation and birth, about which we will tell you in detail in detail.

Please pay your attention to the fact that whatever the city you have, first of all you have to set additional settings Privacy, providing access to the questionnaire to specific users. At the same time, some data, even excluding this feature, will still be available by default.

In addition to the above, like any similar site, VK provides new users to special prompts that allow you to easily set all the desired settings. Do not ignore this kind of notification if you are not familiar with the general functionality of this resource.

Full version

Today, not counting the additional sections that we still mention next, install the city on the VKontakte page you can two various methods. At the same time, both methods are not an alternative to each other.

First of possible options Setting the place of residence provides you as the user of this social network, the ability to place a native city. Regarding this unit of editing parameters is only as an addition, since it often does not pretend to high level Reliability.

1. Navigate to VKontakte, using button "My page" and under your photo profile click on the button "Edit".

   

   Alternatively, you can disclose the main menu by clicking on the AVE in the upper corner of the working window and just switch to main page section "Edit".



2. Now you find yourself on the tab "Basic" In the section with the possibility of changing personal data.



3. Scroll through the page with parameters to the text block "Native city".



4. Change the contents of the specified graph in accordance with the requirements.



5. You can change the contents of this field without any restrictions, indicating not only existing cities and reliable data, but also inventive settlements.



The field can be left blank if there is such a desire.

6. Before leaving the edit parameters section, you must apply the settings using the button. "Save" at the bottom of the page.



7. To make sure the correctness of the entered data, as well as to check the display, go to the wall of your profile.



8. In the right part of the page, expand the block "Show detailed information» .



9. In the first section "Basic information" Opposite item "Native city" What you indicated earlier will be displayed.

It is worth noting that if anyone uses the data you specified as search query By site VKontakte, your page will be displayed in the results. At the same time, even the privacy settings will not be protected from such a phenomenon, the most closing personal profile.

In the future, be careful, indicating real data without additional protection from privacy parameters!

The second and much more significant method of specifying the city on the VK page is to use the block "Contacts". Moreover, in contrast to the previously considered option, the place of residence is significantly limited to real estate points.

1. Open page "Edit".



2. Using the menu on the right side of the working window, go to the section "Contacts".



3. At the top of the opened page in the string "Country" Specify the name of the state you need.



Each country has strictly limited area set.

4. As soon as you specify any territory, a graph will appear under the considered string "City".



5. From the automatically created list you need to choose the settlement in accordance with personal requirements.



6. If the area you need is not added to the original list, scroll it to the bottom and select it. "Other".



7. Having done this, the contents of the string will change to "Not selected" And it will be available for manual change.



8. Independently fill in the field, guided by the name of the necessary settlement.



9. Directly during the set, you will feature automatic tips containing both the name of the city and detailed information about the area.



10. To complete, select a place corresponding to your requirements.



11. You do not have to prescribe the full name of the territory, since the automatic selection system works more than excellent.



12. In addition to the above, you can repeat the steps in two other sections:

It must be done separately in each section!

None of the considered sections is mandatory to fill. Thus, the need to indicate the settlement is limited exclusively by your personal desires.

mobile version

Quite a large number of users of the social network under consideration prefer to use official mobile apphaving several different functionality, compared to the full version of the site. That is why the procedure for changing the settings of the city on Android is worthy of a separate section.

Such settings are fixed on VK servers, and not for a specific device.

note that mobile version VK provides the ability to change the city only within the section "Contacts". If you need data adjustment in other blocks of the site, you should use the full-fledged VK site from the computer.

Mobile app

1. Running the application, open the main menu using the appropriate icon on the toolbar.



2. Now at the top of the screen, find the link "Go to the profile" And click on it.



The button is located under your name.

3. On the page that opens you need to use the key "Edit".



4. Scroll to the specified section to the configuration unit "City".



5. In the first column, similar to the full version of the site, you need to specify the country you need.



6. Next click on the block "Choose the city".



7. Through the context window, you can choose a settlement from the list of the most popular requests.



8. In the absence of the desired territory, manually type the name of the required city or region in the text graph "Choose the city".



9. When specifying the name, from the automatically built list, click on the desired location.



If the area is absent, perhaps you have made a mistake somewhere or, which is unlikely, the required place was not added to the database.

10. As in the case of full versionInput requests can be significantly reduced.



11. Upon completion of the selection, the window will automatically close, and in the previously mentioned string "Choose the city" A new settlement will be inscribed.



12. Before leaving the section, do not forget to apply new parameters using a special button in the upper right corner of the screen.
13. No additional confirmations are required, as a result of which you can immediately observe the result of adjustments.

Scribed nuances are the only possible method changes in territorial profile settings with mobile devices. However, it is not necessary to lose sight of another variety of this social network, in the form of a light version of the site.

Browser version of the site

1. Using the browser, open the resource according to the link below.



2. Open the main menu using the button in the upper left corner of the screen.



3. Click on the name of your account by opening the main page.



4. Next use the block "Full information" For disclosure of a full profile.



5. Above the graph "Basic information" Click on the link "Edit page".



6. Scroll through the window that has opened to the section "Contacts".



7. Stripping from the above above, you first change the contents of the field "Country" And then specify "City".



8. The main feature here is a fact as a choice of territory on separately disclosed pages.



9. To search for a settlement outside the standard list also uses a special field. "Choose the city" with the subsequent allocation of the desired area.



10. Specify necessary information, use the button "Save".



11. Leaving the section "Editing" and returning to K. start pageThe settlement will automatically update.

Under this article, we considered in detail the literally all existing methods of changing the city on the VK page. Therefore, we hope that you will be able to avoid possible complications.

If you paid attention to the photos of your friends and other users, their location can be marked.

Also, the geolocation feature is available for your personal data. You can specify the address of your stay. Now I'll show you everything.

So, how to specify location in contact?

Indicate the place in the photo

Select and open the desired photo to view (see). Now at the bottom, find and click on the link "More". An additional menu opens. Here, click on the "Specify Place" link.

Allow the browser to receive information about your location by clicking the button. "Report location", in the window that appears.

Now find the desired point on the map. Use the search, or manually determine the location. Next, check the mark by clicking on the desired location on the map. And click "Save location".

Now, when viewing this photo, the site will place on the map you noted. If you click on it, you will search for photos that other users have done in this place.

With this tool, you can find out where the photo is made, and find other pictures for this location (see).

We specify our address

Go to your page and click on the button "Edit".

Now go to the Contacts tab, and click on the "Specify the Place" link.

You will open the form in which you want to specify the home address. Choose a country here, city, etc. Also give the name this point on the map. When all fill in, press the Save button.

We continue to deal with settings and design. external view Our page in the social network VKontakte (see). Now we will learn to add data about the country to our profile, and our city of living.

We point out the country and the city of residence

Go to your page and click on the button "Edit"located just below the photos of your profile.

Then go to the Contacts tab. Here we are interested in two sections - country and city. You need to fill each of them - select the desired option from the drop-down list.

When finished, click on the "Save" button to apply the changes made.

Native city of accommodation in personal data

Recently, another field appeared, in the questionnaire with personal user data. Section "Native City". To fill it out, go to the "Basic" tab, and fill in the corresponding graph.

How to limit the view of the specified data in the profile

If you do not want guests of your page to see the information in the questionnaire, this feature needs to be limited using privacy settings. Open the main menu, and click on the "Settings" link.

Go to the "Privacy" tab. Here we find the section "Who sees the basic information of my page", and set the appropriate level of access for it.

As the country and city accommodation in the personal questionnaire are displayed.

After you filled out all the required fields, go back to your page, and expand the profile with personal data. This is how the personal information you entered will look like.