How to delete a VKontakte topic. How to remove the theme (vKontakte) How to install a regular VK

Nowadays it is difficult to find a person who would not be registered on the well-known site vk.com or vkontakte.ru. Among the multimillion-dollar audience of this site, you can find many people who are somewhat dissatisfied with the monotonous blue and white design of the page on which they spend more than one hour of their free time. That is why they are attracted by the possibility of using all kinds of themes that can change the appearance of the account.

By installing an attractive theme, you can safely enjoy the new look of the page. But what to do if you’re tired of the new look and want to know how to remove the theme in “Contact”, returning, albeit simple and banal, but such a familiar standard appearance? Here we come to the main issue addressed in this article.

The theme for VKontakte is installed by Mozilla Firefox users, as a rule, through the Stylish application. To remove it, you should go to the browser menu (Firefox button in the upper left corner), then to the “Add-ons” submenu, in the list that appears, find the name of the add-on - Stylish - and the “Disable” and “Delete” buttons. Then you can do with the addition as you wish. If you are going to use it further, click “Disable”, and if not, feel free to delete it.

People who use Internet Explorer for some reason may also be interested in how to remove a topic in Contact. They will have to go to the “Tools” menu (in English it’s Tools), from there go to “Internet Options”, from there to “General”, then to “Accessibility”, find the “Design” item using a custom style" and uncheck it.

Opera fans who want to delete a theme in Contact should go to the Tools menu, then Settings. There you need to find the “Advanced” tab, then click “View”, select “Settings for the site” and uncheck the “Enable form styling” option, simultaneously deleting the path to the css file. After this, you need to click the “Ok” button and live happily, enjoying the familiar look of the site.

There is another option for removing a topic in Contact. You need to go to your page, right-click on any free space and select “Site Settings”, then go to the “View” tab and uncheck “Enable form styling”, and then remove all content under “My style sheet” " All that remains is to confirm your actions by pressing the “Ok” button.

If you have Google Chrome installed and you are not satisfied with the annoying theme for VKontakte, click on the button with the image of a wrench in your browser, find the “Tools” section, and then go to the “Extensions” menu. Click on the “Delete” button next to the name of the Vkstyles extension.

In any case, if you are too lazy to perform all these steps, you can always remove one browser and install another. In this case, you don’t even have to think about how to remove the topic in Contact.

Of course, if you want to return other redesigned social networks or search sites, you can also use the above methods for this.

In any case, when performing actions that have an impact on social networks, it is better to change your password just in case (in our case, for “VKontakte”) in order to protect yourself from attackers who can use authorization data obtained fraudulently for illegal actions, for example , for sending spam.

In general, resolving the question of how dangerous changing themes for VKontakte is is quite simple. If when installing a theme you are not required to enter a password, send an SMS or download an unspecified program, then everything is in order, there is nothing to worry about. The usual theme is CSS text code and a few pictures - nothing that could harm your online account or computer.

Good luck, and be careful what you download from the Internet!

Sooner or later, the usual design of the VKontakte website becomes boring and boring. This greatly affects the user's perception of information, making it more difficult to read and write. Unfortunately, the VKontakte administration has not yet developed such an option as setting a preferred theme.

Despite the lack of an official ability to install a new design for VKontakte, it is still possible to do this, and in several ways at once. To do this, importantly, you will not need to provide any personal information.

You can change the standard design of VKontakte without any problems if you follow a certain chain of actions and use only trusted methods. Please note that when we mention a change in design, we mean a change in the design, that is, the colors and partly the location of the elements.

To change the theme you can choose to use:

  • special browser;
  • browser extensions.

Today, of all the possible ways to customize a page, only a few actually work. It is these options that are worth using, since in this case you are guaranteed to receive:

  • data security;
  • performance when working with a designed page;
  • the ability to choose a design from a huge catalog or create a theme yourself;
  • free to use.

In some cases there is a VIP system. In this situation, installing certain themes will require financial expenses from you.

In most cases, themes for VKontakte are provided completely free of charge. You just need to choose the way you will install these styles.

Method 1: Using Orbitum Browser

In general, this Internet browser does not have any performance problems. At the same time, it provides each user, completely free of charge, with an extensive catalog of various design themes for some social networks, including VKontakte.

To put a topic on VK in this way, you need to follow simple instructions.


You can also create your own theme completely free of charge.

After installing the theme, each time you log into the VKontakte social network through this web browser, you will see the selected design instead of the standard one.

If for some reason you want to return the standard VKontakte design in this Internet browser, you also need to do this according to certain instructions.

Method 2: theme designer for VKontakte VKMOD

This method of changing the design of VKontakte no longer requires downloading a separate browser, since VKMOD is an extension. This add-on is installed exclusively in the Google Chrome Internet browser.

In most cases, no problems arise when working with this extension. However, the main disadvantage of VKMOD always remains relevant and is that only one single web browser is supported, albeit the most popular one.


It is worth noting that this extension was originally developed for the early design of VKontakte. Therefore, themes may appear slightly incorrectly.

In the future, this extension will probably be stabilized and adapted to the new design.

Method 3: Get-Style

The Get-Style extension is one of those add-ons that always keep up with the times. This is due to the fact that currently the design of VKontakte is changing dynamically - various new elements appear or existing ones are moved to another place, but high-quality styles are still published on Get-Style.

As for this extension, it supports both the old VK design and the completely new one. At the same time, no significant bugs are observed when using the Get-Style add-on.

Due to radical changes on VKontakte, it is recommended to use the latest themes. Thanks to this, your page will look fresh and attractive.

This extension is the best on the entire Internet, as it provides users with:

  • integration of the extension into Chrome, Opera, Yandex and;
  • large catalog of themes;
  • own constructor;
  • free installation of themes.

You can install and use this add-on by following the detailed instructions.


After all the steps taken, you can begin installing the extension.


Be sure to refresh the page before installing the theme.

The last thing left to do is to change the standard VKontakte theme. This is done extremely simply.


In most cases, the update occurs automatically.

This extension, without modesty, is the best among all add-ons that affect the design style of the VKontakte social network. At the same time, you are required to do a minimum of actions.

Sometimes the resource administration holds rating drawings. This way you can get even more features completely free of charge.

When choosing a method for changing the design of VKontakte, it is recommended to take into account all the pros and cons. That is, in some cases, for example, if you only use the system to visit a few social networks, it is best to choose Orbitum. But if you use Yandex, Opera, Firefox or Chrome not only for social networks, it is best to install the most stable extension.

What you choose in the end is up to you to decide. We wish you good luck when choosing a theme for VK.

The text below is about design themes (as in the illustration)

For thousands of users, VKontakte (now also known as vK.com) has become the main or even the only site where they spend their online time. Some people are fed up with the ascetic (but stylish) white and blue design of the site, and they are drawn to advertising that offers to colorize the appearance of VKontakte using design themes.

Is it dangerous to change themes?

If you need to install a theme don't ask enter a password, send an SMS, install an unknown program - it’s safe. CSS text code and a background image, plus the reverse of the instructions above, is what a safe website theme usually looks like.

Some topics, however, may harm your eyesight, so be careful ;)

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- I'm not kidding. Since the transition to such an interface is obviously inevitable for everyone, the question is: how to return the old VKontakte design has only a temporary solution. But because albeit temporarily, but disable the new VKontakte design and it’s still possible to continue working with the usual sane interface, then that’s what we’ll do.

This question is relevant, perhaps, for all VKontakte users who, over 10 years, have become accustomed to the simplicity and convenience of the old design and use its functionality to the fullest. In particular, this applies to those who created and administer communities and groups - the developers of the new VK.com have certainly made their lives difficult with their innovations.

By the way, for this category of VK users I would like to give a practical recommendation: in order not to waste precious time on independent public promotion both on VKontakte and in all other popular social networks, and to fully concentrate on quality content for your community, you should contact the service Soclike. Judging by the numerous positive reviews, this PR team knows their business and will be able to quickly provide your group with the required number quality subscribers.

Let's return to the main question. Let's make a reservation right away - we will talk about browser version social network. Android and iOS applications, alas, will not be considered in this article.

Upd. 08/17/2016. Dear Reader, in order not to waste your precious time, I would like to immediately inform you: “The uprising has been suppressed, Skynet has won.” Well, jokes aside, the inevitable happened: despite all the protest sentiments of VKontakte users, the developers, after several “waves” of transferring users to the new design, decided that enough wasted time: on 08/17/16 ALL users of the social network were transferred to the new design... Accordingly, the addresses are new .vk.com simply does not exist at the moment, and recommendations using its return do not work...

This does not mean that there are now absolutely no ways to return the old VKontakte design: especially for those who do not give up, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with the ““ block located below in the text. There you will find a method that will probably be able to extinguish the flame of righteous anger in you.

Well, before this block there will be information that has more historical than practical significance: the chronology of the fight against the disease called “ New design of Vk.com". Getting acquainted with this information will not take you, dear Readers, much time, and probably someone will be interested in knowing “how it all began,” so all previously working methods remain in the article. So let's begin.

For those who have become a “guinea pig” for VKontakte designers involuntarily (i.e., they simply encountered a new interface at a certain moment), there should be a link “Return to the old version...” located at the bottom of the left column with menus and advertising. In truth, the designers clearly tried to make the tool for how to return the old version of VKontakte as inconspicuous as possible: gray letters on a gray background - this is difficult to notice.

Those who voluntarily joined the “ranks of testers” of the new interface (by clicking on the ill-fated “Join testing” button) may not find a link to return to the old version.

And how to disable the new VKontakte design in this case?

Pay attention to the browser address bar:


Attention to the address bar!

As you can see, before vk.com “ new" Those. in fact, it is another user profile page. To return the usual vk.com/page_id, and with it to return the old version of VKontakte, we simply “edit” the address: you need to erase “ new." And, of course, press Enter (or the input confirmation key on a touch device).

The result will be like this:


We removed “new.” from the address and got what we needed!

Sound familiar? Probably to the point of pain :) Yes, yes, this is the good old vk.com interface, which everyone has gotten used to over the 10 years of its existence. Well, now it’s a small matter: all that remains is to bookmark this page in the browser, so as not to edit the address every time, and call up this page after logging in to the social network.

It is still unknown when exactly the VKontakte redesign will “cover” everyone, so there is hope that the old version of vk.com will be able to be used for a long time.

Upd. 06/09/2016. It seems that the “old believers” did not rejoice for long: the VK.com team began a forced transfer to a new design without the possibility of returning to the previous version.

Upd. No. 2 - joyful (not so joyful anymore - has lost its relevance...)

It turns out that there is still a workable method to return the old VKontakte interface even to those who seem to have been left with no options (at least for this method, VK has repeatedly thanked the “prompter”). However, we warn you right away - you will have to perform all actions at your own peril and risk, and there may be a risk. The method of returning the old vk.com design is associated with running scripts, and Netobserver does not guarantee that the body of the script does not contain code capable of stealing user login and password.

Let's consider a really working method, suitable for the Google Chrome browser and its “brothers”, like Yandex.Browser (browsers on the Chromium platform):

So, the method is as follows: find it on Google Playmarket

Install the first plugin in the list:

After installation, the activity of the plugin can be checked by the icon in the upper right corner of the browser:

In the tab that opens, click on the “Install this script” button:

Next, a warning from Tampermonkey will appear stating that only reliable scripts should be run (i.e., it once again warns - you act at your own peril and risk), and the installed script will be displayed:

That's all - the script immediately starts working. All you have to do is go to VKontakte (or refresh the page if you are already there) and make sure for yourself that the good old vk.com is back!

Moreover, the effect will persist both when moving between elements of the VKontakte menu and when logging in again.

This is more convenient than the method that was proposed in the comments to this article (however, I would like to say “Thank you” for this option for solving the question “How to return the old VKontakte design”).

There are also extensions similar to Tampermonkey for other browsers:

  • For Ognelis: ;
  • for Opera: ;
  • at Safari - .

Well, after installing the extension for your browser, return to the step of downloading the user script - and then in order :)

Upd. 3 - for the most persistent.

Dear readers, you have 2 options: accept it and start getting used to the new design (this is difficult, but possible - I say from my own experience), or fight to the end :) The remaining way to fight is to use custom styles. There are several of them currently being developed, and all of them are still very crude. But, as they say, in the absence of fish and...

For enthusiasts who do not give up and are ready to get confused, we have prepared the following recommendations:

  1. Using a custom script via Tampermonkey;
  2. Using the Stylish browser plugin with style loading(most popular option) .

For those who have already learned to work with Tampermonkey (see description in Upd.2- above in the text), an alternative script is proposed (though very crude), returning some semblance of the old version. There’s probably little point in using it for now, but you can track the changes being made—I’m sure that after a while this custom style will work much better.

https://userstyles.org/styles/userjs/128986/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B9%20%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0 %B7%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%20%D0%92%D0%9A.user.js

The script will need to be edited. Specifically interested in the following lines (from 7 to 10):

// @include http://new.vk.com/*
// @include https://new.vk.com/*
// @include http://*.new.vk.com/*
// @include https://*.new.vk.com/*

You need to remove "new." on lines 7 and 8, ".new" on lines 9 and 10.

It should look like this:

The Stylish plugin is the most popular option for returning the old VKontakte design

In principle, the algorithm of Stylish is similar to the method of Tampermonkey, with the only difference being that Stylish, unlike the latter, works with styles, not scripts.

Attention: Do not run Tampermonkey with Stylish! Although both plugins are designed to do, in principle, the same thing, it is not a fact that using them together will lead to twice the best result (rather, the fact is that it will not :)

So, if you have already tested the first method and decide to move on to the second, first deactivate the Tampermonkey plugin.

After installing the extension, you need to make sure that it is activated. For Chrome, the picture will be as follows: an icon with the letter “S” will appear in the upper right corner of the browser:

The next step is to download the style from the developer's website: .

On the page that opens, you will need to use the big green button - it’s hard to miss:

Judging by the speed of releases, the author is trying very hard to eliminate all the currently existing shortcomings. Therefore, I recommend that you bookmark this page so that after a few days (weeks) you can download the modified style for Vkontakte, which will no longer be so crude.

In the meantime, let everything be the same for you as the lucky person who left this review:

Dear readers, if you have alternative methods for solving a return to the old VKontakte design, do not hesitate to leave them in the comments! We are also waiting for feedback from those who were helped by the recommendations presented.

Good mood to you all!

Article How to return the old VKontakte design - disable the new version was modified: May 4th, 2017 by Netobserver

A new version (new design, appearance, layout) of VKontakte appeared in April 2016. The old one existed for a very long time and is outdated. At first, during the trial period, each user could turn on the new version for himself, and if he didn’t like something, then return to the old one.

How did you turn on the new version of VK?

At first it was like this: the person who wanted to open it himself opened the news on the VK blog and at the very end of the page clicked "Join testing."

You could also enable the new version using the link “Use the new version of the site as default” in the left column of the site, at the bottom (if you open VK on a computer and not on a phone).

How did you enable the old version?

You could return the old one back there, at the very bottom of the narrow left column of the site, a pale gray link. It was called “Return to the old version of the site.” Then not everyone had it, and even later it disappeared completely. Read on:

Why did the new version turn on by itself and how to get back?

Since June 9, 2016, some VK users (approximately 10 percent) received the new version forcibly, that is, it turned on itself, and they could no longer return to the old one. You could also be one of these users. There was nothing you could do about it, you could only get used to it, because a person gets used to everything. The best option is to take the changes calmly. Some time will pass, and the old version will already seem inconvenient to you. And in any case, the developers of the VK site would not be able to support the old version for a long time.

This was the beginning of a mass transfer of all VK users to the new version. Here is the official news about it. Those who did not fall into the mentioned 10% could still switch to the new version and back to the old one for some time, but from August 17, VKontakte completely switched to a new version, it turned on itself for everyone without the possibility of returning to the old one.

Since then, due to numerous requests from users, some changes have been made (changed the font, left the ability to use dialogs similar to those in the old version, etc.). But in general, there will never be a return to the old version. Most likely it no longer exists.

How to return the old version of dialogues?

Go to “Messages” and find the gear icon at the bottom - . Click on it and select "Go to classic interface." After this you will have dialogues like in the old version. To go back to the new version, click on the gear in the same way and select "Go to the new interface."

New version on the phone too?

The new version refers to the full version of the site that people use on computers and tablets. This does not apply to the VK application for phones, which is developed and updated separately (see How to download VK to your phone). There is also a mobile version of the VK site, which also exists separately, but it gradually borrowed many elements from the new “full” version.

How to return the old version of the VK mobile application on your phone?

You can install the old version of the mobile application manually, this is described here:

The old version may not have music playing. No one guarantees that older versions of the application will work at all. The VK administration can disable them. In the future, you can disable automatic updates and the application will not update.

A better option is to get used to the new version of the application. When something new comes out, there are always people who don't like it. This was the case with the new version of the VKontakte website - many promised to leave VK forever, but they are still sitting there just fine. It's all a matter of habit.

Who doesn't like the new version of VKontakte?

Not everyone likes the new version of VKontakte. Many people demand to return the previous version, which they consider more convenient. Some argue that the new design is too similar to Facebook and even Odnoklassniki. Users even created an online petition demanding that the old version be preserved and given the “right to choose” (this did not affect anything). Online petitions are often created for various reasons and thanks to them, information is disseminated very widely. But in reality, the petition has never helped anyone. When the noise subsides, everyone forgets about her.

VKontakte laughed at its users who promised to leave if they did not return the old version. A month after their promise, they still continued to use VK ().




It is known that some people always greet any major update with hostility, since changing old habits is too painful for them. But over time they calm down.

Our instructions will help you quickly navigate the new version of VKontakte: Where in the new version of VKontakte are the settings, my answers, music, birthdays, logout, statistics...?

Please write below in the comments what you think about the new version of VKontakte! Your opinion is important.

Why is it important? When you express your opinion, it will become easier, you will release your negativity. True, 92% of people will not read this, but will immediately look for where to write - they don’t care. Congratulations if you're reading this! If you really want to contact VKontakte employees and ask them to return the old version, try contacting their support service - but we don’t think this will affect anything.

What happened to VKontakte music? Why is it paid now?

There have long been rumors that a paid music subscription will appear in the VK application. At the end of April 2017, VK decided to transfer music listeners to the Boom application, which has a paid subscription. The application belongs to the partner Mail.ru Group, which includes VKontakte itself. The music section in VK has changed - playlists and advertising have appeared. In the VK application for Android, music caching has disappeared (you can no longer save music and listen to it without the Internet). Why did all this happen? The fact is that if everyone listens to music for free, musicians will have nothing to eat and they will have to leave for another job. Therefore, this could not continue indefinitely. You can express your outrage right here in the comments. Be sure to share this page with your friends!

This is how VKontakte representatives answer questions about free music in the application.