In April 2016, the social network Vkontakte received new design and design. In the test version of the new VKontakte design, each user himself could turn on the new version, check it, and if he was not satisfied with it, then go back to old version VC. But let’s consider whether it’s possible to return to the old version of VK now.

How to enable the new version of VKontakte?

This can be done this way: open and at the very end of the page click “Join testing” (this may no longer work).

How to enable the old version of VK?

You could return the old one back there, at the very bottom of the narrow left column of the site, pale gray link. It is called “Return to the old version of the site”. Now not everyone has it, and soon it will disappear completely.

Did the new version turn on by itself?

Since June 9, some VK users (approximately 10 percent) received the new version forcibly, that is, it turned on itself, and they can no longer return to the old one. If this happened to you, then most likely you are one of these users. What to do? You can’t do anything, you can only get used to it, because a person gets used to everything. Try to take this 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 save the old version for you for a long time.

Reportedly, this is 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% will still be able to switch to the new version and back to the old one for some time, but then everyone will only have the new version.

New version of VKontakte on your phone

By new version we mean full version 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:).

A new version Not everyone likes VKontakte. Many people want it back previous version which they find more convenient. Some argue that the new design is too similar to and even . Users even created an online petition demanding that the old version be preserved and given the “right to choose.” Most likely, this will 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 sit on VK (look at them).

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

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 a hole where they can write. 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.

How to log in to the new or old version of VK?

You can easily log into any version of VKontakte (depending on which one you have now) through.

Attention!

Since 100% of users have updated the design, now of the working ways to get back the old VKontakte design, there is only one way left, this Method No. 5, so use that one.

As soon as more methods appear that will help return the old VK, I will immediately update the article. For now, be content with what you have, enjoy reading the article!

The beta test of the new VKontakte design began a long time ago, I even wrote several reviews on the new VKontakte design 2016, highlighting all the pros and cons of the new style social network. But today VKontakte began to massively change the design for all users, and not just those who subscribed to the VKontakte blog on a new style.

I found out completely by accident, and it happened like this: all the beta testers, including me, had a button in the new design “ Return to the old VKontakte design", by clicking on which you could go to old design. In the old design there was a button that could return you to the new style and set it as the main one. This afternoon, for some reason, I don’t remember what, I decided to switch to the old design, clicked the button and I was transferred to the new design style, and the button disappeared.

That’s how I found out that VKontakte has already changed 10% of its users from its old design to a new one; at the time of writing this article there were probably more.

By the way, at the time of editing the article, the design is already enabled for all 100% of users, that is, VKontakte is completely switching to a new design, and in any case, VKontakte will not return the old design, all that remains is to use these scripts and browser extensions!

Changing the design to a new one was not to the liking of many users, as I said, changing the design is a rather important step for VKontakte management, many users cannot work in the new design, relying on the fact that they are already accustomed to the old one, and the new design looks like the failed design of his classmates and they want the old one back. I don’t know what they don’t like, but for me, the new design is more convenient and more modern.

There is even a petition on the Internet that collects signatures from those who want VKontakte to add the ability users can choose between old and new designs. You can sign the petition at the following link: Social network VKontakte. Possibility to use old design.

The petition was sent to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and already has 11,660 signatures out of 15,000 needed to send this letter, I think soon it will exceed these 15k signatures and the VKontakte administration will consider the possibility of introducing a choice of design for the social network, and you can only switch to the old VKontakte design using the method that I will describe below, the method is completely working and is not fake.

Once approved, the petition will be delivered to the Mail Group administration.

Personally, I did not sign this petition, because I like the new design that was installed on VKontakte and fully satisfies my needs, like the design of a popular social network.

Way to bring back the old design #5!

Why did I start the article with the fifth method? It's simple, all the methods listed below stopped working after today's update, so use this method, as it is this moment is the only way bring back the old VKontakte style!

So, in order to return the old VKontakte design using this method, we will need the following:

• Stylish extension for Google Chrome, for Opera, for Mozila Firefox

• Install the extension for your browser, all download links are above.

• We go to the site from which we will install the old VKontakte design: Old design - style

• That's it, now all you have to do is go to the VKontakte page, click on the Stylish icon in the upper right corner and activate the old VK.

As a result, you will get this VKontakte style, I wish you good luck!

How to switch to the old VKontakte design (Method No. 1)

Under this method there are 2, more effective ways, read below!

Right after the new VKontakte design appeared, a website appeared that posted a link with which you can switch to the old VKontakte design, despite the fact that VKontakte disabled this function.

In order to return, or rather use the old VKontakte design, simply follow the link that I wrote below.

<—— Переходим на старый дизайн вк по ней!

Attention!

To switch to the old design, a new link is available, after clicking on which you will not see the new design at all, even if you refresh the page with the new design open. I found this link purely by accident, I don’t know who the author is, but it’s a good idea. A notification appeared on the open page that you are going to update the page on VK, but even after doing this, the old design will remain in place, it will not go anywhere.

This is what happens after installing this extension, the old design works like a glove and does not disappear anywhere even after rebooting the laptop.

Method number 3 to return the old VKontakte design.

This method is as simple as method number 1, only in this case we will have to create a shortcut on the desktop to quickly switch to the old VKontakte. To do this we do the following:

There are currently no browser extensions that you can use to return return the old VKontakte design on your computer on an ongoing basis so as not to constantly click on the link. As soon as such an extension appears, I will immediately add it to my blog in order to give you the opportunity to enjoy the old classics.

Way to return the old VKontakte design No. 4

Today I found another way to return the old design to us, well, almost like the old one, since it still contains echoes of the new VKonakte 2016 design.

There is such a wonderful site called userstyles.org, which has a lot of different styles for VKontakte, so, I was rummaging around there today and found a redesign of the VKontakte design for the old VK. This is what he looks like.

As you can see, it reminds us of both the old design and the new one, two in one. But this version is still crude and contains many errors, but if you are so impatient to get rid of the innovation of the VKontakte developers, then feel free to enable this style, and this is how you can do it.

Attention, the script is still under development, so it will be updated and improved!

The new design of VK does not turn on, what should I do?

Now, in fact, this question is not appropriate, since the new design is connected to 100% of users of the social network VKontakte, good luck with using it!

If you didn’t sign up for the beta test of the new VKontakte 2016 design back in April and didn’t start receiving the design then, then now, when everyone is starting to use the design, you still haven’t been included in it, why? It’s simple, VKontakte’s management is introducing the new VK design gradually, a few percent a day. Since it is simply unrealistic to immediately enable the new VKontakte design for such a large number of users without any glitches in the system. After all, more than 350 million users are registered on VKontakte, and this is not a small figure. For clarity, I will show you statistics on VKontakte users.

And if you are worried that you may not be included, there is something wrong with your page that the design is not included, I will reassure you, this is all temporary. Soon your time will come to become a user of the new wall design and, in general, the entire VKontakte site. You can only wait for the inevitable, because the design change cannot be stopped, even through a VKontakte petition for a new design.

Although many on the Internet write that it is now impossible to return to the old VKontakte design, you now know that this is not so. And many rummaging users will soon find ways to bypass the new design and return to the old one without any complex manipulations.

And yes, I hope that the VKontakte administration will still consider the petition to choose designs between new and old and still introduce such a function. Because the new design is really so important to some users. But, unfortunately, not for me. 🙂

I will be glad to receive comments on this article.

On August 17, 2016, all VKontakte users were transferred to the new design. A post from the administration of the social network stated that the new design “improved the stability of the site,” increased speed and improved usability. In practice, everything turned out not to be as the developers announced, which caused a wave of negative feedback from users.

How to return the old VKontakte design - results of the redesign

• The site became “heavy”, weak computers stopped “supporting” it.
• Music began to load much more slowly.
• The dialogue window causes inconvenience - it has become very unusual to search not at the top of the interlocutors, but at the side.
• Photos are visually shifted to the left during viewing.
• Thumbnails of friends’ photos have become “a la iPhone”.
• The rest are minor troubles.

How to return the old VKontakte design - solutions

Browser extension

The special Stylish extension or other similar ones can bring back the old VK design. An example of how to install and use will be discussed in the Stylish extension.

Available only for users with Mozilla and Chrome browsers. The entire installation of the extension and the old design comes down to a few simple points:

• install Stylish from your browser add-on store;
• go to the website https://userstyles.org/styles/128986/theme
• set style.

All is ready! Enjoy the old, familiar and convenient design of VKontakte.

You can immediately warn that there will be no 100% old design. With the new design, the photo viewing mode will remain, some errors in the appearance of the playlist will appear, applications will go beyond the frame and some other shortcomings.

At the same time, even this design is much better than the new one.

Using the mobile version

The most economical method at the moment, which allows you to use the familiar design and familiar structure of the site, in particular the structure of the left menu. The designers have not yet reached the mobile version. It is accessible from any computer and browser at http://m.vk.com Another advantage is that it is incredibly “light”, unlike the full version.

But this option also has its drawbacks:

• Lack of random order in audio and ability to view song lyrics.
• Only one dialog can be opened.
• There is no sound notification for new messages.
• Lack of applications.

Each of the methods described above to return the old VK design is convenient in its own way. It all depends on the purpose of the person who uses social media. net. If solely for communication, then using the mobile version is suitable. If you want to watch videos, listen to music and other entertainment, then the first option of using a browser extension will help you.

Let us recall that at the beginning of October 2017, the VKontakte service still remains the most popular, daily traffic is more than 65 million people per day, and more than 28.5 million prefer to access the social network with a smartphone on the Android system.

More recently, or rather on September 27, the VKontakte team pleased its users with a new version of the Vk 5.0 mobile application. As always, there were supporters and dissatisfied ones. Both of them can be understood. It’s not surprising that you don’t get used to something new right away. Before accepting something new, you need to get used to it, or rather get used to the menu and other options. Therefore, today we would like to tell you how you can return the old version of VK after the main update of 2017!

We are returning the old version of VKontakte

With the update, the Android application has changed dramatically. Now you can move between the main options with one touch, friend requests and messages have moved to the bottom functional line. The menu button has moved to the lower right corner, and in its place is now a camera.

Yes, all this is different and you just need to get used to the innovations, because remember when they switched the desktop version to a new design, at first there were also thousands of dissatisfied people, but then they got used to it, because there was no way out :)

But, if on a PC you cannot return to the old design, then on smartphones things are different and you can easily roll back to an earlier version, or rather to the one that was the latest 4.13.1. And now we will tell you how to do this!

1. The first thing you need to do is make sure that you are not a supporter of everything new 🙂 and if you haven’t changed your mind, then go to your phone settings - Application Manager - delete VK.

2. Now download the penultimate one. VK 4.13.1 - 34 MB

Please note that the number of downloads was more than 9 million 800 thousand people. Also in the Versions tab, you can get nostalgic about what the VK mobile service looked like before!

3. Go again to Phone Settings - Security - and allow the installation of applications from unknown sources.

4. Install the downloaded 4.13.1. And we rejoice in the old VK. If you decide that it’s time to move forward, you can update through the play market!

I hope you haven't forgotten what it looks like. I think that after using it you will sooner or later return to the updated VK. By the way, don’t forget to turn off auto-update in the PlayMarket settings! Otherwise, you will again be the happy owner of a new product :)

If you have any questions, write in the comments. If it works, then write too, we’re pleased :)

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.