VKontakte's social network, like similar resources, provides users with the ability to specify a location for certain photos. However, it is often possible to arise the exact opposite necessity to remove the set marks on the world map.
Remove the location in the photo
You can remove the location only with personal images. At the same time, depending on the selected method, you can easily delete information for all users and partially save it for yourself and some other people.In the mobile version of VKontakte, the location from the photos can not be removed. It is possible only to disable automatic data bindings about the place of creating an image in the device camera settings.
Method 1: Photo Settings
The process of removing information about the location of a picture of a picture VK is directly related to the actions by adding it. Thus, knowing about the methods of displaying shooting sites under specific images, you will probably not have difficulties with the understanding of the required manipulations.
- On the profile wall, find the "My Photos" block and click on the link "Show on map".
- At the bottom of the window that opens, click on the desired photograph or select the image on the map. You can go here simply by clicking on the block with an illustration on the wall or in the "Photos" section.
- Once in full-screen viewing mode, hover the mouse over the "More" link at the bottom of the active window. However, note that on the right side of the photo must be a signature on the location.
- From the list presented, select "Specify the place".
- Without changing anything on the map itself, click on the "Delete Place" button on the bottom control panel.
- After that, the "Map" window will automatically close, and the once added place will disappear from the block.
- In the future, you can add a location according to the same recommendations by changing the location of the label on the map and using the "Save" button.
If you have the need to remove marks on the map with a large number of photos, all actions will have to repeat the corresponding number of times. However, as you must have noticed, remove the marks on the map from the images extremely easy.
Method 2: Privacy Settings
Often it is necessary to save data about the location of the photo only for yourself and some other social network users. This is possible due to the privacy settings of the page that we told in one of the articles on our site.All settings are saved automatically, there is no possibility of checking. However, if you still doubt the set parameters, you can exit the account and go to your page, being a regular visitor.
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Method 3: Removing a photo
This method is only an addition to the actions already described and is to remove images having a mark on the map. Such an approach is ideal for those cases when the page is located overly many photos with the specified location.
The main advantage of the method is the possibility of mass deletion of images.
Read more: How to delete photos VK
In the course of this article, we dismantled all available ways to remove the location marks from VKontakte images. In the event of any difficulties, contact us in the comments.