Protect your privacy at all times, including when using telegram. Safeguarding your privacy can help prevent others from maliciously stealing your information and causing problems. Hiding your information in telegram settings can also prevent people in your contacts from finding you.
Many people do not know how to stop contacts from finding them when using telegram. In fact, telegram offers several settings that can help hide your phone number and prevent people in your contacts from finding you. This article explains how.
How to Keep Your telegram Contacts from Finding You
If you do not want people in your telegram contacts to find you, hide your phone number in telegram settings. This can also prevent contacts from reaching you. The steps are simple:
1. Open the telegram app and make sure you are signed in to your telegram account. Find “Settings” in the interface. In the telegram app, Settings is usually under the three-line menu in the upper-left corner of the main screen.
2. After tapping Settings, find and tap “Privacy and Security” in the menu. There you will see the “telegram phone number” setting.
3. Tap the “telegram phone number” setting to choose who can see it: Everybody, My Contacts, or Nobody.
4. “Everybody” means anyone can find you using your telegram phone number. “My Contacts” means only people saved in your telegram contacts can find you using your telegram phone number. “Nobody” hides your telegram phone number completely so no one can find you that way.
5. To stop people in your contacts from finding you, simply set “telegram phone number” to “Nobody.”
Can a third-party client prevent contacts from finding you?
Many users in China may use a third-party client for telegram. Compared with telegram’s official client, third-party clients may have fewer limitations and offer more flexibility. They may also display a fully Chinese interface, which is helpful for users who are not comfortable with English. Can a third-party client prevent contacts from finding you? Yes.
The telegram-authorized third-party client Turrit offers the same features as telegram along with additional features for more convenient communication. To prevent contacts from finding you in Turrit, open Settings, select “Privacy and Security,” find the telegram phone number option, and hide your telegram phone number. Note that Turrit does not force synchronization of your phone contacts, which offers greater security.
In addition, Turrit offers powerful translation features. One reason to use telegram is to communicate with people around the world, but sometimes you may not understand what they say. Translation is useful in those situations: Turrit can automatically translate incoming messages into a language you understand. You can download it from your phone’s app store.
To stop contacts from finding you while using telegram, follow the steps above. Strengthening your account security is also key to protecting your privacy.
