You must be using Telegram, which is the most popular social media app. You must be chatting with your friends, contacts, and others on Telegram. Chatting with friends is really very interesting and fun.
To use Telegram you must have to use your phone number to sign in. You don’t need a phone number to use Telegram. But you have used your phone number while you are signing into Telegram.
Your number will be shown to everyone. But you can hide your phone number so that no one can see it. Today I am explaining to you about Hide your phone number in Telegram. Read this post till the end to know more about this.
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Hide phone number in Telegram
Hiding your phone number is easy but different on Android and iOS. You can use the Telegram app without sharing your phone number. You can subscribe to the Telegram channels, join groups, etc. But one of the important things is that you have to use the username for your account.
You can also add the users with their usernames. Follow these steps to hide mobile numbers in Telegram on both Android and iOS
Android
You have to open the Telegram app on your Android phone and tap on the three lines top of the left corner. After this, go to the settings option and tap on the Privacy and Security option.
You will find the Phone Number option once you go to privacy and security. Tap on your phone number option and you will see that it is selected to the Everybody option by default.
It means that anyone can see your phone number. You can select the My Contact option if you want so that only your contact persons can see your phone number.
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If You want no one can see your number then select the Nobody option. You will see the extra security option who can find me by my number once you select the Nobody option.
In the option, you will find two options Everybody and My Contacts. Select the My Contacts option so that only your contact person can find you by your number.
Tap on the Tick/checkmark top of the right corner to save settings once you finish your settings to hide your phone number.
Hide phone number in Telegram on iOS
You have to open the Telegram app on your iPhone go to the Setting tab then tap on the Privacy and Security option. You will find the Phone Number option once you go to privacy and security.
Tap on your phone number option and you will see that it is selected to the Everybody option by default. You can select the My Contact option if you want so that only your contact persons can see your phone number. If You want no one can see your number then select the Nobody option.
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You will see the extra security option who can find me by my number once you select the Nobody option. In the option, you will find two options Everybody and My Contacts. Select the My Contacts option so that only your contact person can find you by your number.
Tap on the Tick/checkmark top of the right corner to save settings once you finish your settings to hide your phone number.
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