Hide Phone Number in Telegram
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Hiding your phone number on Telegram is a safe thing to do if you are a member of various groups and channels on Telegram, through which a large number of strangers have the ability to contact you. Therefore, it is natural that for greater security and privacy protection, you prefer that all these people do not have access to your phone number on Telegram, and you probably only want your phone number to be displayed for your approved contacts (familiar and acquaintances). Fortunately, Telegram has allowed its users to hide their phone numbers from the public by changing Telegram's settings. We are going to explain how to do so in this article.
How to Hide Phone Number in Telegram
If you intend to hide your phone number from the public in Telegram, do as explained below:
Step 1 Open Telegram and go to Settings.
Step 2 Select Privacy and Security.
Step 3 Click on the Phone Number option.
Step 4 You will be taken to a page that asks you who you want to be able to see your phone number. If you want your phone number be displayed to nobody, select Nobody. The second question in this section is who you want to be able to find you via your phone number on Telegram. It is better that you set this to everybody.
By making these settings, from now on, your phone number will not be displayed to any user on Telegram, but all users can still find your account by having your phone number and searching for it on Telegram.
In conclusion, you can hide your phone number on Telegram so that it will not be displayed to anyone. We also recommend that you do this to protect your privacy. We hope that you will find this article helpful. We are looking forward to seeing your comments below.
