Telegram is a great way to keep in touch with family and friends. The app is popular because it’s easy to use and secure, but there are other ways you can use it to keep your phone number private as well. In this article, we’ll show you how you can use Telegram (纸飞机中文版)to hide your real phone number from everyone.
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Change from SMS to Telegram
You can change from SMS to Telegram. You can download the Telegram app and set up your account. You will need to create a username, add some friends, and send messages.
To change from SMS to Telegram:
Go into Settings on your phone or the website of the company you are using for testing.
Find out how you can change your number from SMS to another type of messaging services like iMessage or WhatsApp; this may be near at hand in Settings/Accounts & Passwords/Email & App Accounts or something similar depending on what device and operating system you’re using (for example, Apple’s iOS). If they don’t mention changing over to another service here, look elsewhere in their documentation; if all else fails then contact them directly via email or phone call so they can help walk through the process with you — after all, it’s their job!
Enter this new account information into whatever text messaging service is asking for it (e-mail address/phone number); most commonly used ones include Gmail accounts though there may also be others listed depending upon how many different apps were installed prior).
Deactivate your Telegram account
On the left side menu, click on your profile picture at the top-right corner to access your Telegram settings(Telegram设置).
On your profile page, scroll down to find the “Delete my account” button and click on it once you see it. You will be asked if you want to delete messages, photos, or videos stored in the cloud as well as delete all data associated with your account including groups that you were part of and secret chats (they will be deleted only if they were stored in the cloud).
Click on the “Delete My Account” button again to confirm erasing everything from Telegram servers and delete all data associated with your account permanently from their servers, including messages exchanged between other users of the app but not stored locally by yourself.* If someone has been given administrative privileges for one of their groups or channels then even he/she cannot delete them unless given permission by the owner who created them originally using this feature called ‘Administer Group’.*
Get a new user name
If you want to make sure that no one can find your phone number in the telegram, there are two things you need to do:
change your username
make sure everyone knows what your new username is
The first one is pretty easy; just go into Settings, then Telegram name, and type whatever you want. It’s a good idea not to use something obvious like a nickname or something that might give away clues about who you are. The second one is important because telegrams don’t have any other way of identifying contacts; if someone doesn’t know your username at all, they won’t be able to add you as a contact by searching for it on Telegram Web or anything like that (though they may still be able to scan through all contacts).
You can change your identity on Telegram
You can change your identity on Telegram to hide your phone number from everyone.
Other methods
- Use a VPn
- Use a proxy
- Use a burner phone with a VPN
- Use a burner phone with a proxy and VPN
If none of these methods work for you, consider using an alternate burner number from another country.
Conclusion
We hope you found this article useful and that it answered some of your questions about Telegram. We know there are other methods for hiding your phone number, but we think these are the best ones.
