Telegram is one of messaging app most loved in the world. The reasons are many: it is fast, safe, it can be used safely by the smartphone, but also from the PC and allows you to converse with your contacts, even sending very large files without problems. But this application is most famous for its Privacy Settings.
This is a theme that has been very dear to developers, ever since they decided to launch the application in 2013. It was they who brought encryption, secret chats, or login passwords to the world of instant messaging, before WhatsApp and Messenger. The latest update of Telegram a few days ago adds another step to this path. In fact, it is now possible to make information visible for a group chat, for example that of classmates, but not in another, that of the gym. We speak in this case of the telephone number: now you can decide whether to make it visible, and above all to whom.
Telegram: hide the phone number in a group
hide your phone number to the members of a group Telegram follow this path. Go to Settings> Privacy and security> Phone number. Here, three different items can be ticked: Everyone, None or My contacts. We emphasize that users who already have your phone number in their address book will also see it on Telegram. Whilst whoever you added using your "username" will still only see that.
Inside the section Phone Number, after choosing who can see it, you can add the Exceptions, that is, users and groups. So if you don't want to show your number in some groups, just select "All"at the top, and add the chats to the exceptions section below. After selecting groups or users, click on Confirmation And that's it.
Who can see your phone number?
In summary, now you can chat in groups without your phone number being available to all members. This is quite a leap for TelegramIn fact, often within these chats there are strangers or acquaintances with whom you do not want to share such confidential information as your telephone contact.
How to hide the phone number on Telegram
