How to Deactivate or Delete Your Telegram Account
Telegram is a robust messaging program that encrypts your conversations and is packed with features. However, if you’re going to a different chat program, you should cancel your Telegram account beforehand.
Unfortunately, Telegram does not have a toggle option in the app’s settings. Therefore, the following are step-by-step instructions on how to deactivate and delete your Telegram account.
How to Export Your Data Before Leaving Telegram
To export your data from Telegram, follow these steps:
- Open the Telegram app on your device and go to the “Settings” menu.
- In the “Privacy and Security” section, tap on the “Data and Storage” option.
- Scroll down and tap on the “Export Telegram Data” button.
- You will be prompted to enter your phone number and a confirmation code that will be sent to you via SMS. Enter the code to proceed.
- Select the data that you want to export, including your chats, contacts, and media. You can also choose to include deleted messages in the export.
- Tap on the “Export” button to start the export process. It may take some time for the data to be prepared for export, depending on the amount of data you have selected.
- When the export is ready, you will receive a notification and a link to download the exported data. The data will be downloaded as a .zip file, which you can extract to access the individual files.
- Once you have downloaded the exported data, you can import it into another messaging app or keep it as a backup.
Note: If you are using Telegram on a desktop or web client, you can export your data by going to the “Settings” menu and selecting the “Export Telegram Data” option. The process is similar to the steps above.
How to Delete Your Telegram Account Using the Mobile App
To delete your Telegram account using the mobile app, follow these steps:
- Open the Telegram app on your mobile device.
- Tap on the “Menu” icon in the top-left corner of the screen (the icon looks like three horizontal lines).
- Tap on the “Settings” option.
- Tap on the “Privacy and Security” option.
- Scroll down and tap on the “Delete My Account” option.
- Enter your phone number and password to confirm your identity.
- Tap on the “Delete Account” button.
Please note that deleting your Telegram account will permanently delete all of your messages, contacts, and other data associated with your account. It is not possible to recover your account after it has been deleted. If you want to deactivate your account temporarily instead of deleting it permanently, you can do so by going to the “Privacy and Security” settings and tapping on the “Deactivate Account” option. This will allow you to reactivate your account later on if you choose to do so.
How to Immediately Delete Your Telegram Account
To delete your Telegram account immediately, you can follow these steps:
- Open the Telegram app on your device.
- Tap on the “Menu” icon, which is the three horizontal lines in the top left corner of the screen.
- Tap on “Settings”.
- Tap on “Privacy and Security”.
- Scroll down and tap on “Delete My Account”.
- Enter your phone number, which is associated with your Telegram account.
- Select the reason why you are deleting your account from the drop-down menu.
- Tap on the “Delete Account” button.
Please note that once you delete your account, all of your messages, contacts, and media will be deleted and cannot be recovered.
If you do not have access to the Telegram app, you can also delete your account through the Telegram website:
- Go to the Telegram website: https://telegram.org/.
- Click on the “Log in” button.
- Enter your phone number and click “Next”.
- Enter the code sent to your phone and click “Sign in”.
- Click on your profile picture in the top right corner of the screen.
- Click on “Edit”.
- Scroll down and click on the “Delete My Account” button.
- Enter your phone number and select the reason why you are deleting your account from the drop-down menu.
- Click on the “Delete Account” button.
Again, please note that deleting your account is a permanent action and cannot be undone.
What Happens When You Delete Your Telegram Account
When you delete your Telegram account, all of your messages, contacts, and other data will be permanently removed from the Telegram servers. This means that you will no longer be able to access your account, and your account will no longer be visible to other users. If you want to use Telegram again, you will need to create a new account.
Here is the process for deleting your Telegram account:
- Open the Telegram app on your device.
- Tap on the “Settings” icon in the bottom right corner of the screen.
- Tap on “Privacy and Security” in the list of options.
- Scroll down and tap on “Delete my account”.
- Enter your phone number and select a reason for deleting your account.
- Tap on “Delete my account” to confirm.
It’s important to note that deleting your account is a permanent action and cannot be undone. If you are unsure about whether you want to delete your account, you may want to consider deactivating it instead. Deactivating your account will temporarily hide your account from other users, and you can reactivate it at any time by logging in again.