This led several users to quit Telegram and delete their accounts altogether. But as it turns out, there isn’t a straightforward process to delete your Telegram account. So, if you, too, have been considering deleting your Telegram account because of security concerns—or any other reason—here’s a guide with instructions to help you delete your Telegram account.
How to Delete Your Telegram Account Automatically
If you’ve been a Telegram user for some time, you’d be aware that Telegram lets you delete your account automatically via its mobile app. Albeit deleting your Telegram account with this method won’t delete your account instantaneous, this method still works well for those who want their account to automatically get deleted when it’s not in use—or when they are away—beyond the period of inactivity. So if you’re not in a hurry to delete your Telegram account and prefer to follow the process on your mobile device, follow the instructions in the sections below.
Delete Telegram Account on an Android Device:
Delete Telegram Account on an iOS Device:
For the inactivity period (iOS)/account self-destructs period (Android), you can choose from 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months. If you want to delete your account at the earliest, select a shorter period of time, like a one-month period, as your inactivity time.
How to Delete Your Telegram Account Permanently
Although setting an inactivity period on your Telegram account to delete it automatically will do the job, it won’t delete your account immediately. Not to mention, if you log back into your account before the inactivity period expires, it will prevent your account from being deleted. To avoid this—and delete your Telegram account immediately—what you can instead do is use Telegram’s Authorization website to perform your account deletion. The Authorization website lets you manage apps using the Telegram API as well as delete your Telegram account. Follow the steps below to delete your Telegram account via Telegram’s Authorization website permanently: Your Telegram account will now be deleted as soon as you do that. And moving forward, you won’t be able to access any of your conversations/personal chats on the app even after you log back in. Also Read: How to Delete Apps on iPhone/iPad
Successfully Deleting Your Telegram Account and All Its Data
Using any of the two methods above, you should be able to delete your account on Telegram successfully. If you plan on not using your Telegram account anymore and don’t mind sitting on it to delete itself within a few days, setting an inactivity period would work best for you. That way, if you change your plan midway and decide to continue using your account, you can log in to stop the deletion. However, if you want your Telegram account to be deleted instantaneously, your best bet is to delete it from the Authorization website yourself. With either method, when you delete your Telegram account, Telegram says it deletes all of your entire chat history and related data from its servers. Plus, all your channels and conversations are deleted, as well. In addition, if you’re a group admin, Telegram will automatically choose a random member in that group as the new admin moving forward. Moreover, you also can’t sign up for a new Telegram account with the same phone number for at least the next 2 months post deletion.
