We’ve all been there before. You reinstall an app and all of your contacts are gone. It’s happened to the best of us. But what if that app was Telegram? If you’re thinking about reinstalling Telegram, you may be wondering if your contacts will know.
After all, Telegram is a messaging app and it would be rather inconvenient if all of your contacts disappeared every time you had to reinstall the app. Fortunately, we can answer that question for you. In this blog post, we’ll explore whether or not your contacts will know if you reinstall Telegram.
Who Gets Notified When You Join Telegram?
When you reinstall Telegram, your contacts will not be notified. However, if you join a new group or channel on Telegram, your contacts will be notified. This is because when you join a new group or channel, your contacts are added to that group or channel as well.
How to Stop my Contacts to Know if I Reinstall Telegram in iPhone?
If you are using Telegram and want to prevent your contacts from knowing if you reinstall the app on your iPhone, there are a few steps you can take.
- First, go to Settings > Privacy and Security. Under the ‘Advanced Settings’ section, toggle off the ‘Save Contacts‘ option. This will prevent Telegram from saving your contacts’ information on its servers.
- Next, go to Settings > Chats and turn off the ‘Back up chats‘ option. This will prevent Telegram from backing up your chat history. which could be accessed by your contacts if they knew you had reinstalled the app.
- Finally, log out of your account and delete the app from your iPhone. Once you have taken these steps, your contacts will not be able to tell if you have reinstalled Telegram on your iPhone.
How to Stop my Contacts to Know if I Reinstall Telegram in Android?
If you’re using Telegram and you want to reinstall the app on your Android device, there are a few things you need to do in order to stop your contacts from knowing.
- First, if you have any important chats that you don’t want to lose, make sure to export them before uninstalling the app.
- Next, go into settings and turn off the “Save to Gallery” option for any chats that contain media. This will prevent any photos or videos from being saved automatically when you reinstall the app.
- Finally, log out of your Telegram account before uninstalling the app. This will ensure that your contacts won’t be able to see that you’re online when you reinstall the app.
Benefits of Stopping People from Knowing your Presence on Telegram
If you reinstall Telegram, your contacts will not be notified. This is one of the benefits of using Telegram over other messaging apps – your privacy is protected. When you delete your account on most apps, your contacts are notified.
On Telegram, only you will know if you’ve reinstalled the app. This gives you the freedom to come and go as you please without having to worry about who knows your presence on the app.
Another benefit of stopping people from knowing your presence on Telegram is that you will be able to create a new account with a different number if you ever need to. This is useful if you want to keep your old account but start using a new phone number. It’s also helpful if you’re trying to avoid someone and don’t want them to be able to find you on Telegram.
Further reading: Do My Chat Messages Remain After I Uninstall and Reinstall Telegram?
FAQs
Will someone know if I reinstall Telegram?
No, your contacts will not be notified if you reinstall Telegram. However, if you have enabled notifications in Telegram settings, you may receive a notification from Telegram when someone from your contact list joins Telegram.
Conclusion
There is no need to worry if you reinstall Telegram – your contacts will not be notified. However, if you delete your account and then create a new one, your contacts will be notified that you have joined Telegram again. So, if you want to keep your status as ‘invisible’, it might be best to stick with just reinstalling the app.
