▶ How to remove contacts from Telegram

If you are one of those who have a lot of contacts in messaging applications like Telegram and there comes a time when you don't talk to many of them, you may no longer be interested in them appearing for what we tell youhow to remove contacts from Telegram and leave only those that interest you.

Telegram is, after WhatsApp, one of the most used messaging applications to establish conversations via chat. In this 2021 the platform is already used by 500 million users worldwide.

For work, to coincide in social or family events, for trips... There are many reasons why we add new contacts on Telegram. Then time passes, we lose contact with them and we may never need to talk anymore, but we do see that they continue to appear on the list. The best thing in these cases is to delete that contact.

As in WhatsApp the contacts that appear in Telegram are synchronized with your calendar. The only thing that changes is that in Telegram these contacts are stored in the platform cloud.

If you would like to do “cleaning” but you don't know how to remove contacts on Telegram below we show you step by step how you can start reducing your list. ç

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Before you continue, you should know that Telegram does not have an option to delete several contacts at once, but rather you will have to remove them one by one. The process is quite simple so it won't take much time, even if you delete them individually.

To know how to remove contacts in Telegram open the application and go to the chat window of the contact you want to remove. Once inside from the chat window, click on the name of the contact that appears at the top.

In the new window that opens, click on the three dots next to the call icon Among the options that appear Choose “Delete Contact”. Then Telegram will ask you to confirm this deletion. After that contact is already deleted.

When you delete the contact, but not the chat window, the conversation is still visible, but you will see that instead of its name appears the phone number because it is no longer a contact recognizable by Telegram on your device.

Why do I get contacts on Telegram that I don't have

Once you know how to remove contacts from Telegram, we will tell you about another situation that can occur. If you have opened Telegram and suddenly you have seen that there are many contacts that appear that you do not know who they are, you will wonder Why do I get contacts on Telegram that I do not have?

Calm down or calm down, you haven't gone crazy and no one has picked up your phone and added people to you. The thing is that Telegram has a function that allows you to talk to people who are in a radius close to you.

To deactivate this option and nobody sees you, even if they are close to you, just go to Telegram and in "Contacts" go to "find people nearby"> " Stop making me visible.”

How to delete contacts from the Telegram cloud

As we mentioned before, contacts are stored in the cloud. So in addition to knowing how to remove contacts from Telegram it is interesting that you know how to delete contacts from the Telegram cloud.

So that no trace of contact remains on Telegram, the best thing is to clear the cache to also free up space on the phone. You just have to open Telegram and then click on the three lines that you have in the upper left part.

Then click on “Settings”> “Data and Storage”> “Storage Usage” and finally “Clear the cache of Telegram.

How to hide contacts on Telegram

If you have a huge list of Telegram contact chats and although you know how to remove contacts from Telegram you don't want to delete us in case you are interested in chatting with them again one day you should The alternative is that you know how to hide contacts in Telegram.

It's very easy, you just have to see the list of conversation chats, choose the contact and slide over it from right to left. The “Archive” option will appear. Click on it. The conversation with that contact will be hidden.

To talk again you just have to reload the conversation list pages sliding from top to bottom. A section with the name "Archived chats" will appear. Go into it and choose the conversation to rewrite and it will show up again.