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Trends explain what are the ways to leave Telegram and how not to lose important data
A user may want to delete their Telegram account if they are concerned about their security. When installing Telegram, the application requests access to the contact list on the smartphone. It also collects other data about the user’s IP address and device type. All this information is stored for about a year.
When you delete an application, correspondence, photos and videos, as well as other data that was not previously downloaded to the device, are deleted. However, the chats created by the user are saved, as well as his messages in them. They will need to be removed manually.
There is no account recovery function in Telegram.
Account self-destruction
Telegram has a function to self-destruct an account. The messenger itself deletes profiles if they have not been logged in for a long time. This function can be activated independently. For this you need:
Deleting a Telegram account from a computer
To delete your Telegram account from a PC, you will need to follow these steps:
- in any browser you need to follow the link https://my.telegram.org/delete. The site will require you to enter the phone number of the account you want to delete;
- a message with a password will be sent to the messenger, which must be entered in the browser;
- in the window that opens, select Deactivate account;
- in the window that opens, select Yes, delete my account.
If, after deleting the Telegram account, the user changes his mind, then it will not be possible to restore the account – you will have to create a new one. This can be done with the same phone number that the old profile was registered to.
Export data from Telegram
When deleting an account, the user may be required to save data or chats. For this you need:
You can also export the content of individual chats. Just select the one you need, go to the menu and click “Export chat history”. The information will be saved in JSON or HTML format.
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