howtosimply.com/guides/how-to-hide-your-phone-number-on-telegram-on-android/ · Checked October 2026 · Google Pixel 10a, Android 17, Telegram 13.1.1

In this guide

Tap Privacy & Security
Tap Phone Number
Choose Nobody
Pick who can find you by your number
If you do not see this option
If this does not work
Good to know
Sources

Quick answer

In Telegram, open Settings, Privacy & Security, Phone Number, and choose Nobody. Telegram says people who already have your number saved in their contacts will still see it.

4 of 4 steps with real screenshots · 1 official source below

Device: Android
Shown on: Google Pixel 10a, Android 17, Telegram 13.1.1
App: Telegram
Real screenshots: 4 of 4 steps
Checked: October 2026
Sources: 1 official, linked below

Step by step

Tap Privacy & Security
It is in the Settings list, below Chat Settings.
Done
Tap Phone Number
It is the first row under Privacy. Ours said My Contacts.
Done
Choose Nobody
Under Who can see my phone number, tap Nobody. Add exceptions lets you pick people who always or never see it.
Done
Pick who can find you by your number
With Nobody picked, ours showed a new section, Who can find me by my number?, with Everybody (selected) and My Contacts. Under Add exceptions only Always Allow was left. Tap the tick at the top right to save.
Done

If you do not see this option

Help page says Privacy and Security? Telegram's FAQ still gives the path as Settings > Privacy and Security > Phone Number. On our Telegram 13.1.1 the Settings row reads Privacy & Security and the page it opens is titled Privacy and Security: the same page. Source: Who can see my phone number?
No Who can find me by my number section? It is hidden while the choice is Everybody or My Contacts; ours only showed it once Nobody was picked.

If this does not work

Someone still sees your number? Telegram says people who already have your number saved in their contacts will also see it on Telegram, whatever you pick. Our page says the same under the choices. Source: Who can see my phone number?
Strangers still message you? With Who can find me by my number on Everybody, anyone who types your number can still reach you. Switch it to My Contacts. Source: Who can see my phone number?

About this guide

Who can see my phone number has three choices: Everybody, My Contacts and Nobody. Ours was set to My Contacts.

The screenshots are from Telegram 13.1.1 on our Google Pixel 10a with Android 17, in Dark mode, taken on 25 October 2026. We blurred our number in the public link on the Phone Number page.