How to find out the phone number on Telegram

How to find out the phone number on Telegram from a computer

Preliminary information

Before getting to the heart of the guide, going to point out how to find out the phone number on Telegram, there is some preliminary information about it that I need to give you.

First of all, know that everyone, without exception, to register a Telegram account must provide their phone number, which is then associate to the user created. Unlike many other messaging services, however, Telegram allows you to hide the telephone number, in order to better protect the privacy of its users, thus allowing you to send messages in chats and private groups without making your contact details visible.

By default, the phone number is made visible only to people added to your address book as contacts, but you can possibly change this "behavior", making the numbering known to everyone or to none or, again, adding exceptions, acting on the privacy and security settings account, as I explained to you in detail in my guide on how to hide the number on Telegram.

Taking into account what has just been said, viewing the number of a Telegram contact is possible and is also very simple, as I will show you in the following lines, provided that the privacy and security settings of the account of your interest allow it. .

In the event that you are not able to view a telephone number on Telegram, the only way you have from yours to obtain this information is, very trivially, in ask the person concerned personally, always sending him a message via Telegram or using other channels. In all cases, try to be polite and explain the reason for your request.

How to find out the phone number on Telegram from smartphones and tablets

Having made the necessary clarifications above, I would say that we can finally get to the heart of the guide. Below, therefore, you will find explained how to find out the phone number on Telegram by acting from smartphones and tablets, then using the service app available for both Android that for iOS / iPadOS.

From Android

A smartphone or tablet is available Android and you are interested in understanding how to find out the phone number on Telegram, the first move you need to make is to take the device, unlock it and start the messaging service app, selecting the relevant icon that you find on the home screen and / or in the drawer.

Now that you see the main Telegram screen, select the conversazione related to the user of your interest from the list that is proposed to you. If you can't find it or in any case if you want to find out the number of a contact not in the chat list, tap the icon with the magnifying glass at the top right, type the name in the search field and select the relevant suggestion among those you see appear.

Once the conversation is open, tap on name of the contact present at the top and, in the screen that will subsequently be shown to you, you will find the information of your interest (if available based on the privacy settings of the account) in correspondence with the wording Mobile phone.

If proceeding as I have just indicated you are unable to view the telephone number and if the user in relation to which you have decided to go to act is not yet present in your contacts but in turn has added you to his, you can try to trace his address by adding it to the Telegram address book, since the default setting of the service provides that the phone number is made visible only to contacts.

To perform the above operation, press the button with i three dots vertically that you find after selecting the name of a given user in the relevant chat screen and choose the option Add to contacts give the menu that I will share.

From iOS / iPadOS

If you want to find out the phone number on Telegram and are using a iPhone or a iPad, the first move you must make to succeed in your intent is to take the device, unlock it and start the messaging service app, selecting the relevant icon that you find on the home screen and / or in the App Library.

Now that you see the main Telegram screen, go to the section Chat of the app, by pressing on the appropriate item at the bottom and select the conversazione relating to the user of your interest among those listed. If you cannot find the conversation or if the one relating to the user whose number you want to find out is missing from the chats already started, you can fix it by typing the name account in the search field at the top and then selecting the relevant suggestion among those proposed.

Now that you see the conversation screen of your interest, tap on name of the contact present at the top and, if the privacy and security settings allow it, you will find the relative telephone number indicated in correspondence with the wording cellular on the next screen containing the contact details. It was easy, wasn't it?

In the event that proceeding as I have just indicated you are unable to view the telephone number and if the user of your interest is not yet present in your contacts but in turn has added you to his, you can try to trace his address by adding it to the Telegram address book (since the default setting of the service provides that the phone number is made visible only to contacts).

To do this, just tap on the item Add to contacts that you find in the visible screen after selecting the name of a given user in the related chat screen.

How to find out the phone number on Telegram from a computer

You use Telegram from computer, with the client for Windows e MacOS or through the browser, and would like to figure out how to find out the phone number of a given contact in that case? I'll explain immediately how to proceed. To do this, first start the Telegram application on your PC or connect to Telegram Web from your browser.

Next, select the conversazione related to the contact of your interest from the list on the left. If by doing so you cannot find the conversation you are looking for or the one with the contact whose number you want to view is missing, type the name account in the search field located at the top left and select the relevant suggestion.

After completing the above steps, click on the name of the contact located at the top of the conversation that has opened on the right and you will find the telephone number indicated in the new box with the information relating to the account that will be shown to you, in correspondence with the wording Mobile phone or that Telephone, provided that the privacy and security settings allow it.

If proceeding as I have just explained to you you are unable to view the telephone number and if the account of your interest is not yet among your contacts but in turn has added you to its own, you can try to trace its address by inserting it in the address book of Telegram, considering that by default the service provides for the number to be disclosed only to contacts.

To perform the above operation, all you have to do is select the wording Add to contacts that you find in the screen visible after clicking on a user's name in the relevant chat screen. However, keep in mind that the option in question is only available for the Telegram client for computers.

How to find out the phone number on Telegram