If you have ever deleted a contact from your phone's address book only to have them reappear on Telegram, you're not alone. It turns out that when you delete a contact on your phone, the contact isn't actually deleted from Telegram's servers.

So, to delete a contact from Telegram, you'll actually need to delete the contact on both your phone and on Telegram's servers. Here's how to do it.

How to delete a contact in Telegram

If you want to remove a contact on Telegram, you can do so on any platform: Android, iPhone, PC, or the web. The process is similar on all platforms: simply open the conversation, open the person's contact, and tap "Delete contact."

Here are the detailed steps on each platform:

On Android

To delete a contact from Telegram on Android:

1. Open the Telegram app.
2. Open the conversation with the contact you want to delete. If you don't find the conversation, try to check them on the "Archived" menu, and unarchive them when you find one. You can also open the contact directly by opening the hamburger menu and selecting "Contacts", and then searching their name.
3. Tap their name at the top.
4. Tap the three-dots button at the top.
5. On a menu that shows, select "Delete contact".
6. You'll see a message that says, "Are you sure you want to delete this contact?"
7. Click "Delete" to confirm.

The above instruction removes just one Telegram contact at a time. You can learn how to delete all contacts at once by continue reading this post.

On iPhone

You can remove a Telegram contact one by one on your iPhone by doing the following steps:

1. Open the Telegram app.
2. Select the conversation with the person whose contact you want to remove.
3. Tap their name at the top.
4. Tap "Edit" > "Delete contact".
5. Tap "Delete contact" again to confirm.

On Windows PC

To delete one Telegram contact at a time on a PC, do this:

1. Open the Telegram app.
2. Select the conversation with the person whose contact you want to delete.
3. Click "Delete contact".
4. Click "Delete" again to confirm deleting the contact.

Web

Telegram on the web also offers a similar way to delete a contact one at a time. Here's how to do it:

1. Open Telegram on the web. Ensure you have signed in. You can sign in by scanning the QR code using the Telegram app on your phone.
2. Open the conversation with the contact that you want to remove.
3. Click their name.
4. Select the edit button at the top.
5. Select "Delete contact".

Deleting Telegram contacts all at once

You can delete all Telegram contacts at once on Android and iPhone. You can't delete all contacts at once on the PC version, as the feature doesn't exist at this time of writing.

Deleting all contacts on Telegram means that you delete contacts that have been synced. If the "sync contacts" feature is on, it will resync Telegram contacts from the phone address book.

Deleting all synced contacts can be useful when you don't find a new Telegram contact that you just saved on your phone, or when you want to see only saved contacts on your Telegram contacts.

If you want to delete all contacts and never want to them again on your Telegram contacts, you can disable the "sync contacts" feature first, then proceed to delete all contacts. That way, your Telegram contacts will be completely empty.

On Android

Here's how to delete all Telegram contacts on Android:

1. Open the Telegram app.
2. Open the Settings through the hamburger menu.
3. Select "Privacy and security".
4. Scroll down, and set the "sync contacts" toggle off to prevent Telegram from syncing your contacts after deletion, if you want to completely remove contacts.
5. Tap "Delete synced contacts". Tap "Delete again to confirm.

On iPhone

Deleting Telegram contacts on iPhone is similar. Here's how:

1. Open the Telegram app.
2. Open the Settings.
3. Select "Privacy and security".
4. Scroll down, and tap "Data Settings".
5. Disable "sync contacts" by setting the toggle off.
6. Tap "Delete synced contacts". Tap "Delete" again to confirm.

Finding and recovering deleted contacts on Telegram

Some Telegram users may have accidentally deleted their contacts and wish to recover them. Fortunately, there are some workarounds that can help you recover deleted Telegram contacts.

However, this only works if you still have the conversation on your Telegram app, or if the contact is still saved on your phone address book or phonebook.

If the contact you have deleted hides their phone number, you will not be able to see their phone number after saving their contact again. You can see their phone number once they save you in their contacts as well.

On Android

Here's how to find or get deleted Telegram contacts on Android and save their contacts again:

1. Open the Telegram app.
2. Select the conversation with the contact that you have deleted.
3. Tap the three-dots button at the top. Select "Add to contacts".
4. Here, give the contact a name. Tap "Done" to save.

On iPhone

To get back deleted Telegram contacts on your iPhone, do this:

1. Open the Telegram app.
2. Open the conversation with the person whose contact you have deleted.
3. Tap their name.
4. Select "Add to contacts".
5. Enter the new contact name. Tap "Done".

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Deleting contacts on Telegram is a quick and easy process. With just a few taps, you can remove any contact from your list. This is a great way to keep your contact list clean and organized.