Private by Default,
Secure by Design
Private by Default,
Secure by Design
Every feature, every default, every layer. Engineered to protect your privacy and keep you safe.
Dual-layer heavy encryption
Dual-layer heavy encryption
Your messages are protected by two independent layers of heavy encryption. Unreadable to anyone, including Telegram.
Your messages are protected by two independent layers of heavy encryption. Unreadable to anyone, including Telegram.
Your account,
Your control
Your account,
Your control
Protect your account with an extra layer of security because only you should have access to your conversations.
Protect your account with an extra layer of security because only you should have access to your conversations.
Two-Step Verification
Add an extra layer of protection to your account. Even if someone obtains your login code, they still can't get in without your password.
Add an extra layer of protection to your account. Even if someone obtains your login code, they still can't get in without your password.
Passcode Lock
Lock Telegram with a passcode or biometrics, keeping your conversations private even when your phone ends up in the wrong hands.
Lock Telegram with a passcode or biometrics, keeping your conversations private even when your phone ends up in the wrong hands.
Take control of every conversation
Take control of every conversation
Your conversations, your rules. Decide what stays, what disappears, and who sees what. All in one place.
Your conversations, your rules. Decide what stays, what disappears, and who sees what. All in one place.
Delete for Both
Remove messages from both sides of a conversation, giving you more control over what stays visible and helping private exchanges feel cleaner, safer, and easier to manage.
Remove messages from both sides of a conversation, giving you more control over what stays visible and helping private exchanges feel cleaner, safer, and easier to manage.
Self-Destruct Messages
Set messages to disappear automatically after a chosen time, adding an extra layer of privacy for conversations that are meant to stay temporary and under your control.
Set messages to disappear automatically after a chosen time, adding an extra layer of privacy for conversations that are meant to stay temporary and under your control.
Safer every day communication
Safer every day communication
Use built-in protections to report scams, block unwanted calls, and keep interactions more secure and under your control.
Use built-in protections to report scams, block unwanted calls, and keep interactions more secure and under your control.
Block Unknown Calls
Filter unwanted calls with privacy settings that help limit who can reach you, giving conversations a calmer, safer, and more controlled experience.
Filter unwanted calls with privacy settings that help limit who can reach you, giving conversations a calmer, safer, and more controlled experience.
Report & Block Scams
Report suspicious accounts and block scam attempts quickly, helping reduce unwanted interactions and making it easier to keep your conversations safer.
Report suspicious accounts and block scam attempts quickly, helping reduce unwanted interactions and making it easier to keep your conversations safer.
Transparency you can trust
Transparency you can trust
Telegram embraces openness through public code, accessible APIs, and security programs that invite external review.
Telegram embraces openness through public code, accessible APIs, and security programs that invite external review.
Open Source Code
Review public code and explore Telegram’s development approach through resources that make the platform more transparent, understandable, and open to outside verification.
Review public code and explore Telegram’s development approach through resources that make the platform more transparent, understandable, and open to outside verification.
Security Bug Bounty
Telegram rewards researchers who help identify vulnerabilities, encouraging external testing and strengthening the platform through ongoing security review and responsible disclosure.
Telegram rewards researchers who help identify vulnerabilities, encouraging external testing and strengthening the platform through ongoing security review and responsible disclosure.
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