How to Stop Telegram from Telling You When Your Contacts Join
How to Disable Contact Join Notifications on Telegram for iPhone
Just like Signal, Telegram has the tendency to annoy you with notifications every time someone from your contact list joins the messaging app. We’ll show you how to disable these pesky notifications on Telegram.
If you are using Telegram on your iPhone, here are easy ways to stop getting notified whenever any of your contacts joins the app.
- Open Telegram and tap “Settings,” which is located in the bottom-right corner next to Chats.
- Then, select “Notifications and Sounds.”
- Scroll to the bottom and toggle off the “New Contacts” option.
- Once you do this, Telegram will no longer send you notifications when people join.
How to Stop Telegram’s Contact Join Notifications on Android
On Telegram for Android, follow these steps to stop receiving notifications whenever one of your contacts joins the app.
- Open up your Telegram application and tap on the three-line menu icon in the top-left corner.
- Choose “Settings.”
- Here, select “Notifications and Sounds.”
- On this page, scroll down to the Events subhead and toggle off “Contact Joined Telegram.”
Stop New Chats from Appearing in Telegram When Your Contacts Join
Whenever your new contacts join Telegram, you would automatically see a new chat with the contact in the mobile app. You can stop this also, but the method may be a bit extreme for some people. It would require you to make use of Telegram without sharing your device contacts.
Before you do that, remember that this method makes it difficult to start new chats in Telegram. If you prevent the application from accessing your contacts, you might have to resort to searching for people with their username instead of their phone number. If people have not set a username or if they have hidden their number in Telegram you may not be able to find them.
To be even more certain that you’re not receiving any annoying notifications, check out how to mute chats on Telegram.
