Telegram has grown apprehensively ever since the WhatsApp privacy policy controversy. The current monthly active users count is expected to be around 500 hundred million for the application. Telegram has a wide range of privacy policy that caters to the need of users who tend to keep a low profile on the app.
Telegram allows users to change their privacy settings and hide their contact and profile pictures. Users can also hide their name to go by their username only. The app also enables the user to hide their last seen and online information. Also, one can be ensured that no random users can add them to any group. To learn more about Telegram privacy settings, read till the end.
How Do I Turn Off Sensitive Content on Telegram?
If you’ve enabled sensitive content in the past but now wish to turn it off to maintain a safer environment on your Telegram account, you can do so easily:
1. Open the Nicegram bot chat screen on your Telegram account.
2. Tap on the I’m 18+ Years Old option to turn it off.
3. Restart the Telegram app.
Now, you can not view sensitive content on your Telegram account.
We hope you found this guide helpful in learning how to change privacy settings on Telegram. Following the steps outlined above, you can easily adjust your privacy preferences and turn sensitive content on or off based on your comfort.
How can I turn off sensitive media in Telegram?
If you would like to turn off sensitive media in Telegram to prevent explicit or sensitive content from being displayed, please follow these steps:
On your device, launch the Telegram application.
To access the menu, tap the three-lined icon in the upper left corner.
Choose “Settings” from the menu options at the bottom of the screen.
Choose “Chat Settings” or “Privacy and Security” from the Settings menu.
Look for an option called “Media visibility” or “Sensitive content.”
Select the desired setting by tapping the option:
The default setting displays all media without censorship, including sensitive content.
After confirmation: When you choose this option, sensitive media is hidden by default.
Hide media: This option hides all media, including sensitive content, by default, and you must tap on it to view it.
Select the option that suits your preferences and comfort level regarding the display of sensitive media.
Once you’ve selected it, navigate back to the main settings menu or exit the settings.
Hide your online status and last-seen status
Unfortunately, turning off the ticks that show whether you’ve received/seen a message is impossible. On Telegram, however, you can still hide your online presence or the last time you were active from the prying eyes of other users so as not to be disturbed every time you connect to the messaging application.
Here’s how to hide your Online and Last Seen status.
Go to Settings and follow by the Privacy and Security section
Go to Last Seen & Online
Under Who can see your Last Seen time?, select Nobody
This way, no one will be able to see that you’re online or when you were last online. But this restriction works both ways; you cannot check out such information about your contacts. And if you’ve only blocked specific connections, you won’t be able to see their online status or when they were last online, but you’ll still be able to view such information with the contacts you haven’t set any restrictions on.