How to use Telegram without a phone number

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Telegram has become, practically, since its launch on the market in 2014, in the best alternative to WhatsApp, especially for those users who spend long hours in front of the computer and who, in addition, have the need to share files since this platform is available for Windows, macOS and Linux.

But, in addition, it does not require that our smartphone is turned on or that we have it just to us, as it happens with WhatsApp. Also, unlike WhatsApp, you don't need a phone number to use it. If you want to know how to use Telegram without phone number, I invite you to keep reading.

How Telegram works

Telegram

WhatsApp encrypts all messages end-to-end, end-to-end, so that are not stored on any server and it cannot be used on other devices independently as if we can do with Telegram.

Telegram encrypts messages between the server and the application, not between the applications like WhatsApp does, so everyone messages are stored on Telegram servers encrypted and we can access them from any other application using the data of the same account.

Telegram, through secret chats, uses the same method as WhatsApp encrypting messages from end to end, from device to device, without being stored on the servers and therefore we cannot continue those conversations from any other Telegram application from other devices.

Use Telegram without number

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Although it is true that to use Telegram it is not necessary to have a phone number, it must be borne in mind that if necessary to register. If we don't have a phone number, we will never be able to register on the app.

When the application started its journey, if we could register without using a phone number, but from Telegram they were forced to require the telephone number to avoid the creation of spam accounts.

Once we have registered in the application, we don't need the phone number at all, so we can use a prepaid number and forget about it forever, since, once the phone number is registered, it is associated with an alias on the platform.

Once we have created an account in Telegram with our phone number, we must create an alias. This alias will be our identifier on the platform, that is, it will be the name with which any other user can find us on the platform.

Natively, the application does not allow other users to find us with our phone numberHence, Telegram is an ideal platform to meet new people and if we have a problem with them, block them directly so they can never contact us again, since they do not have our phone number.

How to create a Telegram account

Register in Telegram

As I mentioned in the previous section, the first thing we need is have a phone number handy, phone number where we will receive the confirmation code of the platform and that we must enter in the application to register.

We do not need to install the Telegram application on the mobile where we will receive the confirmation message, but if it is necessary to have it at hand, since, without that code, we will never be able to register in this messaging application.

For create an account on Telegram, we must follow the steps that I show you below.

  • The first thing to do is install the application on the computer where we are going to use it.
  • Then the application invites us to enter the prefix of our country followed by the phone number.
  • Then we will receive an SMS on our smartphone with the verification code that we must enter in the application.
If we want to use it on other computers, once we have created the account, it will not be necessary to have the mobile phone at hand with the associated phone number.

Create an alias in Telegram

Create Aliases in Telegram

Once we have created our account in Telegram, the first thing we must do is create an alias. The alias will be our identifier within the platform, that is, it is the name with which another user will be able to locate us on the platform.

We can also set our real name, name that will be used for identify ourselves in the chats, although through this, no one will be able to find us on the platform. Once we have created the alias, we can start using the application.

Create multiple aliases in Telegram

Telegram allows us to gmanage up to 3 accounts, all of them with different telephone numbers and associated with different aliases. This allows us to use different aliases depending on who we want to establish a relationship with and, at a given moment, permanently cancel it or change it.

In this way, if it is about our family, we can use the established alias that we have And if it is about groups of people that we do not know personally, we can use a different one, in order to close the account if we begin to suffer some kind of harassment or we want to completely forget about this secondary account.

Don't have a phone number to register on Telegram?

No problem, since you can use any of the different applications available both in the Play Store and in the App Store that allows us use virtual numbers free of charge for a limited time.

And I say for a limited time, since as we have explained, only you need to use a phone number only once real, number where the platform confirmation message is received. From that moment on, we will no longer need to have a smartphone or virtual number to receive Telegram SMS.

Install Telegram on other devices

TElegram verification code

Once registered, to log into our Telegram account, we must enter phone number (shown in the Telegram configuration section) to which the account is associated to, in the associated Telegram application, receive a confirmation message.

This message is received in the Telegram application that we already have installed on another device, not in the associated phone number via SMS, so it is not necessary to keep it, either virtual or prepaid.


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