If you want to change your phone number, the fact that you can lose data in some applications like Telegram, which even allows you to restore contacts, can cause terror, but you should know that the platform has an option to change the number to a new onebut keeping the account without any problem and in a few minutes.
The purpose of this option is that the account can continue to be used, with the contacts, conversations, channels and groups, despite the change of telephone number; which, after all, is the method by which one can identify oneself in the application. In other words, they are all facilities so that the user can continue to use his account without having to do practically anything. You are no longer faced with a telegram from years ago that did not facilitate this migration.
In fact, Telegram Premium has come to offer a better experience in some aspects for an application that comes close to it in every way. Features such as organizing conversations with groups or increasing the maximum limit for sending files are an example of the evolution of this applicationwhich remains the best alternative to WhatsApp.
So, if you wish, you can keep the entire account, but in another number, and you will not have to create a new one or notify your contacts from a phone other than yours. That said, it’s all a matter of a few simple steps. The platform The option to change the number is quite accessible
- Click Settings in the left menu.
- Click on the phone number.
- You must click on ‘Edit number’.
- The country code and phone number that will start to be used are entered.
After all these steps, an SMS will arrive at the new number with a code to confirm that you want to make the number change, and when it is confirmed, the process of transferring all account data to the new destination will begin. As is logical, if the phone number is changed, you will not be able to continue using the account of the old number, so you must log in with the new account in the Telegram application.
When accessing a new phone number, a situation that is becoming more and more normal thanks to eSIMs and operator offers, is the best option to migrate all the content in the form of groups, messages and the rest necessary to continue using this excellent application as it has been. In other words, the app makes everything easier so you don’t have to re-enter data, make copies of messages, or do any of those old ways through third-party apps.
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