How to Prevent People from Adding You to Telegram Group
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As you know, Telegram is a good platform for advertising. Many businesses on this platform use different methods to increase their posts' views or the number of members. One of these things is to invite other Telegram users by phone number to advertising channels and groups.
This is very annoying when you are invited to these groups unsolicited and sometimes by unknown people. But the good news is you can prevent this by following some steps in your Telegram settings. This article will teach you how to avoid unwanted invitations to Telegram groups and channels.
Steps to Avoid Being Added to Telegram Groups by Unknown People
If you do not want to allow different anonymous people to add you to different groups and channels, you can act through the Telegram settings. These settings consist of two parts: open Telegram permission settings and change the group add permissions
How to Open Telegram Permissions Settings
To enter the permissions settings section of being added to Telegram groups by unknown people or your contacts, just follow the steps below.
Step 1
Open Telegram and click on the three-line icon () in the upper left corner of the screen.
Step 2
Enter Settings.
Step 3
Then select Privacy & Security.
Step 4
Clik on Groups.
By reaching this part of the settings, you can now specify who will be allowed to edit you to different Telegram groups.
How to Set the Permissions of Add to Telegram Groups by Unknown People
The page you see at this point consists of two sections. In the following, we will discuss in detail how to give permission to unknown people or your contacts to invite you to Telegram groups and channels.
Part One
Who can add me to group chats?
In this section, you determine who is allowed to invite you to different groups and channels. This section has two options which will be discussed in the following.
- Everybody: Selecting this option means that all Telegram users (both your contacts and anonymous people) are allowed to add you to different groups.
- My Contacts: By selecting this option, you will only allow your contacts (people whose mobile number you have saved on your phone) to add you to Telegram groups.
Part two
Add exceptions.
In this section, you can make an exception for the permissions issued by unknown people or your contacts to add you to Telegram groups. This section has two options which will be discussed in the following.
Always allow: In this section you specify which audience is always allowed to invite you to Telegram groups. Suppose you only allow your telegram audience to do this, now if you want to allow some anonymous users (people who are not among your contacts) to add you to Telegram groups, just follow the steps below.
Step 1
Click Add Users.
Step 2
Type the Telegram ID of the person you want in the search section at the top of the page.
Step 3
Find the person you are looking for in the Telegram search results and click on the tick at the bottom right of the page.
This way, this person can invite you to different Telegram groups, even though they are not your contact and you do not have their mobile number stored on your phone.
Never Allow: With this option, you can select people who you do not want to invite you to a group. Suppose you only allow your Telegram contacts to do this, now if you do not want to allow some of your contacts to add you to a Telegram group, just follow the steps below.
Step 1
Click Add Users.
Step 2
From the names that appear, select the contacts you want and click on the tick at the bottom right of the page.
This way, these people will not be able to add you to different Telegram groups, even though they are your contacts and you have their mobile number saved on your phone.
Preventing invitations to sponsored channels
Since the Telegram messenger, like many other foreign social networks, is restricted for Iranians, users must use a VPN or proxy to connect to it. Public proxies are free, but users are added to "sponsored channels" without their knowledge. If you do not want to join sponsored channels, you can delete the proxy you are using and use a VPN or private proxy to connect to this social network.
conclusion
In this article, we tried to solve the problem of being added to Telegram groups by unknown people in a completely transparent way. Telegram is some software that has received a lot of attention due to these special features. We hope you will find this article helpful. We are looking forward to seeing your comments below.
