Here’s a detailed article of how you can add a passcode to protect and safeguard your Telegram messages.
Telegram has proven to be rival for WhatsApp. While it is secure, its unreasonable to your account unlock on your mobile phones or computer so people don’t get a quick peek. Fortunately, we have some steps you can take to add a passcode to prevent anyone from gaining access to Telegram messages.
You can as well set a timer to automatically lock the Telegram app after specific time if you aren’t using it. Here’s how to secure your Telegram messages with a passcode on iPhone, Andorid, macOS, and Windows.
How to Protect Telegram Messages With a Passcode on iPhone
Here’s hwo it’s done:
⦁ Open the Telegram app on your iOS device and click on the cog-shaped Settings icon in the bottom-right corner.
⦁ Select Privacy & Security.
⦁ Select the Passcode & Face ID for recent iPhone models. Older iPhone models without Face ID support will show Passcode & Touch ID.
⦁ Click Turn Passcode On and input your numeric passcode for locking your app.
⦁ On the following screen, select the Auto-lock option and pick the duration between 1 minute, 5 minutes, 1 hour, or 5 hours.
With this Auto-lock enabled, the Telegram app will automatically lock itself if you’re not using it or are away from your iPhone.
How to Protect Telegram Messages With a Passcode on Android
Here’s how to enable passcode in the Telegram app on your Android phone.
⦁ Open the Telegram app and select the three-bar menu icon in the top-left of the window.
⦁ From the menu, select Settings.
⦁ Select the Privacy and Security option under the Settings section.
⦁ Scroll down to the Security section and select Passcode Lock.
⦁ Toggle the switch on for the Passcode Lock.
⦁ From the next window, you can tap on the PIN option at the top to pick between setting a four-digit pin or an alphanumeric Password. When done, tap the checkmark icon at the top-right to confirm the changes.
⦁ The next window shows Unlock with Fingerprint option enabled by default. Under it, you can pick the Auto-lock duration for Telegram to automatically lock the app if you are away for 1 minute, 5 minutes, 1 hour, or 5 hours.
⦁ You can keep the option for Show App Content in Task Switcher enabled if you want to take screenshots (except of Secret Chats) in the app. If you disable it, the Telegram messages content will be hidden in the Task Switcher.
How to Protect Telegram Messages With a Passcode on Mac
The process of adding a passcode to it is pretty similar to the ones you use for iPhone and Android phones.
⦁ Open the Telegram app on your Mac.
⦁ Click on the cog-shaped Settings icon at the bottom of the window.
⦁ Select Privacy and Security.
⦁ From the right-hand window, select the Passcode option and enter an alphanumeric passcode.
⦁ After adding the passcode, you can set the Auto-lock duration for the Telegram app to automatically lock .
After making the changes you want, press the Esc key to exit Telegram’s Settings.
How to Secure Telegram Messages With a Passcode on Windows
On Windows, you can add an alphanumeric passcode for securing your Telegram messages. Here’s how to go about it.
⦁ Open the Telegram app on your Windows PC.
⦁ Click on the three-bar menu icon at the top-right of the window and select Settings.
⦁ From the Settings, select Privacy and Security.
⦁ Scroll down to the Local Passcode section and select Turn on local passcode.
⦁ Enter an alphanumeric code and click the Save button when you’re done. That will add two more options under the setting to Turn on local passcode.
⦁ Under the Local Passcode section, select the time duration for the new option for Auto-lock to let the app autolock Telegram if you’re away for 1 minute, 5 minutes, 1 hour, or 5 hours. Once done, press Esc key to exit settings.
After enabling the Telegram app’s passcode option on Windows, a lock icon in the unlocked state appears next to the search bar in the top-right of the window.
What Happens if You Forget Your Telegram Passcode
It’s not insightful to utilize the equivalent password for the Telegram’s application on the iPhone, Android, macOS, or Windows application. Furthermore, on the off chance that you utilize an alternate one for every stage, it’s simply common to fail to remember it at times.
All things considered, erase the Telegram application from your telephone or PC on which you failed to remember the password, at that point download and reinstall it once more. Subsequent to enrolling and logging back in once more, every one of your visits adjusted with the Telegram’s workers will be reestablished, aside from the Secret Chats.
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