How to Hide your Profile Photo on Telegram

 As it is really very important to use technology and social media in this era. While using social media, many of us are concerned about their privacy and don’t want to share everything with everyone.

In this article we are going to discuss about how to hide your Profile photo on Telegram from some specific contacts or only one person, any how you want to, by following some simple and easy methods.

How to Hide your Profile Photo on Telegram

This read will be a complete guide for you to maintain your privacy while using Telegram. Head to the methods described here to hide your profile photo from selective contacts on Telegram.

From Account Settings

You will find a dedicated tab on Telegram app about privacy and security. From there you can hide your Profile photo on Telegram. Follow the given guide to do so:

  1. Launch the Telegram app.
  2. Open Settings by tapping the hamburger icon from the top left of the screen.
  3. Go to Privacy & Security.
  4. NOw, tap the Profile Photos option.
  5. You will get the following options to set hide/show your profile photo.
  6. Everybody ( means that all on your Telegram can see your profile photo), My Contacts ( Your selective contacts can see your profile photo), or Nobody ( this option will restrict all the contacts to see your profile photo).

And that’s it, all you have to do to select the option that suits you the best.

From Exceptions

From Exceptions feature on Telegram you can exclude the selective contacts from viewing your profile photo. Here is how to do it:

  1. Launch Telegram.
  2. Go to Privacy and Security Settings from there.
  3. Now, go to Profile Photos control.
  4. Now, set your profile photo visibility to the privacy level that you want, from Add Exceptions by tapping Always Share With option.
  5. Now, select your preferred contacts whom you want to see your profile photo.

You can also select the Never Share with option and select the selective contacts with whom you don’t want to share your profile photo.

By Setting a Public Profile Photo

You can also set a public profile photo to hide your real profile photo on Telegram, follow the given steps to do so:

  1. Launch the Telegram app.
  2. Go to Profile Photos settings from Privacy and Security option.
  3. Now, click on the Set Public Photo.
  4. Now, select the picture or emoji of your choice.
  5. Now, tap on Set Profile Photo to save the changes.

And that’s it, you have done it. You can also remove this public profile photo by tapping the Remove Public Photo option if your mind gets changed.

FAQs:

Q: Can I hide my profile photo on Telegarm?

Ans: Yes, like other social media apps you can hide your profile photo also on your Telegram account from Settings feature in your Telegram, select the option according to your choice to hide profile photo from Everyone, My Contacts or Nobody.

Q: Can I hide my Profile photo on Telegram from some selective contacts?

Ans: Yes, its possible, go to Privacy and Security option from Telegram Settings, then select the Exceptions option, and from there exclude or include the contacts with whom you want to share or hide your profile photo.

So, this read was to help you know about how to Hide your Profile Photo on Telegram by following some simple and easy methods.

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