Master Telegram Privacy: Stop Spam and Protect Your Mental Health with These Pro Tips

Telegram has recently turned into a hub for spam. Here’s how I manage it for my media.

PERSONAL PROFILE PRIVACY

I don’t like handling work issues through personal chats. My team uses Telegram CRM and involves me only when necessary. My profile is almost completely locked. Here are my key settings:

Notifications:
Turned off “Show Notify from all accounts.”
Privacy and Security:
- Two-step verification: ON
- Phone number: Nobody (hides your number).
- Last seen & online: Nobody.
- Profile photos: Nobody.
- Bio: Nobody.
- Date of birth: Nobody.
- Forward messages: My contacts (so only your contacts can forward your messages).
- Calls: My contacts.
- Voice messages: My contacts (add someone to contacts to enable calls).
- Messages: Contacts and Premium (reduces spam, available with Telegram Premium).
- Invites: My contacts.
My Profile section:
- Username: Set.
- Bio: Broad and informative.
- Date of birth: Not filled.
- Channel: Hidden.
New chats from unknown users:
- Archive and mute: ON (this sends all new messages from strangers to the archive).

My Telegram is organized into folders: Work, Bots, Personal, and Projects.

TELEGRAM CHANNEL TIPS

Description: Include a link to a bot for consultations and a link to a chat.
Channel Type: Currently public, but I plan to make it private later. For now, I use the public link.
Chat connection: Link a discussion chat to your channel.
Reactions:
- Disable emojis you don’t like.
- Enable paid reactions: ON.
Administrators:
- Add TGstat bot for analytics.
- Add a backup admin for security.

TELEGRAM CHAT SETTINGS

Name and bio: Clearly filled out.
Group Type: Currently public, so there’s a public link.
- Who can send messages: Only members (blocks suspicious users).
- Approve new members: ON (lets you choose who can comment). Read more about bots and trolls here.
Permissions:
- Disable “Pin Messages,” “Change Group Info,” and “Add Members.”
- Enable “Slow Mode” (set to 1 minute).