Do you also want to talk to someone very privately but you have this fear in your mind that someone might read your chat? Nowadays data privacy has become the biggest issue. In such a situation, messaging apps like Telegram have given an amazing feature – Secret Chat. So let’s now know how to turn on Secret Chat in Telegram.
What is Telegram’s Secret Chat
Secret Chat is a unique chatting feature that allows you and your chat partner to chat in a completely end-to-end encrypted way. This means that your conversations are kept between the two of you – no server, no hacker or any third party can see them. And yes, there are no hassles of forwarding, screenshots and cloud backups in this chat – privacy is absolutely strict!
How to turn on secret chat in Telegram
- First open the Telegram app
- Find the contact you want to start a secret chat with
- Tap on their profile
- Click on the three dots (menu) on the top right
- There you will see the option “Start Secret Chat”, tap on it
- A popup will appear in which you have to confirm – just press “Start”
Secret Chat Features
End-to-end encryption: No one can decode your conversations
Self-destruct timer: You can set a time to automatically delete the chat – from 5 seconds to 1 week
No forwarding allowed: You cannot forward the secret chat anywhere else
No cloud backup: These chats are not saved in Telegram’s cloud, which means the entire connection is device-to-device only
Screenshot blocker (on Android): On some devices, taking a screenshot shows a blocked message
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