How to Find People to Add on Telegram for Android

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Find all your Telegram friends using their username or phone number

Written by Travis Boylls

Last Updated: May 17, 2024 Tested

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• Searching by Username
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• Finding Contacts in a Group Chat
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• Sharing Contact Info with Others
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• Adding a Contact
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This wikiHow teaches you how to locate and add friends on Telegram when you’re using an Android. In order to add someone as a contact on Android, you must have their phone number and/or email address. Telegram makes it easy to share contact information with other users.

Searching for People on Telegram

Tap the magnifying glass icon in the top-right corner. Type the person's user name in the search bar and tap the person you want to add. If they're in a group chat with you, tap the group's name. Select the group member you want to add, then tap the message icon. Ask the user for their contact information.

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Method 1

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Searching by Username

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1. 1
   Open Telegram on your Android. It’s the blue icon with an image that resembles a white paper airplane. Tap the Telegram icon on your Home screen or Apps menu to open Telegram.
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   Tap the magnifying glass icon

   

   . It’s in the top-right corner of Telegram. This displays a search bar.
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   Type the contact’s username in the search bar. The search bar is at the top of the screen. This displays a list of matching search results.
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   Tap the person you want to add as a contact. This opens a chat conversation with that person.
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   Ask the user to share their contact information page. In order to add someone to your contacts on Android, you must have the user's phone number and/or email address. Luckily, Telegram has an easy way to share your contact info. Ask the user to share their contact information or give you their email address or phone number.
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Method 2

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Finding Contacts in a Group Chat

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1. 1
   Open Telegram on your Android. It’s the blue icon with an image that resembles a paper airplane. Tap the Telegram icon on your Home screen or Apps menu to open Telegram.
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   Tap the group with the contacts you want to find. Telegram groups and channels that you are a part of are listed at the top when you open Telegram. Tap a group to display the group conversation.
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   Tap the group’s name. It’s at the top of the screen. A list of members in the group will appear.
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   Tap the group member you want to add as a contact. This displays the user's information page.
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   Tap the message icon. It’s the icon with a square chat bubble near the top-right corner of the user's information page. This opens a private conversation with the user.
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   Ask the user to share their contact information. In order to add someone to your contacts on Android, you must have the user's phone number and/or email address. Luckily, Telegram has an easy way to share your contact info. Ask the user to share their contact info or provide their phone number and/or email address.
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Sharing Contact Info with Others

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1. 1
   Open Telegram on your Android. It’s the blue icon with an image that resembles a white paper airplane. Tap the Telegram icon on your Home screen or Apps menu to open Telegram.
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   Start a chat conversation with a user. You can either search for a user by name or by finding a contact in a group. Tap the user's name. Then tap the message icon in the upper-right corner to open a private chat with the user.
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   Tap ⁝. It’s at the top-right corner of the conversation. This displays a drop-down menu.
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   Tap Share my contact. It's in the drop-down menu. This sends your phone number to the selected contact so they can add you to their list of contacts.
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Adding a Contact

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   Open the Contacts app. It has a blue icon with an image that resembles a person. Alternatively, you can open the Phone app and tap the Contacts tab. Then tap Create New Contact at the top You must have a Telegram user's phone number or email address in order to add a new contact.

   • On Samsung Galaxy, it's an orange icon with an image that resembles a person.
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   Tap the

   

   icon. It's the blue icon that has a plus sign. It's in the lower right corner. This displays a form you need to fill out.
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   Enter the Telegram user's name. You can use the first two bars at the top of the form to enter the user's first and last name.

   • Additional you can add the user's company and tap the camera icon at the top of the page to add an image of the user.
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   Enter the Telegram user's phone number and/or email address. If you have the user's phone number, enter it in the space that says "Phone" next to an icon that resembles a phone receiver. If you have the user's email address, enter it in the space that says "Email" next to an icon that resembles an envelope.
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   Tap Save. It's the blue text in the upper-right corner. This saves the user's information to your list of contacts.

   • On Samsung Galaxy, it's the second tab below the form.
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