Privacy and Security Settings

Telegram Capture does not allow users to hide their phone numbers to ensure user information is always available in the archived Telegram chats.

This behavior is available from the following Telegram Capture versions:

According to this feature:

When a new user installs Telegram Archiver, by default, the option Who can see my phone number under Settings > Privacy and Security > Phone Number is set to Everybody. The Add exception section is removed, and this setting cannot be changed.
When a user upgrades to the latest version, the previous setting is reset as described in the below table. Additionally, the Add exception section is removed, and the new setting cannot be changed.

Setting Before Upgrade	Setting After Upgrade
Who can see my phone number is set to My Contacts or Nobody	Setting is reset to Everybody.
Who can see my phone number to Everybody Users were added as exceptions	All exceptions are removed.