How to find your Telegram user ID

Your Telegram user ID is a permanent number that identifies your account. The fastest way to see it is to open @userid_bot and press Start.

Steps

1. Open @userid_bot in Telegram.
2. Press Start.
3. Your ID appears at the top. Tap the number to copy it.

Already started the bot before? Tap ℹ️ My Info or send /id. Tap Reveal date under it to see the month you joined.

Open @userid_bot

Also see the month you joined

Send any message to @GetID. It replies with your ID and the month your account joined Telegram, read from Telegram itself.

Without a bot (Telegram Desktop)

Recent versions of Telegram Desktop can show IDs in profiles: Settings → Advanced → Experimental settings → Show Peer IDs in Profile. Then open your own profile. Menu names can change between app versions.

What your ID is used for

• Bots and services ask for it to whitelist you or send you alerts.
• Group admins use it to identify members, because names and usernames can change.
• Developers use it as the chat_id for private messages. See the chat_id guide.

Good to know

• It never changes. Your name and @username can change, your ID can't.
• It's not your phone number and can't be used to find it or log in to your account.
• Every account has one, even accounts without a username.