How to Log Out of Telegram on a PC or Mac

Last Updated: March 29, 2019 Tested

Telegram is a cloud-based instant messaging service for different platforms like Android, iOS, Windows, macOS and Linux. Telegram helps you to send messages, photos, videos and files to your friends for free and quickly. This wikiHow article will teach you how to log out of Telegram app for PC or Mac.

Steps

1
Launch the Telegram app on your computer. It's a round icon depicting a paper flight in blue background. If you can't find it, search for “Telegram” in the Start menu (Windows) or Applications folder (macOS).
2
Click on the menu icon. You will see the ≡ triple bar icon on the top-left side of the app.

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3
Open the Settings menu. Click on the Settings option, under the Calls text.
4
Click on the ⋮ icon, at the top-right corner of the “Settings” tab. Then, select Log Out from the context menu.
- In the old version of the Telegram app, scroll all the way down and click on Log Out option. It's at the bottom of the menu.
5
Tap LOG OUT when prompted. Doing so will log you out of the Telegram app.
- To log in to your account again, click on START MESSAGING button and sign in with your account.