The first ten minutes after you receive a Telegram account matter more than anything else. Follow this checklist to make sure the account stays yours.
Open Telegram, choose Add Account, enter the phone number you were given and request the login code from your order page (the 'Get Code' button). Enter the code, and the two-step verification password if one was set.
Go to Settings, Privacy and Security, Two-Step Verification. Replace the existing password with your own strong password and add a recovery email you control. This is the single most important step: it decides who owns the account.
Open Settings, Devices. You will see every device logged in. Sessions opened by the delivery system can be logged out automatically after a short period; once you are logged in on your own device, the account keeps working.
Change the name, photo, bio and privacy settings (who can see your phone number, last seen and who can add you to groups).
Accounts are registered on virtual numbers, so if Telegram ever ends your sessions you cannot receive a new SMS login code. The fix is simple: right after you log in, go to Settings, Phone Number, Change Number, and move the account to your own SIM or eSIM number. From then on, login codes go to you and you can always log back in.
Log in on at least two of your own devices, so that if one session is lost the other keeps the account accessible. Store the 2FA password and recovery email in a password manager.
Accounts on virtual numbers cannot receive a second SMS login code, so if every session is lost you may not be able to log in again. A recovery email only helps reset the two-step password, not log in. Changing the account to a phone number you control right after delivery avoids this problem.
It is fine, but every extra device is another session to protect. Review your device list regularly.
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