I have observed that if one tries to add a new contact manually, i.e. not from the Address Book, then Telegram will force you to re-initiate your account. This is undesirable behaviour (see bug here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/telegram-app/+bug/1521746 ) but doing so clears the phantom chats from chat list.
I have observed that if one tries to add a new contact manually, i.e. not from the Address Book, then Telegram will force you to re-initiate your account. This is undesirable behaviour (see bug here: https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/telegram- app/+bug/ 1521746 ) but doing so clears the phantom chats from chat list.