You can delete an account if you have the phone number but not the password, it's on a 7-day timer before the account gets deleted. It can be canceled by a logged-in instance.
That still means you have to check it every 7 days.
That still means you have to check it every 7 days.
Afterwards I just deleted the account outright myself. anything that desktop-hostile isn't worth my time.
The obvious question is "why not just have a backup logged in phone session to solve this" and the obvious answer is because I don't fucking want it on a phone. And I'm not paying ~50 a year for a burner phone just for telegram.
Wow what a brazen scam opportunity. Message rando phone numbers and/or email addresses of strangers, politely explaining your complex technical dilemma that necessitates the recipient start forwarding MFA codes to you (especially the ones that say "never share this with anyone")
You could easily parlay this into financial fraud and SIM-hijacking, among other mischief.
It's so crazy, it should definitely work!