Schedule a prepared post without a bot
- Open your channel using an account with permission to post. Prepare the text, media and links.
- On Android or iPhone, hold the send button and choose Schedule Message. In Telegram Desktop, open the send button’s context menu.
- Choose the date and time, checking the device’s time zone.
- Confirm and open the scheduled-message queue to verify the result.
Once the server accepts the scheduled message, your phone does not need to remain online for it to be sent. To change the time, edit the content, send immediately or cancel, open the scheduled message’s menu and use the available action.
Repeat a message
Telegram also supports repeated scheduled messages. Choose the repeat option in the scheduling controls and select an available interval. Update the official app if your version lacks the feature. In Saved Messages, scheduling is useful for personal reminders.
Repeating the same text does not fetch new items from a feed. Review recurring posts periodically so that old dates, broken links or expired offers do not keep appearing automatically.
Publish from RSS or another external source
A separate tool must fetch the source, turn new items into posts and use permission to publish to your channel. The Telegram bot directory is a starting point for finding tools, not a guarantee that a listed integration is working or trustworthy.
Before connecting one, check which sources it actually supports, what it charges, how it stores credentials, and whether posts can be reviewed before publishing. Access to a social platform may require its own API permission; do not assume that every public page can be imported freely or reliably.
Test the workflow before using it publicly
- Use a separate test channel and a small feed you control or have permission to republish.
- Check titles, captions, source links, media and formatting.
- Confirm how duplicates, edited source items, time zones and outages are handled.
- Give a publishing bot only the administrator permissions it needs. Never hand over your personal login code.
- Know how to pause the integration and revoke its access.
Only move to the public channel after the test produces the expected posts. When duplicates appear, pause the source integration before adding more schedules. The native queue and an external publisher are separate systems and may both be sending the same content.
Sources and editorial review
Telegram Store editorial team. Reviewed on 11 September 2026 against the official sources linked above. Menu labels can differ by app version; this review does not include hands-on testing on every device.