Telegram Tips

2022-01-04 12:35:19 Reactions. Give instant feedback on a message – double tap to send a quick or tap once to select something else like (on iOS, press and hold).

Reactions are always on in private chats. In groups and channels, admins can choose to enable reactions and pick which emoji are available.

You can change your quick-reaction emoji in Settings > Chat Settings on Android or Settings > Stickers and Emoji on iOS. Open / Comment

2021-12-26 13:52:50 Device Management. In Settings > Devices you can see all the places where you are logged in.

Tap Link a Desktop Device to quickly log in on Telegram Desktop or Web via QR Code.

Select an individual device to choose whether it can accept incoming calls or Secret Chats – or to log it out remotely.

All devices can also be set to log out automatically after a certain period of inactivity – ranging from 1 week to 6 months. Open / Comment

2021-12-25 13:04:26 Anonymous Posting. Send messages in Public Groups and Channel Comments as one of your public channels, instead of your personal account.

Tap the profile picture next to the message bar to choose one of your channels – the messages you send after that will appear with its name and photo. Open / Comment

2021-12-23 15:38:35 Delete Messages by Date. Tap the date header in any 1-on-1 chat to select a day or range of dates and delete all messages sent and received during that period.

Deleted messages are permanently erased and can be removed only for you or for both sides – if you’d like messages to automatically delete themselves for both sides, enable auto-delete in any chat. Open / Comment

2021-12-22 15:11:21 Protected Content. Content creators can enable Restrict Saving Content in their group or channel to keep posts exclusive to their audience.

Enabling this setting restricts forwarding messages from the chat, prevents screenshots and disables saving media from posts.

Only the group or channel owner can edit this setting, which is available via the chat’s Info Page > Edit > Group/Channel Type. Open / Comment

2021-11-16 13:22:53 Instant Media Captions. On all Telegram apps, the text you type in the message bar automatically converts to a caption when you attach media.

This also works with Cloud Drafts – so you can type out the message on one device, then simply attach your media from another device and send it all together.

Tap ⋮ on Android to attach media after putting text in the message bar. Open / Comment

2021-11-15 14:40:58 Global Themes on iOS. Choose from 9 themes built by Telegram designers for your entire app – each with a Day and Night mode, colorful animated background, and gradient message bubbles. (Coming soon to Android)

Like all themes, you can personalize these to change colors or pick a different pattern. For more custom settings, tap Chat Themes to edit and share your creations. Open / Comment

2021-11-10 15:55:11 Join Requests. Enable admin approval for additional links to your group or channel so you can preview potential members before they are able to access the chat.

With these links you can create and join special closed chats – like a group just for superfans, or a channel with exclusive content. Users opening these links send a join request, which admins can manage from a banner at the top of the chat.

Bot developers have the tools to build bots that can share invite links and approve potential members – or even give them special tasks before they are allowed to join. Open / Comment

2021-11-08 11:56:37 Shared Media. Tap the header in any chat to open its Shared Media page – containing all the photos, videos, music and more that have been sent there.

Drag the date bar to swiftly scroll back years in the past, and tap the bar to open a calendar view with media previews for each day.

Tap ⋮ or ⋯ to show only photos, only videos, or both and pinch to zoom in or out and change the size of the previews – then press and hold on any thumbnail to jump to its place in the chat. Open / Comment

2021-10-28 12:30:19 Productivity Tip: Use pinned messages in Groups and Channels to highlight important info or create a directory to easily navigate between messages or even multiple chats.

All messages in groups and channels have unique links that will instantly direct a user to that specific message.

In private groups and channels, these links only work for members or subscribers of the chat. Open / Comment