Telegram Tips
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Telegram stands for freedom and privacy and has many easy to use features.
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Hide Archived Chats. Your archived chats are shown at the top of your chat list.

If you can't see them, pull down to show the archive. To pin or hide the archive, swipe left.
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Archived Chats. You can send chats to a separate chat list by swiping left.

When an archived chat has a new notification, it will pop out of the archive and back to your chat list – muted chats stay archived forever.

Your archive allows for unlimited pinned chats to keep conversations in any order.

Archived chats can be sent back to your main list by opening the archive and swiping left again.

To add additional chat lists for work, school and more, try creating custom chat folders.
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Restrict Group and Channel Invites. You can choose who is able to directly add you to groups and channels in your Privacy Settings.

Users who are not allowed to add you will be able to send an invite link as a regular message.
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Send Without Sound. Press and hold the send button in any chat to send your message with a silenced notification.

You can also use this menu to schedule a message, delivering it at a specific time.
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Send When Online. You can schedule messages or media to be sent as soon as your recipient comes online.

Your message will be delivered even if you're offline – conveniently jumping to the top of your contact's chat list.

This option only appears if the user allows you to see their Last Seen time.
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Scheduled Messages. Hold the ‘Send’ button in any chat and select ‘Schedule Message’ to automatically deliver messages or media at a later time.

A 🗓 or 🕒 icon appears in the message bar of chats where you have messages scheduled – tap it to view or modify any of your pending messages.

If you can see your chat partner’s Last Seen status, there is also an option to send the message the next time they come online.
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Mini-Game Emoji. Send a single 🎰🎲🎯⚽️ or 🏀 in any chat to test your luck.

You can tap any mini-game emoji in chat to instantly send another one – in case you didn’t hit the jackpot or want to roll the dice.
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Animated Emoji. Telegram has over 300 emoji with expressive animations that play whenever you send a single emoji in chat.

Dozens of these emoji are interactive – tap one in chat to show off its extra effects, that are synchronized with your chat partner.
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Reorder Sticker Packs. Hold and drag a sticker pack’s thumbnail to change its place in your panel.

You can also reorder your sticker packs from Settings > Chat Settings > Stickers (Android) or Settings > Stickers (iOS).
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Emoji Suggestions. On Android, type any word in the message field to get relevant emoji suggestions.

On all platforms, type : followed by a keyword to search for emoji like :heart ❤️. You can also use a single emoji to suggest relevant stickers.

If we’re missing a keyword for an emoji in your language, feel free to suggest it here.
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Partial Selection. You can select any portion of a message to copy or share, instead of only the full text. Here’s how it looks on Android.
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Delete Messages. Telegram users can delete messages for everyone at any time, leaving no trace.

In 1-on-1 chats, you can delete any message – even those sent by your chat partner. In groups, you can always delete your own messages.

You can also delete call logs and entire chats for all participants. To automatically remove messages over time, enable auto-delete in any chat or for your account.
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Edit Messages. Quickly fix mistakes or add extra formatting and information to a message you've sent. Once changed, an edited label appears on the message bubble.

You can also edit sent media to change, crop or correct photos and videos.
Cloud Themes sync across your devices and have unique, shareable links. Everyone can make them in our Theme Editor.

If you want to take a trip down memory lane, our designers put together this tribute to an app that used to be independent:
https://tttttt.me/addtheme/RetroGreen
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Change Colors. You can choose from dozens of color schemes in Chat Settings (Appearance Settings on iOS).

For more artistic freedom, try the full Theme Editor – or find links to themes created by others.
Telegram was built to protect privacy and redefine what a messaging app can do. Hundreds of unique features are outlined in this channel, but here are some of our favorites:

Editing messages and media
Moving chat history from other apps
Sending media and files up to 4 GB in size
Deleting messages and more without a trace
Native apps for desktop, browsers and tablets
Multiple accounts and Chat Folders
Usernames instead of phone numbers
Granular Privacy Settings
Group Chats with 200,000 members or more
Admin tools and stats for group owners
Channels for one-to-many communication
Video Chats in Groups
Live Streams in Channels
• 20,000+ high-quality Animated Stickers
Shareable Custom Themes and Animated Backgrounds
Video Messages
Advanced editing tools for photos and videos
Bots that perform tasks and integrate with other services using our open API
Interactive Emoji
Disappearing photos and videos
• Self-Destructing end-to-end encrypted Chats
Partial selection for messages
Scheduled and Silent Messages
Pinned Messages and Polls
Persistent chat history
Saved Messages and Drafts
• Encrypted Voice and Video Calls

@TelegramTips are available in several other languages – here’s a list.
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Delivery status. One check = message delivered. Two checks = message read.

You can use Telegram on any number of devices at once, including computers and tablets. Simply log in using the same phone number to access all your messages – without keeping your phone connected.
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Video Messages. Tap once on the voice message button to switch to video.

Tap on a video message to play it with sound.
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Telegram Desktop. All Telegram apps are standalone and sync with the cloud so you can access your messages from any device – even if your phone is turned off.

While typing, messages save as cloud drafts, so you can finish writing and send them from another device.

Try the cross-platform Telegram Desktop, native Telegram for macOS, or Telegram Web in any browser.
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Saved Messages. Every user has this default chat to bookmark important messages, set reminders, store media, or send files between devices.

Whenever you forward a message, ‘Saved Messages’ will be at the top of the list – after forwarding, tap the arrow button to show it in the original chat.

To quickly access the chat on Android, tap ☰ > Saved Messages. On iOS tap Settings > Saved Messages.