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Questions tagged [telegram-messenger]

Use this tag for questions about Telegram for desktop or other questions related to Telegram and your computer.

Note that questions here are about Telegram for desktop, or other questions related to Telegram and your computer.

If your question is about one of the mobile applications, web application or development, it would probably won't fit here.

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Save Telegram chat log

I am not able to save chat log with Telegram. Telegram on Android, Mac OS X, Windows and Linux do not give this option to user, as far as I know. This is a basic feature and it is disappointing and surprising that this software does not have…
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How to save all files/links from a telegram chat/channel?

I want to save ALL http(s) links and/or files, posted to some telegram chat (private or group) or channel (like mailing list). I need an analog of TumblOne (for tumblr) VkOpt (able to save chating history in vk.com ) or jDownloader (for file…
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How can I start a secret chat on Telegram Desktop?

I know how to start a secret chat with someone using Telegram on my mobile device. But - using the Linux desktop client, I can't find an option for doing that. Does it exist?
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Get a Telegram notification only when a word is used on a channel

I'm subscribed to a Telegram channel that sometimes sends more than 20 messages a minute but I'm really interested in one or two of those messages a day. The messages I'm interested in all will contain a particular word. So far what I do is to mute…
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Where are the files being currently downloaded or unsuccessfully partial download files from Telegram Web being stored on my PC?

UPDATE_2: Even on closing Telegram Web and reentering, I get the same problem of empty clicks on Download link under the same files that had the problem before. UPDATE: Some of my friends have observed and confirmed it to be a problem on Telegram's…
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How to increase font size for messages in Telegram desktop client on Windows?

In Telegram Windows desktop client, how to increase font size for messages? All the tutorials I found online are for mobile apps which aren't applicable to the Windows desktop client: https://www.google.com/search?q=telgram+font+size There is no…
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Is it possible to disable emojs in Telegram desktop?

I do not use emojis, but they are forever being triggered accidentally by my mouse movements - and I have to cancel them to be able to read the comment I am responding to. I have asked the question in Telegram, but Telegram never answers my…
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How to disable telegram desktop auto media download feature

Im having telegram on my windows 7 desktop machine. I wanted to know is there a way to disable the "automatic media download" option that exists in telegram desktop? which causes the app to download all photoes and voices at the moment that the…
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Telegram web client does not remember my login in Firefox?

I have recently reinstalled Firefox (my OS is macOS 10.14 Mojave) and the Telegram web client no longer remembers my login. Always used to work fine before, but not anymore. Every time I start Firefox and visit web.telegram.org I have to sign in…
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How to associate Telegram links in Google Chrome with a portable Telegram Messenger?

So, when you have the installer version of Telegram Messenger installed, when you click on a telegram link in chrome (didn't try other browsers) for example this link, you get a page like this. Now... is it possible to associate these links with a…
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More views than people in Telegram

I have a private channel in the Telegram where there were always 4 people, I did not kick anyone and did not invite new ones. And at one point I began to notice that there are more views on messages than people in the channel. Views reached 7, it…
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Total file quota on Telegram

Telegram says that one can send files up to 1.5 GB. Does that mean in total or per file? If it meant per file, one could just misuse that as a backup service, right? One could pack up data in packets of like 1 GB, encrypt them and upload that to a…
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Install Telegram on PC without ever installing it on mobile phone

I do not want Telegram to exist on my cellphone. Not for a millisecond. It would be sufficient to steal my contacts. Is it possible to install Telegram on a PC activating it with SMS without ever installing it on the phone? I installed it, entered…
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How to programmatically upload files to Telegram?

Since Telegram is an infinite cloud service, I use it as a secondary backup location. I would like to automate this so that I don't have to remember to do it every month (in the last two years I missed about every second monthly backup). But I can't…
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How to restore pinned message in Telegram super group?

I've mistakenly closed the pinned message for a super group on Telegram I am not an admin of. Is there an easy way to restore the pinned message without the admin having to re-pin? Seems like this should be easy to do but I can't seem to.
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