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How to share a telegram channel

mg4XH8kkgJYF — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 12:24:26 +0000

A funny meme, a strange video, shocking news – when we find something really worthwhile in a Telegram, the first thought that comes to our mind is to send it to all our friends as soon as possible. In most messengers, such forwarding does not cause any special difficulties, at least because there are no channels in them. And in the Telegram-there is. And if it is still possible to cope with the forwarding of a message, then everything is a little more complicated with channels. We tell you in detail how to share a telegram channel.

Features of channels in Telegram

Telegram channels are a kind of analogue of news feeds, in which various information is published in the form of posts. There are public and private channels. Both have a name and an invitation link that can be used to identify them.

From the point of view of the end user, there is almost no difference between private and public channels. It consists only in the method of receiving the invitation link. Most likely, initially the creators of Telegram planned that public channels could be found through the built-in search, and private channels could be accessed only through a special link. But with the advent of services like Tgstat, the search for channels of any type has become significantly easier.

How to share a telegram channel using its name

If you don’t really want to share the channel, but you are persistently asked, do the following: give the person only the name of the channel and advise them to use the search built into Telegram. The more popular the channel is, the more clones and duplicates of it will be in the results. Moreover, it is not a fact that the desired channel will be there at all, since the channel may be in a shadow bath (for cheating subscribers), marked scam or private, in such cases, the telegram channel may not be displayed.

And in that case, if you really want to invite a person to the channel, so that it is as simple as possible, we recommend doing everything a little differently.

How to share a telegram channel using the invitation link

This is the easiest and most convenient way. To use it, follow these steps:

Open the channel you want to share.
Click on its name, located at the top of the screen just to the right of the logo.
A screen opens with additional information about the channel.
If you are using the desktop version, find the “Link” item, and if you are using the mobile app, find the “Invitation Link” item.
Copy it.

With this link, you can share the channel through any other messenger or application that supports sending messages.

How to share a private channel

In order to invite someone to a private channel, you just need to copy and forward the invitation link that you yourself got into it. It will remain working until the channel administrator updates it.

How to find a link to a bot

Sometimes it is necessary to share not only some channel, but also, for example, an interesting bot.

Interesting! Many large channels use an advanced moderator bot, which is trusted to keep order in the comments. It turns out no worse than people.

In order to get a link to the bot, you will need to perform exactly the same actions as in the case of the Telegram channel.

Open the bot you want to share.
Click on its name, located at the top of the screen just to the right of the logo.
A screen opens with additional information about the bot.
There, find the item “Username” or “Username”, which will indicate the name of the bot of the form “@Botname”.
Copy it.

Forward this name to the person you wanted to share it with. Using an internal search, he will be able to find this bot. However, as in the case of searching by channel name, it may take a little longer than we would like.

Important! You can use a life hack that will allow you to instantly find the right bot. To do this, copy its name without the “@ ” sign. Then assemble such a structure:

https://t.me/namebot

Send the link to the person you planned to share it with and they will get access to the desired bot in one click.

Conclusion

In order to share a channel or bot in Telegram, you need to find out its name or get a link to it. Then the name or link is sent to the person with whom you wanted to share the information. Such a link can be sent to any messenger: Whatsapp, Viber, Signal, etc., as well as to Facebook, Instagram, etc.

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How to find a chat in Telegram — the best ways

mg4XH8kkgJYF — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 12:21:23 +0000

Telegram features allow you to communicate in it not only with your friends, but also with complete strangers. This can be done either in thematic chats, or in comments to posts published on various channels. Since such communication can sometimes be very exciting, we have prepared for you several working ways to find a chat in a telegram. It will take only 5-7 minutes, and you will become an expert in this matter.

Telegram chat: what is it?

First, let’s define what a chat in Telegram is and what do we want to find at all? The fact is that there are two types of chats in Telegram: full-fledged and improvised.

Full-fledged chats are created for communication between two or more people. You can exchange voice and text messages, forward files, share geolocation, music, and conduct surveys in them. Such conversations are often supplemented with bots-moderators who monitor the order and protect against advertising and spam.

The second type of chats is communication in the comments. Many channels give their readers the opportunity to comment on the posts published on the channel in order to increase engagement. In terms of functionality, they are not inferior to regular chats, since they work on their basis. The main difference between such chats is that if the record turns out to be interesting – it will be hot in the comments.

Now that we have decided on the terminology, let’s move on to the practical part and talk about ways to search for both types of chats.

We use the built-in search in Telegram

Obviously, the easiest way to search for chats is using the built-in search in Telegram. However, it is absolutely not designed for this. Don’t you believe it? Let’s try to find the best channel with discounts.

Start the Telegram.
In the search box, enter the word “discounts”.
Done.

First, Telegram will scan all your messages that are stored on the device. What for? He will try to find the word “discounts”in the existing correspondence. If it finds it, it will display all the found messages in the form of search results, and above them-several new channels to which you are not subscribed. If there are no such messages in your correspondence, the list of new channels will be slightly larger, but no more than 10 pieces.

You can try to cheat a little and make sure that there are no messages in the search results. To do this, put a “@” or “# ” sign before the desired word. Have you tried it? It’s getting a little better, isn’t it? But it is “a little”.

Important! Internal search works well if you need to find something in an existing correspondence. To put it mildly, it is not suitable for searching for new chats.

The easiest way

We have sorted out the built-in search. Now let’s look at a really effective way. To do this, go to Yandex and enter the phrase “telegram channel catalog” or “telegram chat catalog”in the search bar.

We will get a huge number of results, but for our purposes, the first 3-5 links from the output will be enough. We go to an arbitrary site, choose the topic we are interested in, click on the channels we like, subscribe. Nothing complicated, right?

Choosing a channel, you can focus on various additional information. At the same time, the main indicator of the channel quality is the number of subscribers. The more of them – the better.

Interesting! If you already have your own channel, you can add it to one of these directories for free. Who knows, suddenly, as they say – “it will shoot”? There will be crowds of subscribers, there will be no end of advertisers. However, we will have to deal with spam in the comments. But they are very easy to keep clean and tidy if you connect a moderator bot.

The most advanced method

This is the most cunning way, about the existence of which very few people know. However, using it-you can find really rare or even unique channels. The most attentive of you have already noticed that all the links from the directories are very similar to each other. It is this feature that will help us in the search.

Go to Google (you can try to use Yandex, but the results will vary greatly).
In the search bar, enter the following spell: “site:t.me discounts –joinchat”. Please note that quotation marks and a period at the end are not necessary. Only the part of the spell that is highlighted by the increased thickness of the characters.
Press Enter on the keyboard or the search icon.
How many were found? Only 2 results? Not much. But, patience, now we will fix everything.
To do this, scroll down the page. Do you see the phrase “We have hidden some results that are very similar to those already presented above (2).”? Excellent.
Immediately below it there is a link “Show hidden results”. Click on it.
And here it is-the real magic: 2 links turn into 42 thousand.

Conclusion

If you need to find some information that is already in your correspondence, use the built-in Telegram search. Try to write the whole words, because “discount” and “discount” are different words for Telegram and the search results will be different.

If you know the exact name of the group you can also try to find her through an internal search of the Telegram or to try to find it using Google or Yandex.

If you don’t really know what you want to find, go to the catalogs of Telegram channels or Telegram chats. Using the rubricators, you will quickly find something to your liking. And, of course, the third way. It is ideal when you need to find something special, but use it wisely.

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Do you want to hide or delete a chat in Telegram? We tell you how to do it

mg4XH8kkgJYF — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 12:19:40 +0000

Sooner or later, there comes a time when the user faces the question of how to delete a chat in a Telegram. In order to do this, it will take quite a bit of time: a couple of finger movements and — that’s it, the chat is deleted. But it is at this moment that most users make one very serious mistake. We tell you how to completely destroy the correspondence, as well as that sometimes it is more appropriate to hide the chat, rather than delete it.

Hide or delete: what is the difference and what to choose

Usually, none of the users have any difficulties in understanding how these two actions differ from each other. When you hide a conversation, it is sent to the “Archive”, where it is stored until you return it back to the list of active chats. This is very convenient if you want to hide messages, but do not want to lose them forever.

Deleting is the most radical and effective method that allows you to remove all traces of correspondence from your phone. Next, we will tell you about the reasons why users most often delete chats, but for now we want to focus your attention on the fact that after deleting the correspondence, you will not be able to restore it. No way.

Top reasons to delete a chat in Telegram

Before we move on to the practical part of our article, we want to tell you about a funny survey that we conducted among our colleagues, friends and acquaintances. Thanks to this survey, we found out for what reasons users most often delete chats.

Quarrel, scandal, conflict
In about 80 cases out of 100, the reason for deleting the chat was a quarrel or other conflict situation related to a loved one, friend or relative.
Classified information.
Approximately 15% of users regularly delete chats that store various kinds of information that is not intended for prying eyes and ears.
Mistake.
About 4% of the surveyed users deleted various chats not because they wanted to, but as a result of a banal error that scientists call “I clicked somewhere and everything was gone”.

Interesting! At the same time, we learned why readers leave various Telegram channels. The strangest reason is spam in the comments, which, by the way, is simply solved with the help of a chatbot or a moderator bot.

Now that we have figured out that the chat does not always need to be deleted, but you can just hide it, it’s time to move on to the practical part. We will tell you what to press and in what order on the iPhone, Android and desktop computer / laptop.

Hiding the correspondence in the Telegram

You can hide any dialogs in one of two ways to choose from: standard and advanced.

Standard method: move to the archive

On the iPhone

Launch the messenger.
Select the chat you are interested in and swipe it to the left.
You will see 3 new buttons: “Mute”, “Delete chat”, “Archive chat”.
Click on the “Archive the chat” button.
Done.

On Android
Go to the active chats window.
Find the chat you want to archive.
Click on it and do not remove your finger for two seconds.
Several icons will appear at the top of the screen.
Click on the box icon with the down arrow.
Done.

On the computer
Launch the desktop version of Telegram.
Find the chat on the left that you decided to archive.
Right-click on it.
In the menu that appears, select “Archive chat”.
Done.

Advanced method: move to a separate folder

In a recent update, Telegram has a new feature-the ability to create folders. Using these folders – it is very convenient to separate, for example, personal chats from work or entertainment channels from news channels. You can create your own separate folder, in which you can remove unnecessary chat, if the standard folder “Archive” for some reason does not suit you. We will tell you how to create such folders and how to work with them in one of the next articles.

Important tip: Disable notifications

Very often, the entire operation to hide chats collapsed only because users forgot to turn off notifications. And what could be worse than getting a notification from a hidden chat that came at the most inopportune time? It’s scary to even think about it. Therefore, if your task is to really hide the chat, be sure to take care to disable notifications.

Now you know how to hide a chat in a telegram. It wasn’t hard, was it? We continue and smoothly move on to the issue of complete destruction of correspondence.

Deleting the chat in Telegram

Deleting a chat in a Telegram eliminates the possibility of restoring it, which is an undoubted plus. Moreover, Telegram makes it possible to delete a chat not only for yourself, but also for the interlocutor.

Important! Many Telegram users often make the same mistake – after deleting messages on their phone, they leave all correspondence on the phone of the interlocutor.

How to delete a chat on an iPhone

Launch the messenger.
Find the chat you want to delete.
Swipe this chat to the left.
You will see 3 new buttons: “Mute”, “Delete chat”, “Archive chat”.
Click on the “Delete chat” button.
A window for selecting options will appear.
Click “Delete from me and %username%” to delete the chat from both interlocutors. If you want a copy of the chat to remain with the interlocutor, select “Delete only from yourself”.
Another window will appear confirming the deletion. If you have not changed your mind, then answer in the affirmative.
The deletion will start in 5 seconds. What if you change your mind?

How to delete a chat on Android

Go to the active chats window.
Find the chat you want to delete.
Click on it and do not remove your finger for two seconds.
Several icons will appear at the top of the screen.
Click on the trash can icon.
The chat deletion window will appear.
Click “Delete chat” if you want to delete the chat only for yourself. If you want to delete a chat for both interlocutors, be sure to check the box ” Also delete for %username%”, and then click “Delete chat”.
After that, you will have 5 seconds to cancel the deletion of the chat.

How to delete a chat on a computer

Launch the desktop version of Telegram.
Find the chat you want to delete on the left.
Click on it.
Then find the three points at the top right.
In the menu that appears, select “Delete chat”.
Then confirm the deletion. Don’t forget to check the box “Also delete for %username%” if you want to perform this operation for both participants of the correspondence.

How to delete a secret chat

We have already written about how to delete a secret chat in Telegram and what secret chats are in this article. We remind you that such chats are visible only on the devices on which they were created and they cannot be deleted using a computer.

How to delete a conversation from an interlocutor if you have already deleted it from yourself

Remember at the very beginning, we talked about the fact that people often erase correspondence only at home, and then suffer from the inability to delete it from the interlocutor? So (thanks to Durov) now there is a way to fix everything.

If you are in such a situation, you will need to create a new chat. You can even not write anything in it. Then, using the chat deletion techniques described above, delete the empty chat, but this time make sure to check the box ” Also delete for %username%”. Your new chat will disappear, and the interlocutor will have both the old and the new one.

Why is the chat in the Telegram not deleted?

Very rarely, there are failures in the work of the Telegram. If you are faced with the fact that you can’t delete the chat, try just waiting a little. As a rule, this helps and after two or three hours, the correspondence is deleted without any difficulties.

Conclusion

We talked about how hiding a chat differs from deleting it, when it’s enough just to hide the chat, and when it’s better to completely delete it, as well as about the main ways to do all this.

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Secret chat in Telegram: can a business trust it with its secrets

mg4XH8kkgJYF — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 12:16:45 +0000

According to statistics, in January 2021, Telegram overtook WhatsApp, Instagram and TikTok in the total number of downloads, which allowed it to become the most popular non-gaming application in the world at that time. If you continue to believe the statistics, you may be surprised to learn that today the number of Cart users exceeds 100 million people and this number is growing daily. The messenger attracts users with its ease of use, thoughtful functionality, the presence of a huge number of free stickers and, of course, especially with a reverent attitude to ensuring the secrecy of correspondence. Regardless of whether you have something to hide or not, it will be useful for you to learn about what secret chats in Telegram are, their features, as well as the opportunities that they give to business.

What is a secret chat in Telegram and how does it differ from the usual one

Telegram is positioned as one of the most secure messengers. All your messages (even in a normal chat) are encrypted. The difference between regular and secret chats is that in the first case, an encrypted message is sent to one of the Telegram servers, and from there to the recipient. In the second case, there is no intermediate link, and messages are delivered directly.

In order to read an encrypted message, you need a key. This key, consisting of two parts, is generated at the time of creating a secret chat. For generation, asymmetric encryption is used, as well as the Diffie — Hellman cryptographic protocol. One of the halves of the key is always stored on the device, and is not transferred anywhere under any circumstances. Therefore, it is impossible to decrypt the intercepted message without having the device on which it was created.

Interesting! It was with this implementation of the encryption mechanism that the Telegram management refused to provide Roskomnadzor with keys for decrypting user messages. With all due respect to this powerful organization, the representatives of Telegram were physically unable to meet their requirements.

Secret chat and business

A little below we will tell you about the main “chips” of the secret chat, but for now we will summarize the preliminary result. If your business needs that no one but you can read your correspondence – Telegram will be, if not ideal, then very close to this solution. And now, after the story about what a secret chat is in a telegram, let’s talk about creating this very chat.

How to create a secret chat

There are no special requirements for creating a secret chat, although previously it was a prerequisite for both participants to be online at the same time. The process itself is almost completely identical both on devices running Android and on iPhones.

Go to the list of active chats.
Find the pencil icon on the screen, located either in the lower right corner (Android) or in the upper right corner (iPhone).
Click on it and select “New secret chat” in the menu that appears.
Complete the creation procedure by selecting and adding the desired interlocutor.
A secret chat has been created, you are great.

Interesting! To make sure that this is not a simple chat, but a secret one, a small icon in the form of a lock will help:

How to create a secret chat on a computer

Officially, this can not be done in any way – since a secret chat by definition works only on mobile phones, but there is a small life hack. You can install and use a special emulator program on your computer, for example, BlueStacks. This program will simulate a smartphone running under Android.

Installing and configuring the program does not cause difficulties for most users. It is enough to download and install it, following the prompts. Further installation of the Telegram is completely identical to its installation on a regular smartphone. Note that for its correct operation, you will need a valid account from a Google account. But even in this case, you will not be able to read the secret chat started on another device.

Important! We recommend using such a trick only in the most extreme cases, since the level of security when using it tends to zero.

Secret Chat Features

We have described in detail why a secret chat is needed in Telegram, but our story would be incomplete if we ignored the main features that made Telegram the flagship of secure correspondence:

End-to-end data encryption, in which messages are sent directly, bypassing the server.
The ability to delete all correspondence manually or if certain conditions are met.
A ban on sending messages from a secret chat to regular chats and other messengers.

We talked about encryption a little higher, so we will immediately move on to the rest of the features.

Important! Both on Android and on iPhone, the capabilities coincide by 99%. The only difference is that there is no way you can take a screenshot of a secret chat if you use an Android phone. You will be able to take a screenshot on the iPhone, and the interlocutor will receive a notification that the picture was taken.

Deleting messages by timer

Deleting messages using a timer is a convenient tool that allows you to automatically delete read messages after a specified time has passed. As soon as the recipient opens such a message, the timer will start counting down. When it ends – the message will be permanently deleted from both chat participants.

To enable the timer, open an existing secret chat or create a new one, then click on the three dots located at the top of the screen and select “Enable Timer deletion”. You can set the response time from 1 second to 1 week.

Prohibiting the forwarding of messages

Text and image messages that you receive or send in a secret chat are protected from the possibility of forwarding to third parties. However, it is worth bearing in mind that photos and various files can be saved to the device and then sent to someone else.

Ban on changing the message

A message that was sent to such a chat cannot be changed or edited, or deleted only for one of the interlocutors.

How to end or delete a secret chat

If you log out of your account for some reason, all secret chats on your phone will be deleted. But the chat can be deleted in a simpler way:

To delete a secret chat, open an existing chat, then click on the three dots located at the top of the screen and select “Delete chat”. You can delete the chat only from yourself or from the interlocutor too. After clicking on the “Delete” button, you will have 5 seconds to cancel the deletion.

Important! If a secret chat has been deleted, there is no way to restore it, even with the mutual desire of its participants.

Conclusion

The use of secret chats for conducting business correspondence (and personal, too), almost completely eliminate the risk of leakage of any data from the Telegram. All information is stored only on two devices: the sender and the recipient. No matter what you send: passwords, reports or photos of cats – everything you have will remain only yours.

P.S. Please use only the original version of the messenger. In any case, do not put various clones and mods that promise extended functionality. In the best case, you will lose your account, and you don’t even want to think about the worst.

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