Groups hold up to 200,000 members, and the surrounding tools are built for communities at that scale rather than for a slightly larger chat.
For everyone in the group
- Unified history. Edit a message after posting, or delete it so it disappears for everyone.
- Every device. The same conversation on any number of phones and computers.
- Instant search. Find a message among millions, and filter by who sent it.
- Replies, mentions and hashtags. Trace a thread inside a busy group without losing it.
- Smart notifications. Mute the group and still be alerted when somebody mentions or replies to you.
- Files up to 2 GB each, or 4 GB with Premium, available instantly on your other devices.
For whoever runs it
- Pinned messages that notify every member, even those who muted ordinary messages.
- Administrators with granular, individually chosen privileges.
- Aggressive Anti-Spam for large groups, which applies Telegram's full spam tooling to the chat.
- Permissions that restrict specific content types, or messaging altogether so admins talk while everyone watches.
- Topics, splitting one group into separate threaded sections with their own history and notification settings.
- Boosts, where members with Premium unlock stories, custom emoji packs, voice-to-text and custom appearance for everyone.
- Bots, built on the open Bot API for anything specific your community needs.
If you own a group and want to leave, appoint a new owner at the same time. The group then keeps running rather than being left without anyone able to administer it.
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