The short answer
- 1In Saved Messages, reacting with an emoji tags a message, and the tag row filters the list.
- 2Name your tags so they still mean something months later.
- 3Tag by what you have to do, and start with three.
In this article
Emoji that sort what you saved
Saved Messages is the chat with yourself where forwarded posts, files and notes pile up; what it is for is covered in what Saved Messages is for. With Telegram Premium, any message in it can be tagged by reacting with an emoji. A row of your tags then appears at the top of Saved Messages, and tapping one shows only the messages with that tag. A message can carry more than one tag.
- Tags in Saved Messages - the feature as Telegram describes it in Settings › Telegram Premium
Opened from Settings › Telegram Premium by tapping the feature. This is Telegram's preview page; the setting itself lives where the steps below say.
Each tag can also be given a name. That is the step that makes the system last: six months later a bare emoji is just a picture, while "To read" or "Receipts" still tells you what is behind it.
Tags against the other ways of finding things
| You remember | Best tool |
|---|---|
| What you have to do with it | A named tag such as "To read", "To reply" or "Keep". Tag by action, not by topic; see tagging saved messages |
| Where it came from | The by-chat view of Saved Messages; see sorting saved messages by chat |
| A word in it | Search inside Saved Messages. Add a one-line caption when you save a photo, because text inside images is not searchable |
| Roughly when | Scroll or jump by date |
Start with three tags and add a new one only after you have missed it twice. A tag row longer than the screen is no faster than scrolling.
Tagging and filtering saved messages
- Open Saved Messages and find the message.
- React to it with an emoji. The reaction becomes a tag.
- Name the tag: long-press it in the tag row at the top and choose Edit Tag or Add Name.
- Filter: tap a tag in the row to see only those messages; tap it again to clear the filter.
- Untag by removing the reaction once you have dealt with the message.
FAQ
How do I tag a message in Telegram Saved Messages?
With Telegram Premium, react to the message in Saved Messages with an emoji; the reaction becomes a tag.
Can I name Saved Messages tags?
Yes. Long-press a tag in the row at the top and give it a name.
Can one saved message have several tags?
Yes. Add more than one emoji reaction to it.
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At a glance
- 1What
Emoji reactions in Saved Messages act as tags.
- 2Find
Tap a tag in the top row to filter.
- 3Habit
Named, action-based tags, few of them.
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